Would somebody in Congress please listen to Bernie Sanders for a change?
Sorry, Congress is allergic to success.
That would require more people outside of Congress to listen to him, first.
If only this dude was allowed to be the Democratic front-runner in 2016. Things could be so much better…
This isn’t really a big news story, Bernie has been doing this pretty consistently. Yes, he was doing it under Biden too. Yes, this is purely performative, it won’t have enough votes. No, this isn’t antisemitic.
He did not criticize Biden during his entire genocide. Bernie supports the actions of Israel
He stuck (and is sticking) to the party line way too much for way too long, which is something you can criticize him for, but “Bernie supports the actions of Israel” ain’t it.
Perhaps, but he might as well be considering his consistent voting record funding Israel
Isn’t this the same guy now pushing to block arms sales to Israel?
He will still vote to give them funding in the general funding bill, so it’s meaningless
it’s not just performative. Just because something isn’t gonna work, doesn’t mean you still shouldn’t take a stand. Morality isn’t something you can turn off and on depending on how useful it is.
To do it over and over again may be morality, but it isn’t politics.
It is performative. Bernie is an staunch supporter of Israel
You can support Israel’s right to exist while still condemning the genocide and other human rights abuses that they commit. These things are not mutually exclusive.
"You can support Nazi Germany’s right to exist while still condemning the Holocaust
This statement is fully comparable without any exaggeration.
It is mutually exclusive. Anyone who supports the existence of an Apartheid built on genocide supports genocide. There are no its and buts.
Nazi Germany didn’t but Germany did and still does.
And Palestine still exists after Israel will be dismantled.
Nazi Germany entailed half of Europe by the way. The Nazis occupying Poland were booted out to their country of origin.
That’s just a bad-faith, black-and-white view. Nazi Germany had the right to exist, but they didn’t have the right to invade other countries, exterminate Jews, Romani, gay people, etc. It’s not the existence of the state, or even the beliefs of the people running the state, but the actions that matter.
You can be the most racist, homophobic, misogynist Christian asshole in the world, and as long as you don’t act on your beliefs, it’s not a problem.
If Israel ceases it’s genocidal actions, and ceases treating Palestinians like sub-humans, then there’s no issue.
Israel is a foundational Apartheid state and system. It is rotten from the core. Like the Nazis. It has no right to exist in the first place. Israel is in its essence rape, murder pillaging and theft.
If Palestinians allow it then these “Israelis” can live in Palestine after the dismantling of the Apartheid. If not the right of return has long been granted to all colonists. Even to their Arab countries of origin.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there really aren’t many countries in the world that aren’t founded on murder and oppression. It is not, IMO, reasonable to hold decendants responsible for the crimes that their grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, etc. committed, but it is reasonable to hold them responsible for what they’re doing right now.
It won’t get enough votes, but it will force people to vote and show who they really are.
Bernie is literally the only politician I would trust with this country at this point. What a bunch of fuck ups and morons
Meanwhile in an another universe: “President Sanders and vice President Ocasio-Cortez congratulate Ukraine for becoming the newest member of the EU and NATO just a year on from a shock invasion and repelling the former Putin regime from the region”
Kick his ass Bernie!
Clearly, Bernie Sanders is an antisemite. He’s attempting to stop genocide. How dare he?
Netanyahu’s “defense” is mass civilian slaughter, funded by U.S. taxpayers. Sanders calls it what it is.
😺😺😺😺😺
Now that Trump is in office. Bernie ignored the children being bombed in Gaza for the past 16 months because he is a Democrat shill.
He tried to stop the weapons last year as well. Because Bernie is not a shill, he’s pretty fucking cool.
Which is why the media often goes out of their way to ignore him.
He did not criticize Biden or Kamala at all and you know that. you’re also a Dem shill
https://newrepublic.com/post/183963/bernie-sanders-brutal-description-biden-new-yorker-interview
You seem to like to make shit up.
You seem to not read the article you posted: “He is steadfastly defending Biden’s record over his nearly four years as president, with some criticisms.”
He also goes on so say Biden is the Democrats best choice and supports him
Criticisms is right there in your quote.
Biden did a fine job as president except for two little things. Gaza and Marrick Garland.
As to supporting Biden, no shit he did. At the time, Biden was the president and had been elected via primary as the Nominee. And as we know from recent history, not supporting the democratic nominee means that the Republican wins.
No, Biden did terrible overall. A highlight would be making it illegal for railroad workers to strike. His foreign policy was awful as well, not just Palestine.
Bernie had the following to start a new party, but is likely being blackmailed or bribed to keep people in the “Democratic” party.
Stop spreading false info. Maybe he isn’t doing it to your particular liking but he is fucking doing it and you’re all over this thread saying the opposite.
2024 Scoop: Sanders seeks to block $20 billion in arms sales to Israel
2023 Sen. Bernie Sanders says aid to Israel should be conditional, citing the toll on Gaza
I did not lie, in those articles he did not criticize the Biden administration, and did not criticize Kamala for her stance on the genocide.
He has approved many arms sales to Israel, you are a hypocrite
I addressed this :
“Now that Trump is in office. Bernie ignored the children being bombed in Gaza for the past 16 months because he is a Democrat shill. ”
In what you read in the articles is he ignoring the children being bombed? Both instances dating back two years addresses bombing that would affect children.
Stop being obtuse and use some literacy and critical thinking skills.
His votes for funding Israel say otherwise. He has known about the situation in Gaza his entire career, yet given tens of billions to them regardless.
Have fun supporting a politician that gives money to a genocidal state.
I’m pretty sure Bernie doesn’t like you either. I don’t like you.
Good, because I’m an actual socialist
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
I wasn’t aware being an ‘actual socialist’ meant being prone to thinking in logical fallacies, I’ll keep that in mind.
Hilarious, I’m sure Bernie would love you for supporting a pro capitalist party like he tells you to.
Boooooooooo
Have fun voting for Pete Buttigeg in 2028 while doing literally nothing to improve your country
Not my country pissant.
I don’t think we should give away weapons to Israel, but why should sales be blocked? Israel has a right to defend itself.
Yeah with genocide… fuck Israel, they are trash humans.
I think what they’ve done is far more than merely defending themselves.
Yes, Hamas is evil and did heinous things to the Israeli people, but the response was disproportionate and targeted civilians. Even the lowest estimates show that one in every fifty people in Gaza have been killed, and that number includes mostly women and children, not combatants. Heck, other estimates show nearly double that death toll.
And let’s not even start on the forced displacement of almost a million (!!!) people.
Don’t forget the public admission from Israel that they want to kill everyone in Gaza that doesn’t leave.
Also, they’re not letting anyone leave.
My friend the real death toll could be ten times the 40k killed I’m being told by the media. I don’t know, I’ve never been there. Everything is so fucked it’s hard to know who to believe.
The UN has published the estimated deaths to be at least 200k+ because of famine and the lack of medical care.
- Humanitarian aid was blocked
- Food trucks were stopped
- Hospitals are bombed
That’s a Genocide.
Oh yeah, I’m using very low numbers (ie. just the bodies who have been identified) so there’s little room for argument. The actual death toll is unknowable because it’s so large.
Do Palestinians have a right to defend themselves?
They attacked Israel
