[DailyCaller] Democratic 2020 candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders has hired Phillip Agnew as a campaign adviser, promoting an individual who supports the abolishment of prisons and has a history of making inflammatory comments.The Sanders campaign announced on Saturday that Agnew — who was already serving as a top campaign surrogate — has been hired on as a senior adviser. Agnew notably works as a co-director for Dream Defenders, a far-left group that advocates for the abolishment of prisons and police, the end of capitalism, and supports open borders.
Formed in the aftermath of the shooting of Trayvon Martin, Dream Defenders advocates for a number of far-left proposals, particularly pertaining to issues that affect people of color.
The “Freedom Papers,” a manifesto published by the group, claims that police and prisons have no place in “justice.” The manifesto also denounced the country’s capitalist system, and claimed it was responsible for major wealth gaps. Dream Defenders has also advocated for open borders. “Can you imagine a border-free tomorrow? This is freedom of movement,” the group tweeted in June 2018.