Bernie Sanders Gets a Hometown Welcome at J Street

[Uncle Joe]

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Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont had barely walked onto the stage at the national conference of J Street, a group dedicated to a Middle East peace that includes justice for both Jews and Palestinians, when thousands of people in the packed ballroom leapt to their feet and cheered.

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"I'm very proud to be Jewish and look forward to being the first Jewish president!" Sanders said, drawing one of many standing ovations from the group. "As a people who have suffered for century after century…if there is any people on earth who understand the dangers of racism and white nationalism, it is certainly the Jewish people."

"And if there is any people on earth who should do everything humanly possible to fight against (President Donald) Trump's effort to divide us up by the color of our skin, or language, or where we were born, if there's any group on earth that should be trying to bring people together around a common and progressive agenda, it is the Jewish people," Sanders thundered.

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Sanders said he is uniquely positioned to change the conversation about Israel, politics and peace. "I think being Jewish may be helpful in that regard," Sanders said. "It's going to be very hard for anybody to call me — whose father's family was wiped out by Hitler – anti-Semitic." Democrats, Sanders said, should foment a foreign policy that includes "everything humanly possible to avoid war."

https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2019-10-28/bernie-sanders-gets-a-hometown-welcome-at-pro-israel-group-conference

This is a good read.

[elleng]

1. Yes, and should be x-posted in the Jewish group.

[tirebiter]

2. Time for him to pull a Yang

Give everyone who shows free healthcare.

[saidsimplesimon]

3. Well said Senator Sanders

[redqueen]

4. K&R nt