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'''Bernard "Bernie" Sanders''', [[Bernie Sanders' age|born September 8, 1941]] (age {{age|1941|9|8}}), is a [[Marxist-Leninist]], Communist, [[limousine liberal]] [[elitism|~~elitist~~]], millionaire 1%er,<ref name="1%er">Multiple references:

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'''Bernard "Bernie" Sanders''', [[Bernie Sanders' age|born September 8, 1941]] (age {{age|1941|9|8}}), is a [[Marxist-Leninist]], Communist, pro-[[inflation]]ist [[limousine liberal]] [[elitism|elite]] millionaire 1%er,<ref name="1%er">Multiple references:

*Curl, Joseph (June 6, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/6/socialist-bernie-sanders-gets-superrich-in-capital/ Socialist Bernie Sanders gets superrich in capitalist U.S.]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved June 6, 2017.

*Renzulli, Kerri Anne (March 15, 2016). [http://time.com/money/4235986/bernie-sanders-millionaire-finances/ Bernie Sanders Is a De Facto Millionaire]. ''Time''. Retrieved June 6, 2017.

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*Xiao, Bowen (April 16, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/socialist-bernie-sanders-is-part-of-the-top-1-tax-returns-confirm_2881908.html Socialist Bernie Sanders Is Part of the Top 1 Percent, Tax Returns Confirm]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

*Kirkwood, R. Cort (April 16, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/32028-tax-returns-show-socialist-sanders-is-an-old-skinflint Tax Returns Show Socialist Sanders Is an Old Skinflint]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

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*Starr, Penny (April 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/15/socialist-sanders-tax-returns-top-1-percent-earners/ Socialist Sanders’ Tax Returns Reveal Presidential Hopeful in Top 1% of U.S. Earners]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.</ref> and [[demagogue]] who [[predator|prey]]s on naive and unsuspecting youth, minorities, and working people with [[class war]] [[hate speech]]. He currently serves as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] representing [[Vermont]]. His extremism is visible in his 2020 Presidential campaign slogan, "No Middle Ground."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhJ_MmIbq0</ref> Sanders is a pre-eminent leftwing [[Socialist mass murder denier]] and proponent of communist [[dictatorship]].<ref>Morris, Kyle (February 25, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/25/candid-camera-breadline-bernie-sanders-decades-long-defense-of-socialism-communism/ Candid Camera: ‘Breadline Bernie’ Sanders’ Decades-Long Defense of Socialism, Communism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.</ref> Sanders has openly advocated for the extermination and [[genocide]] of infants from the [[Third World]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/09/05/bernie-sanders-population-control-n2552642</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/sanders-supports-us-taxpayer-funding-of-third-world-abortions-to-combat-climate-change</ref><ref>Murphy, James (September 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/33351-cnn-s-climate-town-hall-reveals-an-ugly-democrat-truth CNN’s Climate Town Hall Reveals an Ugly Democrat Truth]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 8, 2019.</ref>

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*Starr, Penny (April 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/15/socialist-sanders-tax-returns-top-1-percent-earners/ Socialist Sanders’ Tax Returns Reveal Presidential Hopeful in Top 1% of U.S. Earners]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.</ref> and [[demagogue]] in the pocket of [[Big Pharma]] who [[predator|prey]]s on naive and unsuspecting youth, minorities, and working people with [[class war]] [[hate speech]]. He currently serves as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] representing [[Vermont]]. His extremism is visible in his 2020 Presidential campaign slogan, "No Middle Ground."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhJ_MmIbq0</ref> Sanders is a pre-eminent leftwing [[Socialist mass murder denier]] and proponent of communist [[dictatorship]].<ref>Morris, Kyle (February 25, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/25/candid-camera-breadline-bernie-sanders-decades-long-defense-of-socialism-communism/ Candid Camera: ‘Breadline Bernie’ Sanders’ Decades-Long Defense of Socialism, Communism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.</ref> Sanders has openly advocated for the extermination and [[genocide]] of infants from the [[Third World]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/09/05/bernie-sanders-population-control-n2552642</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/sanders-supports-us-taxpayer-funding-of-third-world-abortions-to-combat-climate-change</ref><ref>Murphy, James (September 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/33351-cnn-s-climate-town-hall-reveals-an-ugly-democrat-truth CNN’s Climate Town Hall Reveals an Ugly Democrat Truth]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 8, 2019.</ref>

Sanders has long-time associations with Marxist, Communist, and Anti-American organizations.<ref>Bohon, Dave (June 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/32490-bernie-sanders-record-shows-longtime-communist-marxist-affiliation Bernie Sanders’ Record Shows Longtime Communist-Marxist Affiliation]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 3, 2019.</ref> He ran for office on the Vermont ballot as a supposed 'Independent', is the founder of the [[Communist]]-dominated [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]], and caucuses with [[Democrats]]. He has been instrumental in the [[far-Left]] take over of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]]. He calls himself a [[Democratic Socialists of America|Democratic Socialist]], registered as a Democrat to run for the presidency in the [[2016 presidential election|2016 elections]], dropped out, re-registered again for the [[2020 presidential election]] and dropped out again.

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*Gould, Martin (July 15, 2015). [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3155396/Bernie-Sanders-1960s-love-life-revealed-wife-woman-son-sugar-shack-home-lived-revolutionary.html "Bernie Sanders' very 1960s love life revealed - his first wife, the woman who had his son, and the sugar shack home where he lived as a 'revolutionary'"], ''Daily Mail'' website.</ref>

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Sanders has [[Bernie Bros|a devout and violent following]]. He tickles his supporters' ears with all the usual [[Marxist]] claptrap: 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]]. He is a radical socialist who supports pro-[[abortion]] movements, such as [[Planned Parenthood]].

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Sanders has [[Bernie Bros|a devout and violent following]]. He tickles his supporters' ears with all the usual [[Marxist]] claptrap: Banks are bad, equality, the middle class, minimum wage, housing the homeless, free healthcare, free college, a government so big it will be like living in a [[utopia]]. He is a radical socialist who supports pro-[[abortion]] movements, such as [[Planned Parenthood]].

==2020 presidential campaign==

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Sanders hired [[Paul Manafort]] partner [[Tad Devine]] as an advisor on both his 2016 and 2018 campaigns. Devine managed [[Putin]] ally [[Viktor Yanukovych]] campaign for the presidency of [[Ukraine]]. Upon Sanders announcement of his intention to run, Sanders immediately shot up as the top frontrunner of Democratic hopefuls in the [[2020 Presidential election]]. Many former Bernie supporters turned against him because of his disrespectful and nasty personality.<ref>Bleau, Hannah (August 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/31/many-sanders-supporters-not-enthralled-by-angry-bernie/ Many Sanders Supporters Not Enthralled by ‘Angry Bernie’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 31, 2019.</ref>

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Former [[Bernie Sanders]] campaign co-chair Nina Turner said voting for Joe Biden is like "eating a bowl of s***."<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/how-trump-could-win-reelection/612205/</ref>

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Former Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner said voting for Joe Biden is like "eating a bowl of s***."<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/how-trump-could-win-reelection/612205/</ref>

====Anti-Semitism====

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Barack Obama said of Sanders during the 2016 primaries, "I am hurt, though, Bernie, that you've distancing yourself a little from me. I mean, that's just not something that you do to your comrade."<ref>https://twitter.com/HowardMortman/status/1235556892396720129</ref>

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===Prison industrial complex===

Sanders adopted [[Linda Evans]] prison industrial complex slogan as part agenda.<ref>https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1104190335805255680</ref> Evans is a [[far left]] radical member of the terrorist group [[Weather Underground]]<ref>http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/horowitz090601.asp</ref> who was convicted and sentenced in 1987 to 40 years in prison in connection with the 1981 Brinks armored truck robbery in which two police officers and a guard were killed. In a second case, she was sentenced in 1990 to five years in prison for [[conspiracy]] and malicious destruction in connection with eight bombings, including the 1983 [[United States Senate]] bombing.

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Class warfare is a favorite theme for Sanders, pitting rich against the poor. His Marxist linchpin is the argument that the banks are too big. He also claims that billionaires are hurting the country, citing the Koch brothers over and over. He believes that America needs to spend another $18 Trillion dollars despite being $18 Trillion in debt. He has also made claims supporting single-payer healthcare, free college tuition, etc.

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In one rant, Sanders claimed that Americans needlessly have too many choices when it comes to deodorant brands, noting that he counted 23 different types of the product for sale. Somehow he tied the story into feeding the poor. Reason.com produced a satirical video mocking its absurdity titled "The Bernie Sanders Save the Children Fund".<ref>[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fspZiT8TdBE "The Bernie Sanders Save The Children Fund"] (May 27, 2015). YouTube video, 1:15, posted by ReasonTV.</ref>

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In one rant, Sanders claimed that Americans needlessly have too many choices when it comes to deodorant brands, noting that he counted 23 different types of the product for sale. Somehow he tied the story into feeding the poor. [[Reason.com]] produced a satirical video mocking its absurdity titled "The Bernie Sanders Save the Children Fund".<ref>[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fspZiT8TdBE "The Bernie Sanders Save The Children Fund"] (May 27, 2015). YouTube video, 1:15, posted by ReasonTV.</ref>

He has said that [[America]] is racist, and he frequently puts America down.

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Sanders is the author of "Rape Essays," a 1972 essay on sexual behavior filled with lurid sexual fantasies. He claimed that it was a satirical essay against traditional gender roles.<ref>Merica, Don (May 28, 2015). [https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/28/politics/bernie-sanders-rape-essay-1972/index.html Bernie Sanders distances himself from 'dumb' 1972 essay on rape]. ''CNN''. Retrieved October 11, 2017.</ref><ref>Peyser, Andrea (June 5, 2015). [http://nypost.com/2015/06/05/bernie-sanders-rape-fantasy-essay-reveals-left-wing-hypocrisy/ Bernie Sanders’ rape-fantasy essay reveals left-wing hypocrisy]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved October 11, 2017.</ref>

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Sanders uses what some people call [[Christian socialism]] to further his campaign, citing [[Pope Francis]]. However, Sanders cherry picks what elements of Christianity he agrees with and ignores the rest. He told a crowd of 300 in [[Alabama]] that [[Jesus]] was a socialist.<ref>Flynn, Mike (July 14, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/14/jesus-was-a-socialist-bernie-sanders-rocks-alabama/ "'Jesus was a socialist': Bernie Sanders rocks Alabama"]. Breitbart website/Big ~~goverment~~.</ref>

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Sanders uses what some people call [[Christian socialism]] to further his campaign, citing [[Pope Francis]]. However, Sanders cherry picks what elements of Christianity he agrees with and ignores the rest. He told a crowd of 300 in [[Alabama]] that [[Jesus]] was a socialist.<ref>Flynn, Mike (July 14, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/14/jesus-was-a-socialist-bernie-sanders-rocks-alabama/ "'Jesus was a socialist': Bernie Sanders rocks Alabama"]. Breitbart website/Big government.</ref>

Sanders has expressed his undying support for socialist tyrants and mass murderers. Some Florida Democrats call Sanders undying devotion to the [[authoritarian]] [[dictator]] [[Fidel Castro]] "unacceptable" and "insulting."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/florida-democrats-slam-sanderss-castro-comments-as-unacceptable-insulting/</ref>

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==='Socialist Scholars'===

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Sanders was a regular speaker at the Democratic Socialist's alleged 'Socialist Scholars' conferences and other DSA conventions throughout the country along with [[DSA]] vice chair and former director of the National Gay and Lesbian Clubs Christine Riddiough, DSA director Jim Shoch, [[Harry Magdoff]], Paul Sweezy, [[Frances Fox Piven]], Joseph S. Murphy of CUNY, President of the [[SEIU]] Local 1199 Dennis Rivera, author Ellen Willis, Doug Henwood, Robert Heilbroner, Bill Tabb, Robert Fitch, Jane Slaughter and Ellen Meiksins Wood.<ref>''Democratic Left'', November/December 1991, page 11.</ref><ref>''Dem. Left'', Sept./Oct 1995, page 40.</ref> Sanders was introduced by Congressman [[Bob Filner]] as the keynote speaker at DSA's national convention in 1999.

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Sanders was a regular speaker at the Democratic Socialist's alleged 'Socialist Scholars' conferences and other DSA conventions throughout the country along with [[DSA]] vice chair and former director of the National Gay and Lesbian Clubs Christine Riddiough, DSA director Jim Shoch, [[Harry Magdoff]], [[Paul Sweezy]], [[Frances Fox Piven]], Joseph S. Murphy of CUNY, President of the [[SEIU]] Local 1199 Dennis Rivera, author Ellen Willis, Doug Henwood, Robert Heilbroner, Bill Tabb, Robert Fitch, Jane Slaughter and Ellen Meiksins Wood.<ref>''Democratic Left'', November/December 1991, page 11.</ref><ref>''Dem. Left'', Sept./Oct 1995, page 40.</ref> Sanders was introduced by Congressman [[Bob Filner]] as the keynote speaker at DSA's national convention in 1999.

===I.F. Stone===

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===CPC founders===

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Once elected, ~~Saunders~~ was the founder of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]. Co-founders included House members [[Ron Dellums]], Lane Evans, Tom Andrews, [[Peter DeFazio]], and [[Maxine Waters]].

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Once elected, Sanders was the founder of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]. Co-founders included House members [[Ron Dellums]], Lane Evans, Tom Andrews, [[Peter DeFazio]], and [[Maxine Waters]].

Since 1998 the Progressive Caucus has held its own Progressive State of the Union. Attendees and speakers include [[Tammy Baldwin]] [D-WI], John Cavanagh co-director of the Institute for Policy Studies, [[John Conyers]] [D-MI], Peter DeFazio [D-OR], Karen Dolan, Coordinator Institute for Policy Studies, Earl Hilliard [D-AL], Maurice Hinchey [D-NY], [[Stephanie Tubbs Jones]] [D-OH], [[Barbara Lee]], [D-CA], [[Jerrold Nadler]] [D-NY], [[Grace Napolitano]] [D-CA], [[Major Owens]] [D-NY], Bernie Sanders, [I-VT], [[Jan Schakowsky]], [D-IL], House Minority Whip David Bonior (D-MI), [[Dennis Kucinich]] (D-OH); [[Cynthia McKinney]] (D-GA); and [[Lynn Woolsey]](D-CA).<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/news2000/0126-103.htm Common Dreams, Progressive Groups And Congressional Caucus To Present Their Third Annual Alternative State Of The Union Address, JANUARY 26, 2000]</ref><ref>[https://www.c-span.org/video/?118893-1/progressive-state-union-address CSPAN, JANUARY 19, 1999 Progressive State of the Union Address]</ref>

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After damning evidence of election fraud by the group [[ACORN]], Sanders joined six Democrat Senators that voted to continue funding ACORN. The vote failed, and ACORN was stripped of funding in the Senate.<ref>Isenstadt, Alex (September 14, 2009). [https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27153.html "Senate denies ACORN funding"]. Politico website.</ref> Bill Wilson of [[Americans for Limited Government]] said, "The ACORN Housing Corporation has long been pushing the very loose-lending policies that helped destroy the housing industry. And now it has been exposed for working with prostitutes, as well. Yet, these seven Senators [Sanders] have knowingly voted to keep sending taxpayer money to a highly corrupt organization of pushers and pimps," <ref>Americans for Limited Government (September 15, 2009). [http://politicomafioso.blogspot.com/2009/09/alg-condemns-7-senators-for-voting-to.html "ALG condemns 7 Senators for voting to continue funding ACORN, calls for complete cutoff of federal funds"]. Americans for Limited Government website. Reprinted at Politico Mafioso website on September 16, 2009.</ref>

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===Handshake with dictator===

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On April 15, 2016, Sanders shook hands with former [[Marxist]] dictator of [[Bolivia]], [[Evo Morales]] during a meeting at the [[Vatican City|Vatican]].<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-vatican-evo-morales-bolivia-democracy-latin-america-socialism-451033</ref> Morales was the president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019, establishing [[authoritarian]] [[socialist]] policies including an expansion of government power and abolition of term limits.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/03/evo-morales-bolivia-president-election-limits</ref> The Morales regime was overthrown in 2019 by the people of Bolivia through protests attended by tens of thousands followed by the Bolivia's first democratic election in decades, electing [[Jeanine Áñez]] as president in a landslide victory.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/news/bolivias-jeanine-anez-from-president-to-prisoner/</ref>

==Ideology==

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===[[Eugene Debs]] documentary===

In 1979, Sanders wrote, directed, and lent his voice for Debs' dialogue<ref>Shamsian, Jacob (September 18, 2015). [https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-loves-eugene-v-debs-documentary-2015-9 "A documentary that Bernie Sanders made about a socialist politician 36 years ago says a lot about his politics today"]. Business Insider website/Politics.</ref> in a documentary which shows a long-standing respect on part of Sanders for what Debs stood for.<ref>Kurtz, Stanley (October 20, 2015). [https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/425839/bernie-sanders-documentary-eugene-debs "Bernie Sanders’s documentary on Eugene Debs"]. ''National Review'' website. See [[National Review]].</ref>

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===Ukraine war===

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Bernie Sanders self proclaimed anti establishment and anti war machines voted to pass $40 billion from American taxpayers to fund Ukrainians Nazis in war.<ref>https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00191.htm</ref>

== Bernie Sanders' religious views and atheists/agnostics support of Bernie Sanders ==

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==== The Young Turks ====

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Cenk Uygur, of [[The Young Turks]], is a self-described "fervent agnostic".<ref>Uygur, Cenk (April 29, 2008). "[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/six-degrees-of-barack-oba_b_99110.html Six Degrees of Barack Obama]". The Huffington Post. Retrieved February 28, 2011. I am a fervent agnostic. I have argued vehemently against religion .... I went to school in Turkey until I was eight."</ref>

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Cenk Uygur, of [[The Young Turks]], is a self-described "fervent agnostic".<ref>Uygur, Cenk (April 29, 2008). "[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/six-degrees-of-barack-oba_b_99110.html Six Degrees of Barack Obama]". The Huffington Post. Retrieved February 28, 2011. I am a fervent agnostic. I have argued vehemently against religion.... I went to school in Turkey until I was eight."</ref>

Cenk Uygur speaks highly of Bernie Sanders,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj2vdD0CMUI]</ref> while dismissing [[Hillary Clinton]] and Republican politicians as "robots", and practically every week, they release a video disrespecting Conservatives.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggFitmOTSok]</ref>

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====Amer Zahr====

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Sanders’s presidential campaign selected anti-Semitic "comedian," racist Arab-Palestinian, as surrogate. Amer Zahr has expressed support for Zahra Billoo, who resigned from the Women’s March board for her history of making anti-Semitic remarks.<ref>Jackson Richman, [https://www.jns.org/sanderss-presidential-campaign-selects-anti-semitic-comedian-as-surrogate/ Sanders’s presidential campaign selects anti-Semitic comedian as surrogate], ''JNS'', October 25, 2019.<blockquote>

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Amer Zahr has expressed support for Zahra Billoo, who resigned from the Women’s March board for her history of making anti-Semitic remarks, including applauding Hamas’s terrorist attacks against Israel...

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Zahr (5:36 PM · Sep 19, 2019) has expressed support for Zahra Billoo, who resigned in September from the Women’s March board for her history of making anti-Semitic remarks, including applauding Hamas’s terrorist attacks against Israel.</blockquote></ref>

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He protested against fighting anti-Semitism and terrorism.<ref>Natalie Winters, [https://thenationalpulse.com/2021/05/25/sanders-surrogate-stop-condemning-anti-semitism/ Sanders Surrogate: 'Stop Condemning Anti-Semitism, Terrorism.'], The National Pulse, May 25, 2021.<blockquote>

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“This is a message to all the activists and leaders out there that are condemning anti-semitism and condemning terrorism right now. Stop it!

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</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://canarymission.org/professor/Amer_Zahr Amer Zahn], Canary.<blockquote>Amer Zahr has expressed support for the Hamas and Hezbollah terror organizations and shown support for other terrorists.

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“This is a message to all the activists and leaders out there that are condemning anti-Semitism and condemning terrorism right now. Stop it! Stop! You are not helping.”

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[Amer Zahr, Twitter, May 22, 2021].</blockquote></ref>

=== Bernie Sander's antipathy towards evangelical Christians holding public office ===

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===Communist background===

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Im 1963 ~~Saunders~~ spent time at a commune with the Hashomer Hatzair movement in [[Israel]]. The movement was a Marxist organization founded in 1913 and saw the Soviet Union as a model, and often flew the Red Flag at events.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/us/politics/bernie-sanders-kibbutz.html?_r=0 Bernie Sanders’s Kibbutz Found. Surprise: It’s Socialist], By STEVEN ERLANGER. ''[[New York Times]]'', FEB. 5, 2016.</ref> The commune's founder eulogized [[Joseph Stalin]]'s death , writing how shocked he and his comrades were, {{quotebox|"to hear of the terrible tragedy that has befallen the nations of the Soviet Union, the world proletariat and all of [[progressive]] mankind, upon the death of the great leader and extolled commander, Josef Vissarionovich Stalin. We lower our flag in grief in memory of the great revolutionary fighter, architect of socialist construction, and leader of the world's peace movement. His huge historical achievements will guide generations in their march towards the reign of socialism and [[communism]] the world over."}} [[Noam Chomsky]] wrote that he was fairly close to "Hashomer Hatzair, but couldn't join because it was split between Stalinists and [[Trotskyite]]s."<ref>''Al Hamishmar'', the movement's paper, had a headline which read, "The Progressive World Mourns the Death of J.V. Stalin/" [http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/261724/bernie-sanders-spent-months-marxist-stalinist-daniel-greenfield#.VrPxsICO11M.Facebook BERNIE SANDERS SPENT MONTHS AT MARXIST-STALINIST KIBBUTZ], Daniel Greenfield, '' Frontpage,'', February 4, 2016.</ref>

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Im 1963 Sanders spent time at a commune with the Hashomer Hatzair movement in [[Israel]]. The movement was a Marxist organization founded in 1913 and saw the Soviet Union as a model, and often flew the Red Flag at events.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/us/politics/bernie-sanders-kibbutz.html?_r=0 Bernie Sanders’s Kibbutz Found. Surprise: It’s Socialist], By STEVEN ERLANGER. ''[[New York Times]]'', FEB. 5, 2016.</ref> The commune's founder eulogized [[Joseph Stalin]]'s death , writing how shocked he and his comrades were, {{quotebox|"to hear of the terrible tragedy that has befallen the nations of the Soviet Union, the world proletariat and all of [[progressive]] mankind, upon the death of the great leader and extolled commander, Josef Vissarionovich Stalin. We lower our flag in grief in memory of the great revolutionary fighter, architect of socialist construction, and leader of the world's peace movement. His huge historical achievements will guide generations in their march towards the reign of socialism and [[communism]] the world over."}} [[Noam Chomsky]] wrote that he was fairly close to "Hashomer Hatzair, but couldn't join because it was split between Stalinists and [[Trotskyite]]s."<ref>''Al Hamishmar'', the movement's paper, had a headline which read, "The Progressive World Mourns the Death of J.V. Stalin/" [http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/261724/bernie-sanders-spent-months-marxist-stalinist-daniel-greenfield#.VrPxsICO11M.Facebook BERNIE SANDERS SPENT MONTHS AT MARXIST-STALINIST KIBBUTZ], [[Daniel Greenfield]], '' Frontpage,'', February 4, 2016.</ref>

===Accusations of draft dodging===

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===Greed===

Sanders constantly complains about the rich 1% but [[Liberal hypocrisy|he doesn't live like a common man]] – he himself is a member of the 1%.<ref name="1%er"/> Bernie [[Limousine liberal|is a millionaire]] with three homes,<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2016/04/13/millionaire-bashing-bernie-sanders-millionaire-three-homes Billionaire-Bashing Bernie Sanders Is a Millionaire With Three Homes, MRC Newsbusters.org, April 13, 2016]</ref> one in D.C., one in his hometown in Vermont, and a summer ''dacha''.<ref><small>"One cannot fully understand Russia without understanding the cultural context behind Russian dacha....October Revolution of 1917 brought with it a law, which forbid private ownership of land in Russia “forever”....Stalin figured that granting such privilege as summer dacha to his closest people in the government and to the VIP people from culture and science élite will be very motivating for them. ...Distribution was merit-based, one needed to fully comply with the ideology and wait in a long line, sometimes for many years....getting a dacha became one the dreams of Soviet people, in the same line as getting an apartment or a car. There were many manipulations – how to get dacha quicker. In Russia law and rules were always particularistic, so if you knew somebody, you could get to the desired dacha much quicker.<br>https://understandrussia.com/dacha/ </small></ref> Together, Bernie and Jane's 2014 total unadjusted gross earnings was $205,617.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/15/politics/bernie-sanders-jane-sanders-taxes/index.html Bernie and Jane Sanders earned nearly $206K in 2014, tax returns show, CNN, April 15, 2016]</ref>

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====Biden's meddling in Israel to aid the left & Sanders====

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There were charges in Feb 2023, that Biden is meddling in Israel, that the admin is funding "progressive" anti-Bibi movement.<ref>[https://israelnationalnews.com/flashes/601809 Republican Senator: Biden admin funding anti-Bibi movement],

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''INN'', 3/8/2023.<blockquote>

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Republican Senator [[Tom Cotton]] claims that the Biden administration is funding Israel's Movement for Quality Government that is "trying to bring down Netanyahu."</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368452 How US taxpayer funds are flowing to a group bankrolling anti-Netanyahu protests], ''INN'', 3/8/2023.<blockquote>

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The U.S. government has been funneling taxpayer money to the left-wing group bankrolling protests against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Israeli funding documents reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.</blockquote></ref>

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==Miscellaneous==

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On Oct 16, 2022, ahead of the Midterm elections, Bernie Sanders said: I Don’t accept Democrats spending contributed to inflation.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/10/16/bernie-sanders-i-dont-accept-democrats-spending-contributed-to-inflation/ Bernie Sanders: I Don’t Accept Democrats Spending Contributed to Inflation], Breitbart, May 16, 2022.<blockquote>...said Sunday on [[NBC]]’s “Meet the Press” that he did not accept the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress spending as a reason for inflation.</blockquote></ref> That, despite even in lefty media admitting to the contrary.

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See also [[Joseph Biden#Inflation .28BidiInflation.29|Bidinflation]]

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