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On the recordMay 7, 2024
well, I would agree with the Senator from South Carolina on one point: People are disgusted with politics. And maybe the reason they are disgusted with politics is, despite what the vast majority of the American people want, the U.S. Government is continuing to provide billions of dollars in military aid to the rightwing, extremist Netanyahu government. The Senator from South Carolina said it is a coalition government. It is. It is rightwing extremists in coalition with out-and-out racists. That is the coalition. And people are disgusted because they don't want to see their money going to kill more women and children in Gaza. Now, the Senator from South Carolina says that I am muddying the waters. Really? Well, I would suggest that the Senator from South Carolina remember what happened a number of months ago in November, I believe, of 2023. Three young Palestinian college students were shot at close range in my city. Islamophobia in this country is on the rise. If you are a Palestinian walking the streets, you better be careful. So the idea that we should not, as a nation and as a Congress, come together to address anti-Semitism--absolutely. But Islamophobia? We have, as you know, some people out there talking about the Chinese flu and ``kung flu.'' If you think that does not provoke anti-Asian behavior on the part of some, you would be mistaken.…
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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