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==Early life==
==Early life==
Bernie was born on September 8, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>[http://observer.com/2016/04/bernie-sanders-heats-up-hipster-crowd-in-brooklyn/ http://observer.com/2016/04/bernie-sanders-heats-up-hipster-crowd-in-brooklyn/]</ref> His mother was Dorothy Glassberg Sanders, his father was Elias Sanders, and his grandfather was Benjamin Glassberg.<ref>[http://spectator.org/articles/66102/my-hunt-bernie%E2%80%99s-grandfather My Hunt for Bernie’s Grandfather], by Paul Kengor, [[American Spectator]]</ref> During his college years, he was involved in a pro-Vietcong propaganda distribution ring within New York known as the Alternate U.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK5yB9-6O9A</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYcZoYWS2zE</ref> In 1988, he ended up spending his honeymoon with his second wife Jane O'Meara in the USSR, with there being a video of him shirtless and singing "This Land is Your Land" to various Soviets while drunk.<ref>https://forward.com/schmooze/418282/footage-of-shirtless-bernie-sanders-singing-drunkenly-with-soviets-in-88/</ref><ref>Jasper, William F. (February 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31375-exposed-fake-news-ignores-video-of-drunk-naked-bernie-sanders-singing-with-soviet-comrades “Exposed”: Fake News Ignores Video of “Drunk, Naked” Bernie Sanders Singing With Soviet Comrades]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 22, 2019.</ref>
Bernie was born on September 8, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>[http://observer.com/2016/04/bernie-sanders-heats-up-hipster-crowd-in-brooklyn/ http://observer.com/2016/04/bernie-sanders-heats-up-hipster-crowd-in-brooklyn/]</ref> His mother was Dorothy Glassberg Sanders, his father was Elias Sanders, and his grandfather was Benjamin Glassberg.<ref>[http://spectator.org/articles/66102/my-hunt-bernie%E2%80%99s-grandfather My Hunt for Bernie’s Grandfather], by Paul Kengor, [[American Spectator]]</ref> During his college years, he was involved in a pro-Vietcong propaganda distribution ring within New York known as the Alternate U.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK5yB9-6O9A</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYcZoYWS2zE</ref> In 1988, he ended up spending his honeymoon with his second wife Jane O'Meara in the USSR, with there being a video of him shirtless and singing "This Land is Your Land" to various Soviets while drunk.<ref>https://forward.com/schmooze/418282/footage-of-shirtless-bernie-sanders-singing-drunkenly-with-soviets-in-88/</ref><ref>Jasper, William F. (February 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31375-exposed-fake-news-ignores-video-of-drunk-naked-bernie-sanders-singing-with-soviet-comrades “Exposed”: Fake News Ignores Video of “Drunk, Naked” Bernie Sanders Singing With Soviet Comrades]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 22, 2019.</ref>
Also, in the 1980s, Sanders publicly praised the USSR and other leftist dictatorships and called bread lines a "good thing."<ref>Shaw, Adam (February 22, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vintage-bernie-footage-shows-now-presidential-candidate-praising-breadlines-communist-nations Vintage Bernie footage shows now-presidential candidate praising breadlines, communist nations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 22, 2019.</ref>
==Political career==
==Political career==