Bernie Sanders is offering young progressives frustrated with Joe Biden’s policies, particularly his support for Israel, a subtle reality check.
The Vermont independent, who caucuses with Democrats, is seeking to temper liberals’ demands of the president by reminding them of theIn a more than 20-minute Senate floor speech Wednesday evening, Sanders gave a passionate defense of pro-Palestinian protests at colleges across the country but also condemned those that have turned violent and antisemitic. He said the anger should be directed toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I would hope that most of the young people and protesters do not want to see Donald Trump, who is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe who doesn’t acknowledge the reality of climate change, become elected president of the United States,” he said. Sanders also had some choice advice for what he would like Biden to tell Netanyahu in the face of the high number of civilian casualties and the humanitarian disaster in Gaza. After months of delay, Congress passed a foreign aid bill in April that included roughly $26 billion in military aid for Israel and humanitarian relief for civilians in Gaza.
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