Co-Founder of Sanders Institute. Wife, mother, grandmother, public servant. I believe in civil discourse & bold progressive ideas & block hateful posts.
Our job is not just to remember the history of Dr. King. It is to absorb his revolutionary spirit and apply it today. And that means we will fight racism in every part of American society.
#MLKDay
Time to face the harsh reality, socialist Bernie Sanders will become the chairman of the Sen Budget Committee. He has vowed to use his position to enact his progressive agenda on healthcare, climate, infrastructure spending, & cutting defense spending.
@standamericanow
I didn't answer your biased reporting about Bernie during the last 2 years
@JoyAnnReid
. But don't ever use me to demean my husband. I am very happy & very proud to be Bernie's wife. Your perception couldn't be more wrong. Have you ever talked with him? You've never spoken w/me.
@zo7vette
@SenSanders
Um... I get that he has a hardcore following, but his own attitudes toward women, from his weird early writings to his physical dismissal of women in his presence (including his own wife) make that an incredibly dubious prospect.
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@BernieSanders
wins Democrats Abroad primary (180 countries) in highest turnout in history. "Our voters believe in affordable healthcare & education, & a government that looks after its people, both those citizens at home and abroad,"
The
@BernieSanders
campaign is about unifying people across our country - not dividing them up by race, ethnicity or gender. Forget those who are trying to divide us, focus on building the progressive movement & be positive to succeed!
#MenWomenUnited
Our son Dave
@drscll
worked with
@burtonsnowboard
founder Jake Burton on a limited edition jacket with
@BernieSanders
face on the back. Bernie really liked it, so Dave got him one - without his image - for Christmas. Vermont jacket, Vermont gloves, Vermont common sense!
This sudden inexplicable loss is so sad.
@_michaelbrooks
work on behalf of justice, humanity, and peace and his compassionate intelligence was impressive. It will live on through many he inspired. Sending love and courage to his family and his many friends.
I intend to make sure Bernie takes a few days off to rest, but he's ready to get back out there and we’re looking forward to the October debate. Again, thank you all for your wonderful support. It really does mean a lot to us. 3/3
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who reached out yesterday with so many touching & kind messages wishing Bernie well! We are so moved by your support. Bernie is up & about. Yesterday, he spent much of the day talking with us about policies, 1/3
Really? You think it’s odd that a man who has spent his life fighting for justice, for decency, for the people of our country, is doing everything possible to defeat this dangerous president is odd? I think it’s leadership, integrity, empathy. It’s the epitome of
#NotMeUs
"I'm the guy who ran against a socialist," Biden says about
@BernieSanders
Biden keeps throwing Bernie under the bus. Meanwhile, Bernie campaigned for him over the weekend and hosted an event for him today in Michigan
I must say, it's a bit odd
Share the entire 4-minute testimony by
@AOC
to clearly demonstrate professional conduct and leadership. Her questioning elicited specific information and where to find more. No grandstanding, drama or politics. Just getting to the facts. Well done
@AOC
We worked together to expand the electorate. Now
@JoeBiden
has received more votes than any president in the last century & is on his way to a win. But Trump held onto his 2016 vote & added to it. We need to think critically & analyze why, rejecting pundit’s shallow assumptions.
Despite his abject failure to deliver Ohio for Biden & the fact that the Republican defection never materialized, Kasich is still pushing Dems to oppose progressive policies/principles & instead follow him to the Republican platform. MSM
@CNNPolitics
This is division, not unity.
Of all the Republican grifters who attached themselves to the bid to upend Trump’s presidency, few came out of the 2020 election with less to show for it than John Kasich.
If Democrats listen to this anti-choice, anti-labor charlatan now, they’re doomed.
@BernieSanders
& I have always loved Dick Van Dyke - appreciating his talent w/our parents, our children & now our grandchildren. He brings such joy to the world! I learned about his love of democracy several years back. We so value his support!
“He never has changed his attack because of pressure from the outside or when he felt the wind was blowing another way. He stuck with who he is and what he believes." –Dick Van Dyke
On International Women’s Day, I call on us all to stand for a future that grants women and girls true freedom, dignity, and equality. We can achieve this with a vision for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice rooted in love and compassion.
#InternationalWomensDay
@DiscussingFilm
Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” a vanity project?? It was an excellent film, based on Charles Brandt’s riveting book “I Heard You Paint Houses.” It features an exceptional cast, including Robert De Niro, Al Pacino & Joe Pesci. If you haven’t seen it, watch it &/or read the book.
In the middle of
@BernieSanders
town hall in Keokuk, Iowa, a phone rang. “That’s me” Sanders said. “Let me turn it off, that’s my wife tell her I was busy.”
Congratulations
@IlhanMN
on your impressive win! Interesting that the 3 most progressive Reps all had establishment-backed well-funded primary opponents. Authenticity, compassion & commitment to real change prevails!
@AOC
@RashidaTlaib
Got home this morning, leaving tomorrow - but had time for an Impromptu neighborhood baseball game tonight! Three generations - Dylan, Dave & Bernie! Here’s Dylan pitching to grandpa!
joking with doctors and nurses and speaking with our kids & grandkids and friends on the phone. Bernie’s doctors are very pleased with his progress, and we expect him to be discharged and back home before the end of the weekend. 2/3
Enlightening meeting with Cherokee leaders, educators, and activists, followed by wonderful rally in Tahlequah on Cherokee Nation! Past time we honor the federal government's commitments to our Indigenous brothers and sisters.
Today
@POTUS
is signing an executive action directing Dept of Justice not to renew any contracts with private prisons. Important move. I hope to hear the expansion of this order to ICE and all immigration detention centers soon.
Important point
@krystslball
re:electability.
@BernieSanders
receives strong support from the conservative & most rural part of Vermont. Even if they don’t agree with him on everything, they appreciate his honesty, hard work & that he’s fighting for workers.
Extremely interesting from this poll and something the media totally fails to understand,
@BernieSanders
strongest support in Iowa actually comes from the most rural part of the state. Economic populism is an electoral winner. Cc
@JDScholten
@esaagar
These ‘law officers,’ and the ones in the Aurora travesty & others who are so obviously devoid of humanity, should be fired on the spot. We cannot allow armed public officials to violate the public trust and traumatize children.
Santa Clarita, California:
Three black teenagers were being attacked by a homeless man and witnesseses called for help.
When police arrived they pointed their guns, and arrested the kids who needed their help. Terrifying them.
On brand. Exhausting...
I
@BernieSanders
& I have always loved Dick Van Dyke - appreciating his talent w/our parents, our children & now our grandchildren. He brings such joy to the world! I learned about his love of democracy several years back. We so value his support!
“He never has changed his attack because of pressure from the outside or when he felt the wind was blowing another way. He stuck with who he is and what he believes." –Dick Van Dyke
I am honored to have marched today in Minneapolis to stand in solidarity with all the Native peoples of this nation seeking justice for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. It’s time to put an end to this epidemic.
#MMIW
Today, we commemorate Juneteenth, honoring this day in 1865 that marked the end of slavery. Yet the horrors of racial injustice continued, including with the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, the worst incident of racial violence in our history.
There will be no peace, no justice, and no prosperity unless we stop the march to climate destruction. This is a matter of life and death. The very future of our civilization depends upon it.
I’m going through old boxes and just saw the original of that article
@davidsirota
! Sparking lots of memories of
@BernieSanders
years as Mayor, fighting for workers, the poor, women, children and the elderly even way back then! So proud of my guy 🤗
Cabinet officials who have been complicit all these years in their support of Donald Trump deserve absolutely no credit for resigning. If they don’t invoke the 25th Amendment, it’s too little too late. MSM, please don’t subject us to their hypocrisy any longer.
Wonderful few days in Iowa with many friends & supporters who know that we have the power to make our moonshot for economic, social, racial, and environmental justice in this generation. Find your caucus location at and let's transform this nation!
Marny Xiong died this week of coronavirus. She was a wonderful, talented young woman, a strong progressive, and a tireless volunteer for our campaign. Our heartfelt condolences to Marny’s family.
@BernieSanders
@NYTimes
The reality of American healthcare: Kentucky woman can no longer afford dialysis treatment so she has accepted that she will die...
“I don’t have the money, Medicare doesn’t want to pay anymore. It's getting harder, I’d rather just quit."
We need
#MedicareForAll
!
#FridayFeeling
Important history repeating itself again & again. Ex: When the 1994 GOP sweep took over the House, every member of the Progressive Caucus won, but many moderate & conservative Dems lost their seats to Repubs. Will media cover this & political leaders heed the lesson this time?
Here's the Dem vote margin for the 24 vulnerable Democratic House candidates compared to their GovTrack ideology score.
There's of course a million caveats here, but, in the aggregate: the more conservative their record in Congress, the worse they fared at the polls.
And yet, we are not addressing it as an emergency. The questions about the
@BernieSanders
&
@AOC
#GreenNewDeal
are how r u going to pay for it & how r u going to pass it. It should be how quickly can we implement it. It’s survival, not partisan politics.
Scientists say there is growing evidence to suggest that irreversible changes to the Earth's environmental systems are already taking place, and that we are now in a "state of planetary emergency."
Honored to visit Alcatraz Island to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Occupation w/ many of the occupation veterans themselves. Heroic indigenous resistance continues to lead the way on enviro. justice, land rights, violence against women, and many other critical issues.
Bernie2020 is unionized!! “Bernie Sanders is the most pro-union candidate in the field, he'll be the most pro-union president in the White House and we're honored that his campaign will be the first to have a unionized workforce," Faiz Shakir Bernie2020
Today, May 5th, is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. I marched in Minneapolis in remembrance of the hundreds of MMIW that go missing every year. Please don’t forget them.
#MMIW
Glad you noticed
@CharlesMBlow
Maybe the New York Times can finally cover the urgency of implementing the transformational changes that
@BernieSanders
campaigned on?
Can we all just admit this: The transformational changes that covid, the economic crisis, police brutality and racial turbulence will force are precisely some of the things Bernie Sanders was talking about but may have sounded too extreme to some just months ago.
DNC Chair Tom Perez proposes that the Democratic party now accept donations from fossil fuel political action committees - just two months after the DNC unanimously prohibited donations from fossil fuel companies. Please tell your elected officials & DNC reps that this is wrong.
New DNC proposal would support an "all of the above" energy policy which the last party platform explicitly rejects. This is a bad idea, on both scientific and political grounds
I fixed it for you: Ten Republican senators propose $600 billion covid relief package, offering Biden and Democrats a path to defeat in 2022... or ... Republicans offer less than one-third of what is needed for rescue package in shameful attempt to pretend they care. smh
This is heartbreaking for so many reasons: the child’s fear & pain; officer shooting despite identifying it as a cap gun; the state declaring this shooting justified; the family being saddled w/costs of health care; the fact that this is a recurring problem.
So sorry to hear about your loss Jim. Eileen was a lovely, gracious and strong woman and, I know, the light of your life. Bernie and I send you our love and support. You have many friends
@jjz1600
and we will all be here for you.
My wife Eileen passed away this week. A passionate advocate for justice & equality, she helped shape the work I do, tempering my soul & speech making me a better person. During our 56 yrs we worked on everything from Palestinian rights to reforming the Catholic Church. I miss her
Wow! Incredible rally in Nashville on Wednesday at the
@JStreetChurch
with nearly 600 friends ready to elect
@BernieSanders
our next President! Remember to vote on March 3rd and please join our growing movement:
I’m excited to be in Nashville, Tennessee tomorrow! Hope to see you tomorrow evening at the historic Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church (
@JStreetChurch
) and discuss why
@berniesanders
is the President we need to transform this country! RSVP here: