Saturday, February 08, 2020

Some Tweets from Bernie Sanders


  • The big questions coming out of tonight’s debate: Are you on the side of the working class of this country? Are you willing to stand up to the greed and the corruption of the billionaire class? I know that I am. Chip in to our campaign here:
  • It is time to take on the big money interests. It is time to change our national priorities.
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    👏👏“That means bringing in people who have given up on the political process. That means turning out young people.“ understands the power of the youth vote. Our chapters are ready to register & turn out a record breaking number of young voters
  • Unlike Pete Buttigieg I don't have 40 billionaires contributing to my campaign from the pharmaceutical industry and Wall Street. We have 1.5 million hard-working Americans who want real change.
  • We’re going to end the War on Drugs. We’re going to end private prisons and detention centers. We’re going to end cash bail.
  • I will never nominate any person to the Supreme Court or the federal courts who is not 100% pro-Roe v. Wade.
  • I listened very carefully to the arguments for the Iraq War. I concluded that Bush, Cheney and others were lying through their teeth. I not only voted against that war, I helped lead the opposition.
  • Republicans in the Senate knew better, knew Donald Trump was a crook and a cheat, and they didn’t have the guts to vote to remove him.
  • When I ran for Congress we won a seat that had been Republican for decades. I passed more amendments than any member from 1995 to 2007.
  • If you want real change in health care, you have to take on the insurance companies and their greed. You have to take on the drug companies and their corruption. There is no other way around it.
  • What Medicare for All will do is save the average American substantial sums of money while expanding coverage.
  • The way you bring people together is by presenting an agenda that works for the working people of this country, not the billionaire class.
  • The way we beat Trump is with the highest turnout in history. That means bringing in people who have given up on the political process. That means turning out young people. That is what our campaign did in Iowa and that is how we will defeat Trump in November.
  • Do you think that when people receive money from powerful special interests that they're really going to stand up to those special interests and do what has to be done for the working class in this country? I don't think so. It doesn't work that way.
  • Sandra Bland should be alive today. We must reform a very broken criminal justice system and stop the deaths of Black Americans in police custody.
  • “What you need in a politician is you need someone with a vision. You need somebody who can galvanize people. And you need someone who can’t be bought. And there is nobody that has those three qualities in greater abundance than Bernie Sanders.” –
  • The billionaire class and corporate elites want you to think we have no chance of winning this election. They want you to think your vote doesn't matter. Help us prove them wrong. Let's have a huge turnout on Tuesday in New Hampshire and win this election together.
  • Disability rights are civil rights.
  • Today, I am honored to receive the endorsement of five major UNITE HERE locals across California, collectively representing over 28,000 members. The labor movement built the middle class. As president, I will stand with workers as we build an economy that works for all.
  • This election is fundamentally about whose side you are on.
  • In the United States of America people should not be dying because they cannot afford insulin. We are going to end the greed of the drug companies. We are going to cap prescription drug costs at $200 a year.