Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Bernie Sanders warns of 'nightmare scenario' if Trump refuses election results Harris joins women's voter mobilization event also featuring Pelosi, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda MORE (I-Vt.) will hold his first campaign rally of the 2020 cycle in his home town of Brooklyn, New York, the senator announced Wednesday.

In a tweet, Sanders confirmed that he would kick off his 2020 bid for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination on Saturday at Brooklyn College, in the New York City neighborhood where Sanders says he was "born and raised."

"Let's show Trump and the powerful special interests what they're up against," the senator tweeted Wednesday evening.

On Saturday I'm going back to Brooklyn, where I was born and raised, for the first rally of our campaign. Let's show Trump and the powerful special interests what they're up against. RSVP here to join us: https://t.co/4qCnhTxTN5 — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 28, 2019

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Sanders' 2016 bid for the presidency, initially considered a long-shot by many analysts, was punctuated by massive campaign rallies across the country featuring tens of thousands of supporters, and the senator saw some of the largest crowds of any 2016 candidate for president before his second-place finish to Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE.

The Vermont senator announced a second bid for the presidency earlier this month on Vermont Public Radio, calling President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE a "racist, a sexist, [and] a homophobe" while vowing to build on the success of his 2016 run.

"[W]hat I promise to do is, as I go around the country, is to take the values that all of us in Vermont are proud of — a belief in justice, in community, in grass-roots politics, in town meetings — that's what I'm going to carry all over this country," Sanders said.

"We began the political revolution in the 2016 campaign, and now it's time to move that revolution forward," he added at the time.

Several of Sanders' 2016 advisers recently left his 2020 campaign, citing creative differences, while the senator enjoyed a massive $6 million small-donor fundraising haul in the 24 hours following his campaign announcement.