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Sarah Silverman explains why she's voting for Bernie Sanders. Whomever you vote for, you should vote. For more on why Bernie is the one for Sarah, see this. Subscribe to Sarah for more. Connect with Jash Online on Twitter or like Jash on Facebook. Silverman introduces Sanders in L.A.
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Sarah Silverman introduces presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Bernie
Sanders (Vermont), to an estimated crowd of 27,500 in Los Angeles, California. ★ Join a political revolution at berniesanders.com. ★ Connect with Bernie on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and Tumblr and Snapchat → bernie.sanders.
★ About Bernie: Bernie
Sanders is a Democratic candidate for president of the United States.
He is serving his second term in the U.S. Senate after winning
re-election in 2012 with 71 percent of the vote. Sanders previously
served as mayor of Vermont’s largest city for eight years before
defeating an incumbent Republican to be the sole congressperson for the
state in the U.S. House of Representatives. He lives in Burlington,
Vermont with his wife Jane and has four children and seven
grandchildren..
Bernard “Bernie” Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New
York, to immigrant parents and grew up in a small, rent-controlled
apartment. His father came to the United States from Poland at the age
of 17 without much money or a formal education. While attending the
University of Chicago, a 20-year-old Sanders led students in a
multi-week sit-in to oppose segregation in off-campus housing owned by
the university as a Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) officer. In
August of 1963, Sanders took an overnight bus as an organizer for the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to hear Martin Luther King
Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech firsthand at the March on
Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
After graduation, Bernie moved
to Vermont where he worked as a carpenter and documentary filmmaker. In
1981, he was elected as mayor of Burlington as an Independent by a mere
10 votes, shocking the city’s political establishment by defeating a
six-term, local machine mayor. In 1983, Bernie was re-elected by a 21
point margin with a record amount of voter turnout. Under his
administration, the city made major strides in affordable housing,
progressive taxation, environmental protection, child care, women’s
rights, youth programs and the arts. In 1990, Sanders was elected to the
House of Representatives as the first Independent in 40 years and
joined the Democratic caucus. He was re-elected for eight terms, during
which he voted against the deregulation of Wall Street, the Patriot Act,
and the invasion of Iraq.In 2006, Sanders defeated the richest man in Vermont to win a seat in the U.S. Senate as an Independent. Known as a “practical and successful legislator,” Sanders served as chairman of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs where he authored and passed the most significant veteran health care reform bill in recent history. While in the Senate, Sanders has fought tirelessly for working class Americans against the influence of big money in politics. In 2010, he gave an eight-and-a-half hour filibuster-like speech on the Senate floor in opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy. In 2015, the Democratic leadership tapped Bernie to serve as the caucus’ ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.
Known for his consistency on the issues, Senator Sanders has supported the working class, women, communities of color, and the LGBT community throughout his career. He is an advocate for the environment, unions, and immigrants. He voted against Keystone XL, opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, wants to expand the Voting Rights Act, and pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
- More about Bernie on the issues: berniesanders.com/issues
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