Bernie Sanders - young, female running mate: Linda Sarsour?

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose insurgent 2016 presidential campaign reshaped Democratic politics, is running for president in 2020.

Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders is indicating he would consider a woman running mate should he win the party's nomination. 

"I think we would look for somebody who is maybe not of the same gender that I am, and maybe someone who might be a couple of years younger than me, and somebody who can take the progressive banner as vice president and carry it all over this county to help us with our agenda, and help us to rally the American people," Sanders told The Young Turks, a left-leaning media organization.

Last weekend, presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders chose to make Linda Sarsour a campaign surrogate. Since then, analysts from across the spectrum have been questioning the move, given that Sanders is Jewish and Sarsour is known as an anti-Israel, antisemitic activist.

A campaign surrogate is another politician, celebrity or person of influence, campaigning on a candidate's behalf.

Sanders' push for a more balanced ticket comes after his 2016 campaign came under fire for its treatment of women. A number of former staffers called on the three-term senator in a January letter to roll out a formal policy dealing with sexual misconduct complaints.

"When you're running against one person you know you gotta have 51 percent of the votes. Now who knows what you need, 30, 35 percent," he said. "But bottom line for me is I think it is absolutely imperative that Donald Trump be defeated, because I think it is unacceptable and un-American, to be frank with you, that we have a president who is a pathological liar. And it gives me no pleasure to say that, but it's true."