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Fact-check: Sanders is wrong -- twice -- in claim about defense budget voting record
By Kit NortonI am very proud that I am the only candidate in the Democratic primary to have voted against all of Trumps defense budgets.
Sen. Bernie Sanders in a Dec. 17 video posted on his presidential campaigns social media accounts at 4:00 p.m.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders isnt a big fan of President Donald Trumps latest defense spending bill.
Tuesday morning, the U.S. Senate voted 86-8 in favor of the $738 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020, sending it to the president for his signature.
The day before senators passed the legislation, Sanders published an op-ed in the Washington Post panning the proposal, writing he opposes the bill as he as all previous Trump military budgets.
Hours after the Tuesday vote, the Vermont senator and Democratic candidate for president doubled down, posting a video to his campaigns social media accounts, in which Sanders explained how cutting defense spending could pay for his proposed social programs.
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Sanders has voted against the last three national defense authorization bills but he was not present in the Senate for Tuesdays vote on the bill he has publicly opposed.
Sanders Senate office also said his vote against the defense spending bill fiscal year 2017 was evidence he has voted against all of Trumps military budget bills. However, the Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 was signed by former President Barack Obama on Dec. 23, 2016, and not by Trump.
Read more: https://vtdigger.org/2019/12/20/fact-check-sanders-is-wrong-twice-in-claim-about-defense-budget-voting-record/
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Fact-check: Sanders is wrong -- twice -- in claim about defense budget voting record (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Dec 2019
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George II
(67,782 posts)1. The fact is he did NOT vote against the one passed this week. He was in Iowa or somewhere....
....when the vote took place.
He was talking about that defense spending bill this week, so he KNOWS he didn't vote against it. Wonder why he would say he did?
As a matter of fact, he hasn't cast a vote in the Senate since sometime in July, almost six months ago. Half a year without voting, yet he still draws his $14,500 per month salary as a Senator.
Here are screen shots from that video this week after the defense bill passed:
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
OldRed2450
(710 posts)7. To be fair...
It's not much different this year than most years he has been in office.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(25,134 posts)2. K&R
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
aidbo
(2,328 posts)3. Lol.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)4. LOL
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TexasTowelie
(111,312 posts)5. Just the basic facts.
Can you tell me where it hurts?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,925 posts)6. Not the first time.. still proud?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden