Yesterday, Cardi B posted a video of her chatting with presidential candidate Bernie Sanders about the American minimum wage.

The two agreed with each other on major points, illustrating how difficult it can be for the average worker to afford essential living costs.

Cardi B is a known ally of the Vermont senator. When Sanders ran in the 2016 presidential race, Cardi B threw her support behind him in the primary election.

Cardi B is feeling the Bern.

Yesterday, the Grammy Award-winning rapper shared a video of her chatting with presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders about American wages. Their discussion illuminated the daily struggles of ordinary workers in the United States, where the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

"What are we gonna do about wages in America?" Cardi B asks in the video. "For example, me as a New Yorker—not now, but when I was not famous—I just felt like no matter how many jobs I get, I wasn't able to make ends meet. I wasn't able to pay my rent, get transportation, and eat."



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Sanders, a self-avowed democratic socialist, validates her experience. "Right now, we have tens of millions of people who are earning what I consider to be starvation wages," the Democratic candidate says. "Can you imagine somebody today earning $9 an hour?"

"It don't make no sense," the Bronx native concurs.

The two then pivot the conversation toward the job market.

"Certain people like to brag that there is more jobs now in America," the rapper says. "But, it's like, 'Yeah, there's an increase of jobs given, but what are they paying in these jobs?' They practically pay nothing."

"You got it," Sanders affirms.

The Vermont senator is a veteran in the fight for increased wages. In 2015, Sanders introduced legislation that would have raised the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. A similar bill, the Raise the Wage Act, passed in the House of Representatives last July. If it passes in the Senate, the RTWA will phase in a $15 federal minimum wage by 2025.

Cardi B is a longtime Bernie ally. During the 2016 presidential election, she memorably posted a video of herself endorsing Sanders with the iconic line, "Vote for Daddy Bernie, bitch."

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As recently as July, Cardi B also tweeted that Sanders's progressive slant in American politics has been "his passion for a long time not a new front for a campaign."

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I been reading about Bernie Sanders and I’m really sad how we let him down in 2016 This man been fighting for equal rights,HUMAN rights for such along time.Seeing this country become a better place been really his passion for a long time not a new front for a campaign. — iamcardib (@iamcardib) July 16, 2019

The full interview between Cardi B and Sanders will be released tomorrow. According to a preview, the two also explore education, jobs, and police brutality.

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Cardi B knows this is the most important election of our lives. So we sat down to talk about the pressing issues facing people today.



Watch our full conversation from @TheTENNailBar on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/ic4aZNcUL7 — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 14, 2019

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