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Bernie Sanders
20 hours ago: Wednesday Jul 15 - 3:35pm
I stand with 100 grassroots organizations demanding that the U.S. end its suspension of @USAID aid to Yemen. During this horrific humanitarian crisis, we should end our military support to Saudi Arabia instead. Yemen needs food, medicine, and health care—not bombs and blockades. https://t.co/NZVjMppYBI
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Bernie Sanders
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jul 15 - 1:17pm
Trump's incompetence has been deadly. Six months after the first U.S. coronavirus case was reported, health workers are still reusing masks, gowns and gloves in the wealthiest country on Earth. Congress must act NOW to produce the protective gear we need. https://t.co/GjUQlPglvC
Bernie Sanders
1 day ago: Tuesday Jul 14 - 2:24pm
Instead of spending more on Trump's Space Force and a "super-duper missile" program designed to kill as many people as possible, let's invest more in health care, education, and housing for our people here at home. It's time to cut the Pentagon. https://t.co/jFkLVQE1c9
Bernie Sanders
2 days ago: Tuesday Jul 14 - 11:26am
What we are witnessing is the absolute absurdity of our profit-driven, employer-based, private health care system. Health care can no longer be an employee benefit—we must make it a human right, through Medicare for All. https://t.co/t9BgyPpQ5e
Bernie Sanders
2 days ago: Monday Jul 13 - 5:22pm
More than 30% of American families could not pay their July rent and 28 million people could become homeless if we don't act. What are the Republicans' priorities during this economic crisis? Passing a $135 billion tax break for their millionaire donors. https://t.co/2cECUWE5z3
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Bernie Sanders
3 days ago: Sunday Jul 12 - 4:32pm
The pandemic has been an economic nightmare for the working class. Millions have lost their jobs and their health care—now they may lose their homes. Not acceptable. We need government of the people, by the people, for the people. Congress must act boldly. https://t.co/NP93T6fIzk
Bernie Sanders
4 days ago: Sunday Jul 12 - 9:27am
In the midst of a pandemic, an economic meltdown, systemic racism and climate change, Republicans and Democrats want to pass a record-breaking $740 billion military budget. My amendment cuts military spending by 10% and uses the savings to help the poor. https://t.co/ixzq26L4o3
Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Friday Jul 10 - 5:56pm
RT @repmarkpocan: Glad to have @SenSchumer join @SenSanders, @RepBarbaraLee & I to demand a 10% cut from this year's bloated defense budget. The time is long overdue to reshape our national priorities and put the needs of the American people first. https://t.co/6y8c3a4lqv
Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Friday Jul 10 - 5:03pm
And let me also thank @SenSchumer for securing a vote on my amendment during the week of July 20th. If there was ever a time to fundamentally change our national priorities, now is that time. Let's cut the Pentagon budget and invest in healthcare and housing here at home.
Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Friday Jul 10 - 5:02pm
Let me thank @SenSchumer for his support for my amendment to cut the bloated $740 billion Pentagon budget by 10% and invest $74 billion in communities that have been ravaged by extreme poverty and mass incarceration. This amendment will begin to change our national priorities. https://t.co/Ju2KWqQlXH
Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Friday Jul 10 - 11:06am
Remdesivir costs less than $10 to manufacture. @GileadSciences is charging $3,100 for it. Taxpayers spent $70 million to develop this drug. Coronavirus has killed 130,000 Americans. It's time to take control of this patent and provide remdesivir to all who need it. https://t.co/a6VPvIxAC9
Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Thursday Jul 9 - 4:03pm
The richest 1% owe 70% of all unpaid taxes. With the money from these tax cheats, we could do all this: 👩🏽🎓Tuition-free college 👩👦👦End child hunger 🚰Clean water for all 🏡Build 500,000 affordable homes 😷Masks and PPE for all 📬Fully fund the Post Office https://t.co/vNNUeDLV14
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Tuesday Jul 7 - 6:43pm
No national testing program. No adequate production of protective gear. No commitment to a free vaccine. As almost every major country sees the spread of coronavirus decline, America's infections are spiking. Trump's incompetence is killing people.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Tuesday Jul 7 - 12:51pm
You don't need a Ph.D in economics to know this, but it can't hurt: We need direct, monthly cash payments for everybody in America until this crisis is over. https://t.co/xyRa612X7j
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Tuesday Jul 7 - 9:58am
Evictions must be banned for the entirety of this crisis. This is a matter of racial and economic justice that Congress cannot ignore. https://t.co/mmksPso3Hh
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 5:59pm
The cruelty of this White House knows no bounds. Foreign students are being threatened with a choice: risk your life going to class in-person or get deported. We must stand up to Trump's bigotry. We must keep all our students safe. https://t.co/Q2MvmgJPqV
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 5:21pm
If Target just did it, you can be damn sure @Walmart, owned by the wealthiest family in America, can raise its starting wage to $15 an hour. https://t.co/4ZwRk6mTiP
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 2:01pm
American taxpayers are already funding the development of a coronavirus vaccine. When it is ready, we must put it in the public domain and ensure that it's available to all. No more privatizing, monopolizing and profiteering by Big Pharma. https://t.co/yAh8tFjpep
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 12:33pm
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and millions of others who fought against the Dakota Access Pipeline showed us the power of standing together against injustice. We can create a future where a clean environment and indigenous rights matter more than Big Oil’s profits. https://t.co/8Ato13OTWp
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 10:44am
The Trump administration is focused on making it harder for homeless trans people to get safe shelter during this pandemic. That is outrageous. As a society, we can—and we must—end homelessness and housing discrimination against trans people. https://t.co/Dx3e1UTnYS
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 8:15am
This is a major victory for the millions-strong climate justice movement, which fought for years to stop this pipeline. Together, we will secure clean air and good jobs building a renewable-energy economy that protects the only planet we have. https://t.co/KjXEyRlrEd
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Sunday Jul 5 - 3:55pm
As a pandemic rages, public health departments across America are being starved and are on the verge of collapse. Meanwhile, billionaires have seen their wealth grow by $565 billion. That is what oligarchy looks like. https://t.co/vh65KgeQ9U
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Sunday Jul 5 - 1:03pm
The minimum wage is worth less than it was 50 years ago. If wages had gone up with productivity, today it would be three times higher. Corporate America has been waging a war on workers for decades. It's about time working people stand up and fight back. https://t.co/DOm703wiSh
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Saturday Jul 4 - 4:04pm
Throughout our history, demagogues have always tried to demonize different people to divide us up. We will not let Trump succeed. We will break down the irrational hatred he is fomenting. We are going to build a politics of love, compassion, and unity. https://t.co/g89uZv854h
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Saturday Jul 4 - 2:05pm
This holiday weekend, let us reflect on the disturbing reality behind every plate of food—workers are being exploited and put at risk every day. They don’t need more lip service, they need justice: Hazard pay, sick leave, $15 an hour and a safe workplace. https://t.co/tZ6Enfemnq
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Saturday Jul 4 - 9:24am
Jane and I wish you and your loved ones a very happy Independence Day. Together, we can and will create the kind of nation based on love and justice that we know we can become. https://t.co/WZFthTCCwq
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Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Friday Jul 3 - 1:22pm
I believe that right now, the American people want real transformation. They want us to invest in health care, jobs and education for all, so that they can live their lives with dignity and security. They want a government which represents all of us, not the 1%.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Friday Jul 3 - 8:30am
No, Mr. Trump, coronavirus will not just “disappear.” We need to pass legislation to fight this pandemic and protect the American people. That means: 😷 Masks for all 🧪 Free testing for all 💊 Health care for all 👨👩👧 Economic security for all https://t.co/zA6or4QxLs
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 6:56pm
RT @RepChuyGarcia: Proud to work with @SenatorDurbin, @SenSanders and others on this bicameral effort to ensure that all countries have the financial support they need to recover from #COVID-19. https://t.co/mIQYwJDqwX
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 5:25pm
I am proud to join @SenatorDurbin on this legislation to have the IMF provide financial support to the developing world, at no cost to U.S. taxpayers. It is the very least we can do to prevent unimaginable increases in poverty, hunger, and disease that threaten the world's poor. https://t.co/ZTNHKKAGUy
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 4:46pm
RT @SenJeffMerkley: .@AmericanAir: how many Americans will die bc you fill middle seats, w/ your customers shoulder to shoulder, hour after hour. This is incredibly irresponsible. People eat & drink on planes & must take off masks to do so. No way you aren’t facilitating spread of COVID infections. https://t.co/PWG5macqgC
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Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 4:40pm
How on earth can airlines—in the middle of pandemic—fly their planes at full capacity? I am demanding federal action to require social distancing, mask-wearing, and disinfection in planes and airports. We must put the safety of passengers and workers ahead of corporate profits. https://t.co/s7R4QGDa8Q
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Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 12:30pm
No one is above the law. @SenMarkey, @SenWarren, and I introduced a bill to abolish “qualified immunity" so police officers can be held fully accountable for abuses they commit, just like everybody else. https://t.co/vPWiWwyeom
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 10:43am
🚨 14.7 million Americans are still out of work. Coronavirus infections are rising at an unprecedented rate. 🚨 Until this crisis is over, we must: 💵Provide $2,000 a month per person 🏥Ensure medical care without cost 👷♀️Guarantee workers' wages 💳Extend unemployment benefits
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 8:00am
Instead of addressing the surge in hunger due to this economic meltdown, the Senate is rushing to pass a $740 billion military budget. We need to fundamentally alter our national priorities. It's time to eradicate hunger in America. It's time to increase nutrition support.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 7:00pm
Today, workers in Washington, DC will get paid at least $15 an hour. This is what happens when workers raise their voices, organize and demand to be heard. It’s time for Congress to raise the minimum wage to a living wage of $15 an hour for all workers. https://t.co/GW3ywCnQSp
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 6:43pm
One theory is that by spending $740,000,000,000 on the most sophisticated weapons of mass destruction in world history, we'll be safer. I'm not so sure. Maybe what makes us safer is breaking down fear and hatred around the world, so that we can recognize our common humanity. https://t.co/boCiB74qEF
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 5:00pm
Rent is due. But over 40 million Americans lost their jobs because of this horrific pandemic. How are they expected to put together the income to make rent? It is time to cancel rent and mortgage payments until this crisis is over.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 3:27pm
Alec Smith died at 26 because he was rationing insulin that was too expensive. Now Big Pharma is suing to block a law passed in his honor to make insulin more affordable. Let’s be clear about this: Big Pharma’s greed is literally killing people in this country. https://t.co/3FEYtWnI7X
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 2:01pm
I am LIVE in the Senate to oppose a $740 billion military budget without being able to vote on amendments. The American people deserve a real debate before we build more bombs instead of schools. https://t.co/JcMMKgwDSB
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 12:16pm
RT @repmarkpocan: USMCA goes into effect today, but Mexico continues to persecute union activists. Susana Prieto Terrazas, a labor rights activist and lawyer, was wrongfully arrested almost a month ago. There is no fair trade deal when workers’ rights are under threat. #FreeSusana #SusanaLibreYa https://t.co/SZXpva00JX
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 11:00am
How can it be that the United States—with just 4% of the world’s population—accounts for 25% of the world’s coronavirus deaths? Our people are dying every day because of Trump’s lies and incompetence. https://t.co/nVPlDArYx5
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 8:00am
Unbelievable. Facial recognition technology identifies the wrong person 96% of the time according to Detroit's police chief. We must ban facial recognition technology for policing. https://t.co/atyCij1JWE
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 5:21pm
Israel's annexation of occupied territory would be a disaster for international law, self-determination, freedom and equality. I stand with @AOC and House progressives. We cannot allow U.S. tax dollars to be used to violate Palestinians' human rights. https://t.co/UkrTcWhHvy
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 3:00pm
Join me NOW: I urge my colleagues to stop pouring billions of dollars into wars and weapons. President Eisenhower and Dr. King were right. We need the guts to say NO to the military industrial complex and start focusing on real human needs. https://t.co/6DdSZQJJN1
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 1:13pm
Today, I asked Dr. Fauci whether we need to manufacture and distribute free, high-quality masks and guarantee free vaccines to everyone in America. He agreed. The Senate must listen to our public health experts and immediately pass my proposals to do exactly that. https://t.co/TCc4kDCsn6
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 11:59am
Health care workers who risk their lives every day fighting this pandemic are being denied the personal protective equipment they need. The Trump administration's response: Ignoring thousands of workers' safety complaints. Beyond outrageous. https://t.co/atIujH4Ncv
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 10:32am
In the midst of a pandemic, the Senate is voting on a $740 billion Pentagon budget. I will be presenting an alternative: Cut the military by 10% to invest in health care, jobs, housing, and the environment. It's time to transform our national priorities. https://t.co/r18bu95GQ4
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 8:40am
The $600 in additional weekly unemployment income passed by Congress saved millions from financial ruin. Ending it could cost 5 million jobs and hurt countless struggling families. As coronavirus cases rise, we must extend this critical lifeline. https://t.co/SxtB0J7roK
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Jun 29 - 4:10pm
How the hell can two people be charged $200 or $6,400 for the same test? No rational person can accept our dysfunctional, profit-driven health care system. No more greed. It's time to make health care a human right. It's time to pass Medicare for All. https://t.co/07uKJIP8VB
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Jun 29 - 2:38pm
Trump's lies and incompetence have cost us lives. America's coronavirus cases are skyrocketing even as other major countries have controlled its spread. Congress must step up. We need to act urgently to guarantee robust testing, tracing, masks, and medical treatment for all. https://t.co/DtQLpJUaOy
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Jun 29 - 12:30pm
Taxpayers provided funding for the development of this drug. Now Gilead is price-gouging off it during a pandemic. Beyond disgusting. Coronavirus treatment must be free to all. https://t.co/RcZHmnTL6G
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Jun 29 - 11:11am
Extremist Republican legislators lost again today. Abortion is a constitutional right and we will make damn sure it stays that way. https://t.co/6o3jDRQO58
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Jun 29 - 9:53am
Billionaires are waging class war against the working people of this country in the middle of a pandemic. That is obscene. It’s time to stand up and fight back. https://t.co/40xeUEpvfR
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Sunday Jun 28 - 5:00pm
RT @foodandwater: "Unbelievably, when it comes to water infrastructure, America’s challenges resemble those of a developing country." Thank you @SenSanders & @BrendaLawrence for introducing the #WATERAct to repair our water infrastructure. https://t.co/gVyxcpy01l
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Sunday Jun 28 - 12:41pm
Whether it is: 🌎 Transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel ✊ Fighting systemic racism 🏥 Ending a cruel and dysfunctional healthcare system 📈 Addressing the grotesque level of wealth inequality in our country Now is the time for change—real change.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Saturday Jun 27 - 4:42pm
It is unbelievable that this has to be said, but no: reducing testing will not make this pandemic go away. Trump's decision to pull federal support for testing is threatening the health of millions of people. https://t.co/qvYR4WEHjC
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Saturday Jun 27 - 2:22pm
Unemployment rate: 🇺🇸 13% 🇬🇧 4% Why? The United Kingdom provided paychecks to its workers and kept them employed. It's about time we do the same. https://t.co/5mI5S015j8
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Saturday Jun 27 - 11:22am
If there's any silver lining to this horrible moment that we are in—the pandemic, the economic collapse, police brutality—it is that people are taking a hard look at the kind of society we want to become, and thinking about justice from top to bottom.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 3:37pm
Today, the House rightly recognized that D.C.'s 700,000 residents deserve full citizenship as Americans. If Senate Republicans are sincere in their belief that there can be no taxation without representation, they must immediately schedule a vote to grant statehood to D.C. https://t.co/x1eJM05cMX
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 1:59pm
RT @SenMarkey: Our streets are not meant to be battlefields, and law enforcement shouldn’t be using weapons of war against protestors and other Americans. That's why @SenSanders and I are introducing legislation to ban law enforcement's use of tear gas and rubber bullets.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 1:45pm
RT @BLeeForCongress: I am proud to work with @SenSanders, @EdMarkey & @MarkPocan on this critical legislation to cut our Pentagon spending & redirect the money toward health care, housing, & education. It’s time to have a serious look at our national budget & realign our priorities. #PutPeopleFirst https://t.co/Ewi6hmcmOz
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 1:31pm
As coronavirus cases rise, nurses are demanding that this for-profit, corporate hospital chain provide them with the protective gear and staffing support they need to care for their patients. I stand with the nurses striking across this country today. https://t.co/HMe8XeIrf4
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 12:34pm
RT @RepBarragan: The #fossilfuel industry was just caught red handed trying to get a bailout from #COVID19 relief funds. Their financial situation is so rocky, they’re trying to change the rules to boost their plummeting bottom line. https://t.co/5uL8F8LsBV
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 11:10am
Cut the Pentagon. Feed, shelter, educate, and employ all our people. https://t.co/HnSGcfwr4l
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 8:22am
Do not tell me that a Green New Deal is “radical.” What’s radical is doing nothing to stop climate change while the Arctic is on fire. https://t.co/VWpJWqWTu2
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 6:47pm
I said it in 1993 and I'll say it again today: D.C. statehood now! https://t.co/3wkOAXzPN4
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 3:07pm
Why do we spend more on the military than the next 11 nations combined? I have a better idea: Cut Pentagon spending by 10% and invest it in the fight to end homelessness, hunger and poverty in the richest country on Earth. https://t.co/vgGd8WdMbu
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 2:34pm
Join me in a half hour, when I will speak on the Senate floor about my effort with @repmarkpocan, @RepBarbaraLee and @SenMarkey to reduce military spending by 10% and invest that money in communities ravaged by poverty, mass incarceration, deindustrialization and systemic racism. https://t.co/gCGBr5udQD
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 2:22pm
RT @theintercept: “It is time to fundamentally change our national priorities,” @SenSanders said. His proposal would reduce Pentagon spending by $74 billion. https://t.co/oYje1t7wqd
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 10:15am
Over fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warned us that “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” That is what our amendment is all about. https://t.co/3zxcBVYMwW
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 8:00am
President Trump and Senate Republicans would rather deny science than provide the American people with the economic relief and leadership they need, threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans. Absolutely shameful. https://t.co/bZvFYpHYAy
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 24 - 10:12pm
Today, Republicans pushed empty gestures on police reform. No. Enough lip service. Any serious effort must ban chokeholds, abolish legal immunity, create unarmed civilian first responders, and strip federal funds for police that violate civil rights. https://t.co/50MTvrf09g
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 24 - 3:18pm
How the hell can corporations going bankrupt and laying off workers still hand out million-dollar bonuses to their CEOs? CEOs love this game: Heads, I win. Tails, you lose. This is why workers must get a say in their companies and seats on their boards. https://t.co/mpEUueYsjO
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 24 - 12:57pm
Robert Julian-Borchak Williams was wrongfully arrested because racist facial recognition technology misidentified him for a crime he did not commit. We can't allow this to happen again. It's time to ban facial recognition technology for policing. https://t.co/T8mtCCAvkG
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 23 - 1:15pm
The pandemic surges, people die, and Trump continues to ignore reality. Let us save lives by using the Defense Production Act to produce high quality masks for everyone, and distribute them free to every household. That's the legislation I am introducing. https://t.co/lqzBLDx1vW
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 23 - 11:57am
As we combat a deadly pandemic, we must understand that proper sanitation and safe tap water are not luxuries to be denied to the poor—they are essential. @RepLawrence and I discuss how Congress can and must guarantee clean water to all as a human right: https://t.co/XejJiFJyav
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 23 - 9:41am
Responding to the pandemic with a fierce sense of urgency means providing every working-class person in America with an emergency $2,000 payment each month until this crisis is over so that they can pay the rent, feed their families and make ends meet. https://t.co/EIw4TISY08
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Monday Jun 22 - 5:17pm
Vulnerable nursing home residents are being kicked out on the street to fend for themselves, in a pandemic, because they're considered "less-profitable." How disgusting! We cannot tolerate a health care system driven by such staggering greed and cruelty. https://t.co/dZFhGaIfc7
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Monday Jun 22 - 2:23pm
We must make it easier to vote—not harder. No one should be forced to wait in line for hours to participate in our elections. Our job is to fight racist voter suppression everywhere, restore the Voting Rights Act, and create a vibrant democracy. https://t.co/ECnvxxuydl
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Monday Jun 22 - 11:36am
America can give tax breaks to billionaires, no problem. But somehow when it comes to workers' rights, we are the worst among major countries. Here's a radical idea: Maybe working people in the wealthiest country on Earth should get to live with dignity. https://t.co/0WdwZRcRMZ
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Saturday Jun 20 - 4:39pm
If the U.S. does not end its involvement in the Saudi-led war, millions of Yemenis may die of famine. It makes me very proud to see our young people organizing together to bring this horrific conflict to an end. https://t.co/Vi3siDDzFK
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Saturday Jun 20 - 2:10pm
We have three major issues going on in this country: an economic meltdown, a horrific pandemic, and people out in the streets demanding racial justice in America. Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, what is your leadership doing to address these issues? Nothing. Do your job.
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Jun 19 - 4:53pm
Target just raised the minimum wage for its 275,000 workers to $15 an hour. Now is the time for Walmart to also raise their minimum wage to at least $15 an hour. I suspect the world's richest family, the Walton family, can afford it. https://t.co/oBKi1Hf4ZH
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Jun 19 - 4:15pm
RT @repmarkpocan: A month ago, @RepBarbaraLee & I led 29 Dems demanding no increase in defense spending. This year, we're joining @SenSanders and introducing an amendment to cut 10% from this yr's $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act. It's time to invest in communities—not wars. https://t.co/kplJbd9bAd
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Jun 19 - 1:53pm
To stop the spread of the coronavirus, and to reduce the obscene racial disparities in our criminal justice system, we must take urgent federal action to dramatically reduce the prison population. https://t.co/V4vxuongAd
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Jun 19 - 9:31am
It is time that we, as a nation, come to terms with slavery's horrors and how they affect every aspect of our lives today. I am proud to celebrate #Juneteenth with Mr. Danny Glover. https://t.co/nTUaN324hn
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 18 - 3:53pm
As the son of an immigrant, I congratulate the countless activists who made today’s Supreme Court decision possible. Together, we will reverse all the cruel things Trump has done to harm immigrants and ensure a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented people in America. https://t.co/AQZR5C8iWp
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 18 - 1:57pm
The real unemployment rate is over 20%—the highest since the Great Depression. No, Mr. Trump, this is not the time to take a victory lap. The government must guarantee 100% of the paychecks and benefits of American workers up to $90,000/year. Pass the Paycheck Security Act now.
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 18 - 10:43am
This is a major victory for grassroots activists and a blow to Trump’s hideous effort to end legal protections for our undocumented youth. Now we must quickly pass legislation to provide a path to citizenship for Dreamers and the 11 million undocumented in this country. https://t.co/Omdh5dYupr
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 17 - 5:14pm
I'm LIVE now, speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate. In every state in America, people are hurting and calling out for help. Let us hear their cries. Let us act now to end police brutality, halt a deadly pandemic, and provide economic relief to all. https://t.co/5htWFM6xSJ
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 17 - 12:07pm
Target’s announcement today shows us that a $15 minimum wage is an idea whose time has come. Years of grassroots organizing has created an unstoppable movement. Now the Senate must pass our Raise the Wage Act and guarantee a dignified, living wage for every worker in America. https://t.co/EgjBTkgTZs
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 17 - 9:21am
It’s time to abolish “qualified immunity" so police officers can be held fully accountable for abuses they commit. No one is above the law.
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 16 - 5:41pm
President Trump forced hazardous meat plants to reopen to protect the profits of large corporations over the lives of meatpacking workers who got sick and died from coronavirus. Beyond disgusting. It's time to put people before profits. https://t.co/XVKh7gpfYq
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 16 - 2:39pm
President Trump’s effort to dismantle the Postal Service would be a disaster for our seniors. We can't let Trump and his cronies have their way. Congress must act to save the Postal Service so seniors can access life-saving medication and mail-in ballots. https://t.co/MBX4YmgVMh
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Jun 16 - 11:09am
This pandemic is not going away any time soon. Our people are struggling. A one-time $1,200 check sure as hell ain’t cutting it. Congress has got to get its act together and provide monthly $2,000 payments to all—and make it cover the past three months. https://t.co/bGVdsYKcmK
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Jun 16 - 8:15am
I’ll be damned if when a COVID-19 vaccine is developed, more people die because they can’t afford to purchase it. Any life-saving vaccine must be free.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Jun 15 - 5:16pm
"Less than lethal"? What a joke. These weapons are fracturing people's skulls, destroying their eyeballs, and harming their lungs. Enough. We must ban the use of rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray on protesters across the country. https://t.co/glYh47tTnE
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Jun 15 - 5:16pm
Ban them. https://t.co/t4qhtEa5KT
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Jun 15 - 3:21pm
This is what oligarchy looks like. During the pandemic, 630 billionaires have seen their wealth go up by $565 billion while almost everyone else has seen their wealth go down by $6.5 trillion. We cannot push this grotesque inequality under the rug. https://t.co/CVMjUJPvTl
20 hours ago: Wednesday Jul 15 - 3:35pm
I stand with 100 grassroots organizations demanding that the U.S. end its suspension of @USAID aid to Yemen. During this horrific humanitarian crisis, we should end our military support to Saudi Arabia instead. Yemen needs food, medicine, and health care—not bombs and blockades. https://t.co/NZVjMppYBI
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Bernie Sanders
22 hours ago: Wednesday Jul 15 - 1:17pm
Trump's incompetence has been deadly. Six months after the first U.S. coronavirus case was reported, health workers are still reusing masks, gowns and gloves in the wealthiest country on Earth. Congress must act NOW to produce the protective gear we need. https://t.co/GjUQlPglvC
Bernie Sanders
1 day ago: Tuesday Jul 14 - 2:24pm
Instead of spending more on Trump's Space Force and a "super-duper missile" program designed to kill as many people as possible, let's invest more in health care, education, and housing for our people here at home. It's time to cut the Pentagon. https://t.co/jFkLVQE1c9
Bernie Sanders
2 days ago: Tuesday Jul 14 - 11:26am
What we are witnessing is the absolute absurdity of our profit-driven, employer-based, private health care system. Health care can no longer be an employee benefit—we must make it a human right, through Medicare for All. https://t.co/t9BgyPpQ5e
Bernie Sanders
2 days ago: Monday Jul 13 - 5:22pm
More than 30% of American families could not pay their July rent and 28 million people could become homeless if we don't act. What are the Republicans' priorities during this economic crisis? Passing a $135 billion tax break for their millionaire donors. https://t.co/2cECUWE5z3
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Bernie Sanders
3 days ago: Sunday Jul 12 - 4:32pm
The pandemic has been an economic nightmare for the working class. Millions have lost their jobs and their health care—now they may lose their homes. Not acceptable. We need government of the people, by the people, for the people. Congress must act boldly. https://t.co/NP93T6fIzk
Bernie Sanders
4 days ago: Sunday Jul 12 - 9:27am
In the midst of a pandemic, an economic meltdown, systemic racism and climate change, Republicans and Democrats want to pass a record-breaking $740 billion military budget. My amendment cuts military spending by 10% and uses the savings to help the poor. https://t.co/ixzq26L4o3
Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Friday Jul 10 - 5:56pm
RT @repmarkpocan: Glad to have @SenSchumer join @SenSanders, @RepBarbaraLee & I to demand a 10% cut from this year's bloated defense budget. The time is long overdue to reshape our national priorities and put the needs of the American people first. https://t.co/6y8c3a4lqv
Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Friday Jul 10 - 5:03pm
And let me also thank @SenSchumer for securing a vote on my amendment during the week of July 20th. If there was ever a time to fundamentally change our national priorities, now is that time. Let's cut the Pentagon budget and invest in healthcare and housing here at home.
Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Friday Jul 10 - 5:02pm
Let me thank @SenSchumer for his support for my amendment to cut the bloated $740 billion Pentagon budget by 10% and invest $74 billion in communities that have been ravaged by extreme poverty and mass incarceration. This amendment will begin to change our national priorities. https://t.co/Ju2KWqQlXH
Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Friday Jul 10 - 11:06am
Remdesivir costs less than $10 to manufacture. @GileadSciences is charging $3,100 for it. Taxpayers spent $70 million to develop this drug. Coronavirus has killed 130,000 Americans. It's time to take control of this patent and provide remdesivir to all who need it. https://t.co/a6VPvIxAC9
Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Thursday Jul 9 - 4:03pm
The richest 1% owe 70% of all unpaid taxes. With the money from these tax cheats, we could do all this: 👩🏽🎓Tuition-free college 👩👦👦End child hunger 🚰Clean water for all 🏡Build 500,000 affordable homes 😷Masks and PPE for all 📬Fully fund the Post Office https://t.co/vNNUeDLV14
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Tuesday Jul 7 - 6:43pm
No national testing program. No adequate production of protective gear. No commitment to a free vaccine. As almost every major country sees the spread of coronavirus decline, America's infections are spiking. Trump's incompetence is killing people.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Tuesday Jul 7 - 12:51pm
You don't need a Ph.D in economics to know this, but it can't hurt: We need direct, monthly cash payments for everybody in America until this crisis is over. https://t.co/xyRa612X7j
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Tuesday Jul 7 - 9:58am
Evictions must be banned for the entirety of this crisis. This is a matter of racial and economic justice that Congress cannot ignore. https://t.co/mmksPso3Hh
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 5:59pm
The cruelty of this White House knows no bounds. Foreign students are being threatened with a choice: risk your life going to class in-person or get deported. We must stand up to Trump's bigotry. We must keep all our students safe. https://t.co/Q2MvmgJPqV
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 5:21pm
If Target just did it, you can be damn sure @Walmart, owned by the wealthiest family in America, can raise its starting wage to $15 an hour. https://t.co/4ZwRk6mTiP
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 2:01pm
American taxpayers are already funding the development of a coronavirus vaccine. When it is ready, we must put it in the public domain and ensure that it's available to all. No more privatizing, monopolizing and profiteering by Big Pharma. https://t.co/yAh8tFjpep
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 12:33pm
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and millions of others who fought against the Dakota Access Pipeline showed us the power of standing together against injustice. We can create a future where a clean environment and indigenous rights matter more than Big Oil’s profits. https://t.co/8Ato13OTWp
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 10:44am
The Trump administration is focused on making it harder for homeless trans people to get safe shelter during this pandemic. That is outrageous. As a society, we can—and we must—end homelessness and housing discrimination against trans people. https://t.co/Dx3e1UTnYS
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Monday Jul 6 - 8:15am
This is a major victory for the millions-strong climate justice movement, which fought for years to stop this pipeline. Together, we will secure clean air and good jobs building a renewable-energy economy that protects the only planet we have. https://t.co/KjXEyRlrEd
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Sunday Jul 5 - 3:55pm
As a pandemic rages, public health departments across America are being starved and are on the verge of collapse. Meanwhile, billionaires have seen their wealth grow by $565 billion. That is what oligarchy looks like. https://t.co/vh65KgeQ9U
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Sunday Jul 5 - 1:03pm
The minimum wage is worth less than it was 50 years ago. If wages had gone up with productivity, today it would be three times higher. Corporate America has been waging a war on workers for decades. It's about time working people stand up and fight back. https://t.co/DOm703wiSh
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Saturday Jul 4 - 4:04pm
Throughout our history, demagogues have always tried to demonize different people to divide us up. We will not let Trump succeed. We will break down the irrational hatred he is fomenting. We are going to build a politics of love, compassion, and unity. https://t.co/g89uZv854h
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Saturday Jul 4 - 2:05pm
This holiday weekend, let us reflect on the disturbing reality behind every plate of food—workers are being exploited and put at risk every day. They don’t need more lip service, they need justice: Hazard pay, sick leave, $15 an hour and a safe workplace. https://t.co/tZ6Enfemnq
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Saturday Jul 4 - 9:24am
Jane and I wish you and your loved ones a very happy Independence Day. Together, we can and will create the kind of nation based on love and justice that we know we can become. https://t.co/WZFthTCCwq
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Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Friday Jul 3 - 1:22pm
I believe that right now, the American people want real transformation. They want us to invest in health care, jobs and education for all, so that they can live their lives with dignity and security. They want a government which represents all of us, not the 1%.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Friday Jul 3 - 8:30am
No, Mr. Trump, coronavirus will not just “disappear.” We need to pass legislation to fight this pandemic and protect the American people. That means: 😷 Masks for all 🧪 Free testing for all 💊 Health care for all 👨👩👧 Economic security for all https://t.co/zA6or4QxLs
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 6:56pm
RT @RepChuyGarcia: Proud to work with @SenatorDurbin, @SenSanders and others on this bicameral effort to ensure that all countries have the financial support they need to recover from #COVID-19. https://t.co/mIQYwJDqwX
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 5:25pm
I am proud to join @SenatorDurbin on this legislation to have the IMF provide financial support to the developing world, at no cost to U.S. taxpayers. It is the very least we can do to prevent unimaginable increases in poverty, hunger, and disease that threaten the world's poor. https://t.co/ZTNHKKAGUy
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 4:46pm
RT @SenJeffMerkley: .@AmericanAir: how many Americans will die bc you fill middle seats, w/ your customers shoulder to shoulder, hour after hour. This is incredibly irresponsible. People eat & drink on planes & must take off masks to do so. No way you aren’t facilitating spread of COVID infections. https://t.co/PWG5macqgC
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Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 4:40pm
How on earth can airlines—in the middle of pandemic—fly their planes at full capacity? I am demanding federal action to require social distancing, mask-wearing, and disinfection in planes and airports. We must put the safety of passengers and workers ahead of corporate profits. https://t.co/s7R4QGDa8Q
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Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 12:30pm
No one is above the law. @SenMarkey, @SenWarren, and I introduced a bill to abolish “qualified immunity" so police officers can be held fully accountable for abuses they commit, just like everybody else. https://t.co/vPWiWwyeom
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 10:43am
🚨 14.7 million Americans are still out of work. Coronavirus infections are rising at an unprecedented rate. 🚨 Until this crisis is over, we must: 💵Provide $2,000 a month per person 🏥Ensure medical care without cost 👷♀️Guarantee workers' wages 💳Extend unemployment benefits
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jul 2 - 8:00am
Instead of addressing the surge in hunger due to this economic meltdown, the Senate is rushing to pass a $740 billion military budget. We need to fundamentally alter our national priorities. It's time to eradicate hunger in America. It's time to increase nutrition support.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 7:00pm
Today, workers in Washington, DC will get paid at least $15 an hour. This is what happens when workers raise their voices, organize and demand to be heard. It’s time for Congress to raise the minimum wage to a living wage of $15 an hour for all workers. https://t.co/GW3ywCnQSp
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 6:43pm
One theory is that by spending $740,000,000,000 on the most sophisticated weapons of mass destruction in world history, we'll be safer. I'm not so sure. Maybe what makes us safer is breaking down fear and hatred around the world, so that we can recognize our common humanity. https://t.co/boCiB74qEF
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 5:00pm
Rent is due. But over 40 million Americans lost their jobs because of this horrific pandemic. How are they expected to put together the income to make rent? It is time to cancel rent and mortgage payments until this crisis is over.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 3:27pm
Alec Smith died at 26 because he was rationing insulin that was too expensive. Now Big Pharma is suing to block a law passed in his honor to make insulin more affordable. Let’s be clear about this: Big Pharma’s greed is literally killing people in this country. https://t.co/3FEYtWnI7X
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 2:01pm
I am LIVE in the Senate to oppose a $740 billion military budget without being able to vote on amendments. The American people deserve a real debate before we build more bombs instead of schools. https://t.co/JcMMKgwDSB
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 12:16pm
RT @repmarkpocan: USMCA goes into effect today, but Mexico continues to persecute union activists. Susana Prieto Terrazas, a labor rights activist and lawyer, was wrongfully arrested almost a month ago. There is no fair trade deal when workers’ rights are under threat. #FreeSusana #SusanaLibreYa https://t.co/SZXpva00JX
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 11:00am
How can it be that the United States—with just 4% of the world’s population—accounts for 25% of the world’s coronavirus deaths? Our people are dying every day because of Trump’s lies and incompetence. https://t.co/nVPlDArYx5
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 1 - 8:00am
Unbelievable. Facial recognition technology identifies the wrong person 96% of the time according to Detroit's police chief. We must ban facial recognition technology for policing. https://t.co/atyCij1JWE
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 5:21pm
Israel's annexation of occupied territory would be a disaster for international law, self-determination, freedom and equality. I stand with @AOC and House progressives. We cannot allow U.S. tax dollars to be used to violate Palestinians' human rights. https://t.co/UkrTcWhHvy
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 3:00pm
Join me NOW: I urge my colleagues to stop pouring billions of dollars into wars and weapons. President Eisenhower and Dr. King were right. We need the guts to say NO to the military industrial complex and start focusing on real human needs. https://t.co/6DdSZQJJN1
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 1:13pm
Today, I asked Dr. Fauci whether we need to manufacture and distribute free, high-quality masks and guarantee free vaccines to everyone in America. He agreed. The Senate must listen to our public health experts and immediately pass my proposals to do exactly that. https://t.co/TCc4kDCsn6
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 11:59am
Health care workers who risk their lives every day fighting this pandemic are being denied the personal protective equipment they need. The Trump administration's response: Ignoring thousands of workers' safety complaints. Beyond outrageous. https://t.co/atIujH4Ncv
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 10:32am
In the midst of a pandemic, the Senate is voting on a $740 billion Pentagon budget. I will be presenting an alternative: Cut the military by 10% to invest in health care, jobs, housing, and the environment. It's time to transform our national priorities. https://t.co/r18bu95GQ4
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 30 - 8:40am
The $600 in additional weekly unemployment income passed by Congress saved millions from financial ruin. Ending it could cost 5 million jobs and hurt countless struggling families. As coronavirus cases rise, we must extend this critical lifeline. https://t.co/SxtB0J7roK
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Jun 29 - 4:10pm
How the hell can two people be charged $200 or $6,400 for the same test? No rational person can accept our dysfunctional, profit-driven health care system. No more greed. It's time to make health care a human right. It's time to pass Medicare for All. https://t.co/07uKJIP8VB
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Jun 29 - 2:38pm
Trump's lies and incompetence have cost us lives. America's coronavirus cases are skyrocketing even as other major countries have controlled its spread. Congress must step up. We need to act urgently to guarantee robust testing, tracing, masks, and medical treatment for all. https://t.co/DtQLpJUaOy
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Jun 29 - 12:30pm
Taxpayers provided funding for the development of this drug. Now Gilead is price-gouging off it during a pandemic. Beyond disgusting. Coronavirus treatment must be free to all. https://t.co/RcZHmnTL6G
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Jun 29 - 11:11am
Extremist Republican legislators lost again today. Abortion is a constitutional right and we will make damn sure it stays that way. https://t.co/6o3jDRQO58
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Jun 29 - 9:53am
Billionaires are waging class war against the working people of this country in the middle of a pandemic. That is obscene. It’s time to stand up and fight back. https://t.co/40xeUEpvfR
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Sunday Jun 28 - 5:00pm
RT @foodandwater: "Unbelievably, when it comes to water infrastructure, America’s challenges resemble those of a developing country." Thank you @SenSanders & @BrendaLawrence for introducing the #WATERAct to repair our water infrastructure. https://t.co/gVyxcpy01l
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Sunday Jun 28 - 12:41pm
Whether it is: 🌎 Transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel ✊ Fighting systemic racism 🏥 Ending a cruel and dysfunctional healthcare system 📈 Addressing the grotesque level of wealth inequality in our country Now is the time for change—real change.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Saturday Jun 27 - 4:42pm
It is unbelievable that this has to be said, but no: reducing testing will not make this pandemic go away. Trump's decision to pull federal support for testing is threatening the health of millions of people. https://t.co/qvYR4WEHjC
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Saturday Jun 27 - 2:22pm
Unemployment rate: 🇺🇸 13% 🇬🇧 4% Why? The United Kingdom provided paychecks to its workers and kept them employed. It's about time we do the same. https://t.co/5mI5S015j8
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Saturday Jun 27 - 11:22am
If there's any silver lining to this horrible moment that we are in—the pandemic, the economic collapse, police brutality—it is that people are taking a hard look at the kind of society we want to become, and thinking about justice from top to bottom.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 3:37pm
Today, the House rightly recognized that D.C.'s 700,000 residents deserve full citizenship as Americans. If Senate Republicans are sincere in their belief that there can be no taxation without representation, they must immediately schedule a vote to grant statehood to D.C. https://t.co/x1eJM05cMX
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 1:59pm
RT @SenMarkey: Our streets are not meant to be battlefields, and law enforcement shouldn’t be using weapons of war against protestors and other Americans. That's why @SenSanders and I are introducing legislation to ban law enforcement's use of tear gas and rubber bullets.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 1:45pm
RT @BLeeForCongress: I am proud to work with @SenSanders, @EdMarkey & @MarkPocan on this critical legislation to cut our Pentagon spending & redirect the money toward health care, housing, & education. It’s time to have a serious look at our national budget & realign our priorities. #PutPeopleFirst https://t.co/Ewi6hmcmOz
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 1:31pm
As coronavirus cases rise, nurses are demanding that this for-profit, corporate hospital chain provide them with the protective gear and staffing support they need to care for their patients. I stand with the nurses striking across this country today. https://t.co/HMe8XeIrf4
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 12:34pm
RT @RepBarragan: The #fossilfuel industry was just caught red handed trying to get a bailout from #COVID19 relief funds. Their financial situation is so rocky, they’re trying to change the rules to boost their plummeting bottom line. https://t.co/5uL8F8LsBV
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 11:10am
Cut the Pentagon. Feed, shelter, educate, and employ all our people. https://t.co/HnSGcfwr4l
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Friday Jun 26 - 8:22am
Do not tell me that a Green New Deal is “radical.” What’s radical is doing nothing to stop climate change while the Arctic is on fire. https://t.co/VWpJWqWTu2
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 6:47pm
I said it in 1993 and I'll say it again today: D.C. statehood now! https://t.co/3wkOAXzPN4
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 3:07pm
Why do we spend more on the military than the next 11 nations combined? I have a better idea: Cut Pentagon spending by 10% and invest it in the fight to end homelessness, hunger and poverty in the richest country on Earth. https://t.co/vgGd8WdMbu
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 2:34pm
Join me in a half hour, when I will speak on the Senate floor about my effort with @repmarkpocan, @RepBarbaraLee and @SenMarkey to reduce military spending by 10% and invest that money in communities ravaged by poverty, mass incarceration, deindustrialization and systemic racism. https://t.co/gCGBr5udQD
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 2:22pm
RT @theintercept: “It is time to fundamentally change our national priorities,” @SenSanders said. His proposal would reduce Pentagon spending by $74 billion. https://t.co/oYje1t7wqd
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 10:15am
Over fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warned us that “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” That is what our amendment is all about. https://t.co/3zxcBVYMwW
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 25 - 8:00am
President Trump and Senate Republicans would rather deny science than provide the American people with the economic relief and leadership they need, threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans. Absolutely shameful. https://t.co/bZvFYpHYAy
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 24 - 10:12pm
Today, Republicans pushed empty gestures on police reform. No. Enough lip service. Any serious effort must ban chokeholds, abolish legal immunity, create unarmed civilian first responders, and strip federal funds for police that violate civil rights. https://t.co/50MTvrf09g
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 24 - 3:18pm
How the hell can corporations going bankrupt and laying off workers still hand out million-dollar bonuses to their CEOs? CEOs love this game: Heads, I win. Tails, you lose. This is why workers must get a say in their companies and seats on their boards. https://t.co/mpEUueYsjO
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 24 - 12:57pm
Robert Julian-Borchak Williams was wrongfully arrested because racist facial recognition technology misidentified him for a crime he did not commit. We can't allow this to happen again. It's time to ban facial recognition technology for policing. https://t.co/T8mtCCAvkG
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 23 - 1:15pm
The pandemic surges, people die, and Trump continues to ignore reality. Let us save lives by using the Defense Production Act to produce high quality masks for everyone, and distribute them free to every household. That's the legislation I am introducing. https://t.co/lqzBLDx1vW
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 23 - 11:57am
As we combat a deadly pandemic, we must understand that proper sanitation and safe tap water are not luxuries to be denied to the poor—they are essential. @RepLawrence and I discuss how Congress can and must guarantee clean water to all as a human right: https://t.co/XejJiFJyav
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 23 - 9:41am
Responding to the pandemic with a fierce sense of urgency means providing every working-class person in America with an emergency $2,000 payment each month until this crisis is over so that they can pay the rent, feed their families and make ends meet. https://t.co/EIw4TISY08
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Monday Jun 22 - 5:17pm
Vulnerable nursing home residents are being kicked out on the street to fend for themselves, in a pandemic, because they're considered "less-profitable." How disgusting! We cannot tolerate a health care system driven by such staggering greed and cruelty. https://t.co/dZFhGaIfc7
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Monday Jun 22 - 2:23pm
We must make it easier to vote—not harder. No one should be forced to wait in line for hours to participate in our elections. Our job is to fight racist voter suppression everywhere, restore the Voting Rights Act, and create a vibrant democracy. https://t.co/ECnvxxuydl
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Monday Jun 22 - 11:36am
America can give tax breaks to billionaires, no problem. But somehow when it comes to workers' rights, we are the worst among major countries. Here's a radical idea: Maybe working people in the wealthiest country on Earth should get to live with dignity. https://t.co/0WdwZRcRMZ
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Saturday Jun 20 - 4:39pm
If the U.S. does not end its involvement in the Saudi-led war, millions of Yemenis may die of famine. It makes me very proud to see our young people organizing together to bring this horrific conflict to an end. https://t.co/Vi3siDDzFK
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Saturday Jun 20 - 2:10pm
We have three major issues going on in this country: an economic meltdown, a horrific pandemic, and people out in the streets demanding racial justice in America. Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, what is your leadership doing to address these issues? Nothing. Do your job.
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Jun 19 - 4:53pm
Target just raised the minimum wage for its 275,000 workers to $15 an hour. Now is the time for Walmart to also raise their minimum wage to at least $15 an hour. I suspect the world's richest family, the Walton family, can afford it. https://t.co/oBKi1Hf4ZH
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Jun 19 - 4:15pm
RT @repmarkpocan: A month ago, @RepBarbaraLee & I led 29 Dems demanding no increase in defense spending. This year, we're joining @SenSanders and introducing an amendment to cut 10% from this yr's $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act. It's time to invest in communities—not wars. https://t.co/kplJbd9bAd
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Jun 19 - 1:53pm
To stop the spread of the coronavirus, and to reduce the obscene racial disparities in our criminal justice system, we must take urgent federal action to dramatically reduce the prison population. https://t.co/V4vxuongAd
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Jun 19 - 9:31am
It is time that we, as a nation, come to terms with slavery's horrors and how they affect every aspect of our lives today. I am proud to celebrate #Juneteenth with Mr. Danny Glover. https://t.co/nTUaN324hn
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 18 - 3:53pm
As the son of an immigrant, I congratulate the countless activists who made today’s Supreme Court decision possible. Together, we will reverse all the cruel things Trump has done to harm immigrants and ensure a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented people in America. https://t.co/AQZR5C8iWp
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 18 - 1:57pm
The real unemployment rate is over 20%—the highest since the Great Depression. No, Mr. Trump, this is not the time to take a victory lap. The government must guarantee 100% of the paychecks and benefits of American workers up to $90,000/year. Pass the Paycheck Security Act now.
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Thursday Jun 18 - 10:43am
This is a major victory for grassroots activists and a blow to Trump’s hideous effort to end legal protections for our undocumented youth. Now we must quickly pass legislation to provide a path to citizenship for Dreamers and the 11 million undocumented in this country. https://t.co/Omdh5dYupr
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 17 - 5:14pm
I'm LIVE now, speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate. In every state in America, people are hurting and calling out for help. Let us hear their cries. Let us act now to end police brutality, halt a deadly pandemic, and provide economic relief to all. https://t.co/5htWFM6xSJ
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 17 - 12:07pm
Target’s announcement today shows us that a $15 minimum wage is an idea whose time has come. Years of grassroots organizing has created an unstoppable movement. Now the Senate must pass our Raise the Wage Act and guarantee a dignified, living wage for every worker in America. https://t.co/EgjBTkgTZs
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Wednesday Jun 17 - 9:21am
It’s time to abolish “qualified immunity" so police officers can be held fully accountable for abuses they commit. No one is above the law.
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 16 - 5:41pm
President Trump forced hazardous meat plants to reopen to protect the profits of large corporations over the lives of meatpacking workers who got sick and died from coronavirus. Beyond disgusting. It's time to put people before profits. https://t.co/XVKh7gpfYq
Bernie Sanders
4 weeks ago: Tuesday Jun 16 - 2:39pm
President Trump’s effort to dismantle the Postal Service would be a disaster for our seniors. We can't let Trump and his cronies have their way. Congress must act to save the Postal Service so seniors can access life-saving medication and mail-in ballots. https://t.co/MBX4YmgVMh
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Jun 16 - 11:09am
This pandemic is not going away any time soon. Our people are struggling. A one-time $1,200 check sure as hell ain’t cutting it. Congress has got to get its act together and provide monthly $2,000 payments to all—and make it cover the past three months. https://t.co/bGVdsYKcmK
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Jun 16 - 8:15am
I’ll be damned if when a COVID-19 vaccine is developed, more people die because they can’t afford to purchase it. Any life-saving vaccine must be free.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Jun 15 - 5:16pm
"Less than lethal"? What a joke. These weapons are fracturing people's skulls, destroying their eyeballs, and harming their lungs. Enough. We must ban the use of rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray on protesters across the country. https://t.co/glYh47tTnE
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Jun 15 - 5:16pm
Ban them. https://t.co/t4qhtEa5KT
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Jun 15 - 3:21pm
This is what oligarchy looks like. During the pandemic, 630 billionaires have seen their wealth go up by $565 billion while almost everyone else has seen their wealth go down by $6.5 trillion. We cannot push this grotesque inequality under the rug. https://t.co/CVMjUJPvTl