8 Quotes From Congress About Bernie Sanders

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42. I have read elsewhere that he is well liked on the Hill because he is a man of his word. He can be t

to do what he says he will do--and not to do what he says he won't. That wins respect and good will all around. Even Repiblicans trust and like him, whereas they can't necessarily trust their own side not to backstab or change their position if they think it might help them.

Integrity and decency are very attractive qualities. Even opponents find such character traits appealing.

Also, I suspect many GOP representatives and senators would prefer to do things that would help people and reverse our nation's decline, but they are too scared to go against the vicious, irrational mob that controls their partty. TPTB can harness the mob to publicly humiliate and censure them for the slightest deviation from the party hard line, and TPTB will finance a primary against anyone who takes a single step off the reservation.

Those who wish they could do something to help the country probably love it when Bernie finds a way to get in an amendment that the base won't catch the Republican supporting.