In 2003, Rep. Sanders voted to protect "lawful commerce in arms":

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162. Did you even look at how other Democrats voted?

Or whether or not these were Republican bills? Or why working programs suddenly needed new bills? Or do any real research?

Or did you see the names of the bills and decide his votes were bad?

I'm not trying to do anything here but understand why this post. I am not trying to ridicule. I honestly want to know.

I know that Sen Sanders was an unexpected thorn in the campaign for Hillary Clinton. I understand posts from both sides using votes and positions to try to dissuade people from their candidate. Honest posts. I don't believe you meant to do anything but that.

However, this is doing nothing but causing an incorrect perception of the facts. Those that remember, or those that will do the research, will know the truth. But those that just read the talking points, that only want to attack without any basis in the reality, will spread the "he voted against head start and people with disabilities and jobs bill" etc without letting people know that the majority of Democrats voted the same way on most of these. That there were things put in these bills that were bad for the American people. That these were just more of the same Koch/birch society/corporate bills meant to take money from social programs and education and to get the federal government out of helping those in need.