Bernie Sanders: Difference between revisions

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Bernie has a history of supporting US [[imperialism]], including the backing of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/23/bernie-sanders-foreign-policy-doctrine-227193/</ref>, calling Venezuela's socialist president Maduro a "vicious tyrant"<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-distances-himself-from-venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro-when-pressed-on-socialism-at-debate/</ref>, supporting the US-proxy state of Ukraine over the anti-imperialist state of [[Russia]] in the Ukraine-Russian conflict<ref>https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/</ref>, and rejecting to call for a long-term ceasefire in the ongoing Gaza genocide by Israel<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/world/bernie-sanders-gaza-cease-fire-israel-palestine/</ref>.

He has also stated he would intervene if China took military action on Taiwan<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-democratic-presidential-candidate-military-intervention-60-minutes-2020-02-23/</ref>, which goes even against the US government's formal position of "One China" policy that Taiwan is part of the PRC<ref>https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-us-one-china-policy-and-why-does-it-matter</ref>.

He has also stated he would intervene if China took military action on Taiwan<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-democratic-presidential-candidate-military-intervention-60-minutes-2020-02-23/</ref>, which goes even against the US government's formal position of "[[One China]]" policy that Taiwan is part of the PRC<ref>https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-us-one-china-policy-and-why-does-it-matter</ref>.

====2016 Presidential Run====

==== 2016 Presidential Run====

Bernie's movement started when he ran for president in the 2016 election as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He called himself a "Democratic socialist" of the Scandinavian model and his campaign slogan was to create a "political revolution".

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In a debate titled "Tankie Defeats Destiny"<ref>https://youtu.be/HB55g2kunNU?si=QAxQltO1IB6p2UGC&t=60</ref> with the streamer Destiny on February 23, 2021, Haz Al-Din suggested the Democratic party "rigged" the election against Bernie and that the mainstream media was changing peoples views against him in a "rat-fuckery way". One piece of evidence he provided was the Wikileaks emails showing Hillary Clinton was given the questions prior to a CNN debate against Bernie, among other biased actions by the DNC. Later in the debate, Haz suggests that after the primary large swaths of his working class supporters joined the "[[MAGA]]" movement started by the Republican candidate [[Donald Trump]], which went on to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election.

====2020 Presidential Run====

==== 2020 Presidential Run====

In 2020, he ran for president again to win the Democratic Party nomination, this time, the main candidate favored by the establishment was former vice-president Joe Biden.

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 Bernie has a history of supporting US [[imperialism]], including the backing of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/23/bernie-sanders-foreign-policy-doctrine-227193/</ref>, calling Venezuela's socialist president Maduro a "vicious tyrant"<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-distances-himself-from-venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro-when-pressed-on-socialism-at-debate/</ref>, supporting the US-proxy state of Ukraine over the anti-imperialist state of [[Russia]] in the Ukraine-Russian conflict<ref>https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/</ref>, and rejecting to call for a long-term ceasefire in the ongoing Gaza genocide by Israel<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/world/bernie-sanders-gaza-cease-fire-israel-palestine/</ref>.
-He has also stated he would intervene if China took military action on Taiwan<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-democratic-presidential-candidate-military-intervention-60-minutes-2020-02-23/</ref>, which goes even against the US government's formal position of "One China" policy that Taiwan is part of the PRC<ref>https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-us-one-china-policy-and-why-does-it-matter</ref>.
+He has also stated he would intervene if China took military action on Taiwan<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-democratic-presidential-candidate-military-intervention-60-minutes-2020-02-23/</ref>, which goes even against the US government's formal position of "[[One China]]" policy that Taiwan is part of the PRC<ref>https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-us-one-china-policy-and-why-does-it-matter</ref>.
-====2016 Presidential Run====
+==== 2016 Presidential Run====
 Bernie's movement started when he ran for president in the 2016 election as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He called himself a "Democratic socialist" of the Scandinavian model and his campaign slogan was to create a "political revolution".
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 In a debate titled "Tankie Defeats Destiny"<ref>https://youtu.be/HB55g2kunNU?si=QAxQltO1IB6p2UGC&t=60</ref> with the streamer Destiny on February 23, 2021, Haz Al-Din suggested the Democratic party "rigged" the election against Bernie and that the mainstream media was changing peoples views against him in a "rat-fuckery way". One piece of evidence he provided was the Wikileaks emails showing Hillary Clinton was given the questions prior to a CNN debate against Bernie, among other biased actions by the DNC. Later in the debate, Haz suggests that after the primary large swaths of his working class supporters joined the "[[MAGA]]" movement started by the Republican candidate [[Donald Trump]], which went on to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election.
-====2020 Presidential Run====
+==== 2020 Presidential Run====
 In 2020, he ran for president again to win the Democratic Party nomination, this time, the main candidate favored by the establishment was former vice-president Joe Biden.