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It’s Always Been Bernie.
The guy is a rock, and that’s exactly what we need.
Bernie was not even on the debate stage the night of June 26th, but his presence there was felt arguably above almost all others.
Why?
Because everything he has spent his entire elected career fighting for was the center of the whole event. Bernie was able to set the whole tone of a debate he wasn’t even participating in, and I can think of nothing else that serves as a deeper indicator of just how strong his movement has become in just the last three years alone.
Why? Because it has not changed in over forty years. Google virtually any issue within the context of the United States, whether it be the rigging of the economy or foreign policy, you’ll find some indication that Bernie was on the side of the people, speaking truth to power often in situations where he proved himself to be far ahead of his time.
In 1972, Bernie Sanders was arguing in favor of abortion rights. Fast forward a few decades and he was one of the only people in our government sounding the alarm, opposing war in Iraq. Fast forward even further to 2015, when Bernie was scoffed at during a debate for identifying Climate Change as the greatest threat facing the United States. Now to the present, when during the first democratic debate among some…
