Sunday, March 3, 2024

Tweets by Bernie Sanders in 2023


Republicans are so concerned about the national debt that their estate tax repeal bill would give... (May 19, 2023)


This hypocrisy is truly breathtaking. (May 24, 2023)


Republicans say raising taxes on billionaires and Pentagon cost overruns are off the table in the debt limit negotiations. WRONG. What should be off the table are children, working families, and elderly Americans. (May 26, 2023)


I will be voting no on the debt limit deal because you do not do deficit reduction on the backs of Americans who are already struggling. (May 31, 2023)


I stand in strong solidarity with Teamsters who have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at UPS. (June 16, 2023)


On Sept. 11, 1973 Salvador Allende, Chile’s democratically elected president, was overthrown by a military coup backed by the U.S. which ushered in a fascist government and the loss of thousands of Chilean lives. Today, we honor the memory of Salvador Allende. (September 11, 2023)


The United States must do everything it can to put pressure on Netanyahu’s right-wing extremist government to end this disastrous military approach, which is causing such horrific damage to human life in Palestine. (December 10, 2023)


@AIPAC is a right-wing organization that supports extremist Republican election-denier candidates. Now, they want to spend $100 million to defeat Progressives. Whether AIPAC likes it or not, the U.S. must not give a blank check to Netanyahu’s horrific war policies. (December 10, 2023)


This week Cigna said it would be spending $11.3 billion not to lower premiums, deductibles, or improve health care for its policy holders, but to buy back its stock to make its executives and stockholders even richer. This is what a corrupt & broken health care system looks like. (December 15, 2023)


This year we saw more union organizing and successful strikes than we’ve seen in decades. Working people are making it clear they are sick and tired of being ripped off and exploited. They’re standing up against corporate greed and we must stand with them. Solidarity forever! (December 27, 2023)


Today just 3 Wall Street firms, BlackRock, Vanguard & State Street manage $20.7 trillion in assets. These 3 firms are major shareholders in 95% of S&P 500 companies. (December 30, 2023)



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