So, Bernie Sanders Is Going to Issue His Rebuttal to Both Trump's Speech and Democratic Response?

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42. Good grief...I think you need to take a second look.

Let's break it down:
1. Strongly goes after Trump for causing and continuing the shutdown.
2. Highlights numerous bills and efforts that could have kept things open. Including specifically the Democrats in the house passing a bill on Jan. 3 to reopen things.
3. Highlights actual people affected by the shutdown.
4. Calls out McConnell on his inaction and role in all this.
5. Attempts to refocus people on actual crises facing the country.

I don't see anything bad here. What? He didn't sufficiently praise and fawn over anyone with a D after their name enough for you? If you can find one statement that suggests only he alone can do it, I will apologize.

In fact, I'll save you some time. I took a transcript of the speech and did a search for " I ". There are 9 instances of this character set in the statement. Seven are in quotes from either government workers or Trump taking credit for the shutdown. It appears two times in reference to himself. I'll quote them below:

Let me be as clear as I can be: This shutdown should never have happened.

Tonight, I urge Senate Majority Leader McConnell to allow that bill to come to the floor to get a vote.

Neither of those suggests he can do it himself and in fact calls out one of the main people responsible for the situation we're in.

As for his immigration stance, we're still cool with people changing right?

https://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/bernie-sanders-and-immigration-its-complicated-119190

The son of Polish immigrants, Sanders has a record on immigration that’s broadly praised by advocates.

In December 2010, Sanders voted for the Dream Act — legislation that would have legalized immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children. It passed the Democratic-led House, but blocked in the Senate. Sanders voted with all Senate Democrats to support the so-called Gang of Eight bill in 2013.

And last year, when Sanders began flirting with a presidential run, he pressed Obama on taking executive action for millions of undocumented immigrants at a time when moderate Senate Democrats up for reelection fretted over the White House acting on its own on deportations.

And from your article:

Javier Valdes, co-executive director at Make The Road New York, another immigrants advocacy group, also said Sanders was on the wrong side of the 2007 bill. “We were upset that he did not push for it at that time,” Valdes said. “I think he now understands the weight of that vote. The consequences resulted in millions of people being torn apart in largest deportation program this country has ever seen… [But] Sanders’ views on immigration have evolved over the years.”

Sanders ultimately voted for the 2013 comprehensive immigration reform legislation along with ever other Democrat in the Senate