Senator Bernie Sanders was interrupted three separate times by protesters criticizing him for supporting tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to Ukraine and pushing the country to the brink of nuclear war with Russia.
Video posted by The People’s Party shows the three incidents, appearing to be filmed at separate events.
“Stop funding this war, Bernie! We trusted you!” one man shouts. “You were supposed to lead a revolution.”
Another accuses the Vermont lawmaker of “starting a nuclear war with Russia,” prompting Sanders to interject and state, “We’re not going to let people disrupt our meeting.”
.@jonathanblazer and @nick_brana confront @BernieSanders three times for funding Nazis in Ukraine & instigating WW3. The last time, Bernie comes up to Nick and accuses him of being a “PAID” agent for opposing the war. The same establishment Russia smear that was used against him. pic.twitter.com/TBGgluZ58i
— The People’s Party (@PeoplesParty_US) November 8, 2022
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Bernie Sanders Gets in the Face of Protesters
In another segment of the video, Sanders accuses the protester of being a paid operative.
“Why are you voting to fund a nuclear war, Bernie?” the protester asks as Senator Sanders walks by.
“Let me ask you a question,” Sanders fires back, his scraggly finger pointing in the direction of the man. “Who is paying you?”
The man replies, “No one.”
“Why does someone have to be paid by Russia or someone else to oppose the war, Bernie?” he later asks.
Watch as Bernie Sanders not only refuses to answer why he’s “voting to fund a nuclear war,” but goes full red scare on the man challenging him: “let me ask you a question — who’s paying you?” https://t.co/gj2Awjv0OL
— Wyatt Reed (@wyattreed13) November 8, 2022
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Protesters Targeting the Squad and Their Grandfather
Bernie Sanders is simply the latest defacto Squad member to get harassed by protesters who thought that, as progressives, they’d actually be against nuclear war and foreign military adventures.
He joined 85 other senators in passing a $40 billion aid package in May. Only 11 Republican senators voted against the funding.
A $14 billion aid package passed in March, on top of the $12 billion in aid to Ukraine approved by Congress last month. Most of it has been described as military aid.
Especially your billionaire pals in the War Lobby, to whom you voted to gift $80 billion for war against Russia in Ukraine, on top of the $800 billion we already send them annually — money that you should be demanding go to health care, food, jobs, and housing instead of death. https://t.co/K7Ay1Kina1
— The People’s Party (@PeoplesParty_US) November 8, 2022
Representative Ilhan Omar had a town hall meeting interrupted by protesters just days ago as well.
Omar (D-MN) began shouting back at those who interrupted the meeting, suggesting the funding for Ukraine is for the children.
“We are helping little children like me,” she responded, a reference to her fleeing war-torn Somalia as a child.
“Unless you are someone like me that has been that child, you do not get to tell me what my votes mean and how I get to vote in supporting people,” Omar shouted back.
Ilhan Omar doubles down on backing Ukraine and yells at anti-war protesters pic.twitter.com/MbIkuug52z
— sameera khan (@SameeraKhan) October 28, 2022
Last month, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Socialist-NY) was on the receiving end of an absolutely brutal verbal tongue-lashing over her support for Ukraine.
My friend @Noggatone and I confronted Congresswoman @AOC on her support for Nuclear War and Ukrainian Nazis. I call her out for being a coward in the face of the party that will push us all into Nuclear war right now. Will she stand up like @TulsiGabbard and fight for peace? pic.twitter.com/aQiQvQSWIN
— Jose Vega — Vote Diane Sare! (@JosBtrigga) October 13, 2022
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley were also confronted for “bringing us to the brink of nuclear war.”
Some friends of mine (@samprometheus & Bill Ferguson) in Boston confronted @SenWarren & #TheSquad member @AyannaPressley on the nuclear war issue. The Congresswoman has been shown to be a coward & Warren an even bigger one. Will they allow us to die in a nuclear holocaust? pic.twitter.com/vf34NIQ6a5
— Jose Vega — Vote Diane Sare! (@JosBtrigga) October 25, 2022
Will the only remaining original member of the Squad, Rashida Tlaib, get an earful from protesters next?
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