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Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. A member of the Independent party, Sanders is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice, healthcare reform, and income equality. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007, where he was the first independent elected to the House in 40 years. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a vocal critic of economic inequality and corporate influence in politics.

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Jan 21, 2025

Elon Musk has been backing neo-Nazi parties around the world, interfering in elections and using his massive platform to attack anyone who doesn’t share his extreme right-wing views.

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Dec 9, 2024

Healthcare is a human right. We need Medicare for All.

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Dec 5, 2024

Our job in the coming months and years is clear. We must defeat the oligarchs and create an economy and government that works for all, not just the few.

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Nov 6, 2024

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that working class -- that working class has abandoned them.

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Oct 26, 2024

I strongly disagree with their policies on Gaza.

nbcnews.com
Oct 26, 2024

The idea that you eliminate all taxes, replace them by a tariff is insane economics.

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Oct 26, 2024

Clearly, he has a strong, strong tendency to authoritarianism and to undermining American democracy.

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Oct 26, 2024

Protecting American democracy, ain't nothing more important than that.

nbcnews.com
Oct 26, 2024

The idea that you have somebody like Musk who has massive amounts of federal contracts, campaigning hard, putting huge amounts of money into Trump's campaign – man, if there's ever been a conflict of interest, that's it.

nbcnews.com
Oct 26, 2024

Trump is even worse on this issue.

nbcnews.com
Oct 26, 2024

They understand that Trump is an authoritarian, does not believe in the rule of law, and, for 100 reasons, is unfit to be president of the United States.

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Oct 21, 2024

But what I think you're seeing now is many Republicans saying, you know what? I disagree with Kamala on the issues. But we cannot have somebody as vulgar as Donald Trump, as president, somebody who lies all the time, somebody who does not…

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Oct 21, 2024

We're talking about two different things. Liz Cheney and I disagree on every single thing. You name it, we disagreed. The one area where we don't disagree is she happens to believe in American democracy and the rule of law.

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Oct 21, 2024

I don't care if you're a conservative, progressive or whatever you may be, this is not a guy we should be supporting to be president of the United States.

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Oct 21, 2024

I think in Trump, you have somebody who is power hungry, who has very, very strong authoritarian tendencies, who does not believe in democracy.

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Oct 21, 2024

This man is unfit to be president of the United States. He is a pathological liar.

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Sep 25, 2024

Senator Markey has played a leadership role in the investigation of this whole process. I would like to yield to Senator Markey.

govinfo.gov
Sep 21, 2024

Every time a deal appears close, Netanyahu moves the goalposts, introducing new demands, and torpedoing the deal. It is clear to me that Netanyahu is prolonging the war in order to cling to power.

nbcnews.com
Sep 18, 2024

I am here for another reason this evening, but I wanted to concur with Senator Welch. Obviously, we need more Federal disaster relief, we need reforms in FEMA, and we certainly need a permanent post office in Montpelier, VT. So I want to…

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Sep 12, 2024

Healthcare in America, in my view, must be a human right for every man, woman, and child in this country, and not simply an opportunity for billionaire investors to make huge profits.

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Sep 12, 2024

I'm hopeful that this Committee... can hold him accountable, put him in jail, because that's where he deserves to be for stealing this money from all of our communities.

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Sep 12, 2024

Medical Properties Trust coupled with Steward, have facilitated a Ponzi like scheme, that to me, has to be held accountable as well.

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Sep 12, 2024

The executives of Steward Health Group are healthcare terrorists. They are killing our patients, they're killing our communities, and they need to be held accountable.

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