Sunday, January 12, 2020

Some Tweets from Bernie Sanders


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    This is our time to complete the political revolution and create a government for all. But I cannot do it alone. Now is the time to join our campaign and help us finish what we started. Donate or sign up to volunteer at .
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  • If you think for a single second that the financial establishment of this country is going to let us win this election without a fight, you are sorely mistaken. Can you make a contribution to our campaign to help us win this primary?
  • Al Johnson did some of the most important work someone can do—to spread peace and stand with the oppressed. In honor of Al, the Nashua community knocked 5,000 doors yesterday and our campaign dedicated our Nashua office to him.
  • There are only 22 days until the Iowa Caucus. It's time to get rolling. Can you take a trip to help our campaign win in the essential early states? Sign up here:
  • Today: join our climate rally for a Green New Deal and 20 million good-paying jobs in Iowa City with , and . RSVP here:
  • The Constitution is very clear: It is Congress, not the president, who decides when we go to war. Congress must do everything it can to prevent war with Iran. Please add your name if you agree:
  • This is a campaign for students. We are going to cancel ALL student debt. We are going to make public colleges, universities and trade schools tuition- and debt-free. We are going to ensure young people have a livable planet with a Green New Deal.
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    Hello New Hampshire! The Granite State showing us real change comes from the people... that’s where the power is 💪🏾 31 days to go and we’ve got full houses in Manchester, Peterborough and Claremont. Shoutout to ! Let’s keep it going!
     
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    All across the state, there is enthusiasm for . Iowa is responding to his message of stopping the war in Iran. Love the turnout for canvasses in Fort Dodge and Waterloo
     
  • If you have health insurance, you'd think you can go to the doctor when you need to. Nope! Not if you have an outrageous deductible that you cannot afford. We are going to eliminate deductibles, premiums and co-pays with Medicare for All.
  • This should be a country that works for working people, not just the billionaire class and wealthy campaign contributors. Join me and live in Davenport, Iowa:
  • We set an outrageous goal of 5,000,000 calls to voters in the month of January. With your help, we're going to make it. Start calling voters now to help us win the primary:
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    .⁦⁩ in : “With these hands we will elect ⁦⁦⁩ for President of the United States!”
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    Over 5 inches of snow on the ground did not deter volunteers from coming out to canvass in Ankeny and Des Moines. We will win because we have the most dedicated volunteers.
     
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    So had an idea. Let’s stop on the road and do a small coffee shop event with . We’ll say hi to a few people. Well . . .
  • Recently, our campaign has been the target of attacks from Trump and the Republican Party—because they are catching on that our campaign is THE campaign that can and will defeat them.
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    The endorsement from for sends a strong, powerful msg that young people in this country want a political revolution & a president who will address the climate crisis now
  • In January of 1991, one of the first votes I cast in Congress was against the war in Iraq. A decade after that first war in Iraq, I voted against yet another war in the same country. That was the right vote. We must end our endless wars.
  • Are you ready to transform this country into one that works for all of us, end the greed of the billionaire class and make corporations pay their fair share in taxes? Join us in Newton, Iowa:
  • Public housing residents should not be forced to live in unhealthy and unsafe conditions. The Green New Deal for Public Housing I introduced with will ensure that public housing residents in Durham and across America live in safe homes.
  • This campaign is about human solidarity. Are you willing to fight for someone without health care even if you have insurance? Are you willing to fight for immigrants even if you are native-born? Are you willing to fight for America's children even if you have none?
  • There is power in a union. Congratulations to for this victory. This is the result of the union fighting for years to get these workers the justice they deserve.
  • Our job is to offer a vision that one day human beings on this planet will live in a world where international conflicts are resolved peacefully, not by mass murder.
  • Teachers are leading the fight for the schools our students deserve and we are ready to fight for them. Join an Educators for Bernie organizing call Sunday at 4 p.m. ET with and . Register here:
  • Since it was signed into law in 1935, Social Security has been one of the most successful programs in our history. Everyone must be able to retire with dignity. As president I will fight—as I have my entire political career—to not only protect Social Security but expand it.
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    We know that it's going to take a movement of young people to successfully demand and pass a . That's why we've endorsed , who has inspired young people to build movements like ours in the last four years, and whose campaign is powered by young people.
  • Wealth of the top 1% since 1989: +$21 trillion Wealth of the bottom 50% since 1989: -$900 billion That is a rigged economy. I'm running for president because we need a government and economy that work for all of us, not just a privileged few at the top.
  • I have met with the mothers who have lost their children in war. I have met with the people who came back without arms and legs and with PTSD. War is a horror. And it is time that politicians understood we must do everything we can to avoid war.
  • Utterly shameful. This is not what America is supposed to be about. Under my administration we will not turn our backs on refugees.
  • "Bernie Sanders has a backbone. That’s what it is to have integrity. That’s what it is to have courage and conviction and commitment and that consistency over time and space." –Dr.
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    "This is not the time to silence those who are speaking out.” — Maren Costa, Amazon designer who says she was threatened with termination for speaking about Amazon’s climate policies. Workers must have a voice, There is too much at stake!
  • Corporations that outsource American jobs, pay workers starvation wages and bust unions should not expect to get any lucrative federal contracts from a Bernie Sanders administration.
  • Political elites wonder why so many young people support our campaign. If you listen to young people, you'll hear they're worried about the climate crisis, student debt, endless war, affording decent housing and having health care. It's simple: We are listening to young people.
  • I'm not afraid of fossil fuel billionaires attacking me. I'm afraid of leaving behind a planet that is uninhabitable for our kids and grandkids.