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In reply to the discussion: Talking about Sanders statement of a possible run in 2020 and positioning self. [View all]karynnj
(59,503 posts)The entire state of Vermont is a sanctuary state and the city that Sanders was once mayor of is a santuary city. In fact, Burlington and Chittenden county are refugee resettlement cities -- and that started in the late 1980s. I live in Burlington and see the activism against all the wrongs you list. There are many people who contributed to the attitute that goes beyond accepting to welcoming people -- and Bernie Sanders greatly contributed to that.
I absolutely do not think that Sanders will or should be the nominee in 2020. I do not even think he will run and, if he does, I doubt he will come close to what he did in 2016. However, your attack is nonsense.
What you are repeating is a smear that came out of the 2016 primaries. There was a preemptive strike on Bernie's very real civil rights credientials. Bernie took a year off college and worked to desegregate Chicago public schools. While Chicago was not the deep south, anyone who wants to argue that going against Mayor Daley's cops was child's play is crazy.
I thought BOTH nominees were more flawed than most previous nominees, but I was very angry that David Brock and others used a technique I associated with the Republicans - dishonestly smearing something that defines in a positive way their opponent. Now, Clinton herself had nothing to do with this, but she should have strongly reproached her allies who did this.