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'''Bernard "Bernie" Sanders''', born September 8, 1941 (age {{age|1941|9|8}}), identifies as is a [[socialistUnited States Senate|democratic socialistSenator]] in the , representing [[United States SenateVermont]] . Sanders that represents identifies as a [[Vermontsocialist|democratic socialist]]. He calls himself an Independent but always caucuses with [[Democrats]]. Previously, he served in the House of Representatives for eight terms, after serving several terms as mayor of Burlington. He calls himself an Independent but always caucuses with [[Democrats]]. He Sanders has a 100% pro-[[abortion]] voting record.
At a press conference on April 30, 2015, Sanders announced that he is running for the Democrat nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]]. He held an "official launch" on May 26.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/29/vermont-sen-bernie-sanders-am-running-for-president/</ref>
Sanders has a devout following, made up of many of the same people that voted for [[Barack Hussein Obama]]. He tickles their his supporters' ears with all the usual [[Marxist]] claptrap; America is bad, banks are bad, equality, the middle class, minimum wage, free healthcare, free college, a government so big it will be like living in a [[utopia]].
==2016 Campaign==
Sanders does take pleasure in creating the same straw men as Obama. Specifically, the GOP war on women. Calls to defund Planned Parenthood is an opportunity for Sanders to denounce the treatment of women. He would kill a child in the womb for any reason and at any term but the GOP is extremist. Sanders will say the GOP wants to deny women's health services. The facts are that 13,000 women's health centers are available that are not owned by Planned Parenthood. He supports babies chopped up and sold for parts. No concern for underage victims of rape not being reported. He is indifferent to the fraudulent billing of the US government.
Class warfare is favorite of theme for Sanders, pitting rich against the poor. His Marxist lynch pin, is the argument that the banks are too big. Billionaires He also claims that billionaires are hurting this the country, citing the Koch brothers over and over. We have too many choices of deodorant. We need He believes that America needs to spend another $18 Trillion 18tTrillion dollars despite the bwing $18 trillion in debt. He has also made claims supporting single-payer healthcare, free college tuition, etc.
==Controversial votes==
Sanders headed the Veterans Affairs Committee. Under his purview; waiting list deaths, destruction and manipulation of medical records, whistleblowers punished, opiate abuse, fraud unpunished, mismanagement rewarded with pay raises, wait times to see a doctor has never been longer. Sanders has done next to nothing to fix these issues. Even today while he campaigns, he is still a member of the committee and has no plans to turn the duties over to somebody that will give it the time it deserves to fix.
