Bernie Sanders Won't Play Your Game

[Uncle Joe]

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Second of all, every major environmental organization has said no to this new trade agreement because it does not even have the phrase “climate change” in it. And given the fact that climate change is right now the greatest threat facing this planet, I will not vote for a trade agreement that does not incorporate very, very strong principles to significantly lower fossil fuel emissions in the world.

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But this isn’t just about Sanders. Earthjustice, Food and Water Action, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the League of Conservation Voters, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Oil Change International, the Sierra Club, and the Sunrise Movement all signed a December letter opposing “the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), also known as NAFTA 2.0” because it “fails to address the climate crisis and adequately protect our environment.”

In the US House, longtime advocates for fair trade that preserves jobs and the planet opposed USMCA—including Congressional Progressive Caucus cochairs Mark Pocan and Pramila Jayapal, as well as Marcy Kaptur and Peter DeFazio. Progressive Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley all opposed it.

But on Tuesday’s debate stage, it was Sanders who explained why. After Biden spoke, the senator said, “Joe and I have a fundamental disagreement here, in case you haven’t noticed. And that is NAFTA, PNTR with China, other trade agreements were written for one reason alone. And that is to increase the profits of large multinational corporations. And the end result of those two, just PNTR with China, Joe, and NAFTA, cost us some 4 million jobs, as part of the race to the bottom.”

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https://www.thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-trade-climate/

[The Valley Below]

1. We know.

He is a party of one.

[Autumn]

2. You're wrong. He is a party of many.

[Uncle Joe]

3. "A party of one"

simply wouldn't give a shit about global warming climate change.

[The Valley Below]

4. Zero accomplishments.

[HerbChestnut]

5. Low effort response.

This argument has been thrown around this forum, and every time it gets proven wrong. Bernie has gotten quite a bit done in the House and the Senate. All it takes is about 5 minutes of research to find that out.