![]() ![]() His mother died in 1960 and his father died in 1962. His grandparents were murdered in the Holocaust. His mother was born to Jewish parents in New York City in 1912. His father was a Jewish immigrant born in Słopnice, Poland in 1904. Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York to Eli Sanders and to Dorothy Glassberg. After failing to win many primary states, Sanders ended his campaign on April 8, 2020, later supporting Biden's campaign for President. In early 2020, Sanders was seen as the front-runner for the nomination after winning the first three primary contests and leading in national polling numbers, but after Joe Biden won most of the Super Tuesday contests in March the primary became more competitive. His 2020 campaign had raised over four million in donations from individual donors, the largest than any other presidential candidate in history. On February 19, 2019, Sanders announced a second presidential campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential election. ![]() In February 2017, Sanders began webcasting The Bernie Sanders Show on Facebook. He has also announced the upcoming creation of The Sanders Institute, which will spread his political ideas through documentary movies and other media. Its goal is to "recruit and support candidates for local, state, and national office". Īfter his presidential campaign ended, he started an organization, Our Revolution. On July 26, 2016, during a roll-call vote at the 2016 Democratic National Convention Sanders lost the nomination to Clinton. On July 12, 2016, he formally endorsed Clinton due to DNC policies, but did not end his own presidential campaign. He won about 45% of pledged delegates to Hillary Clinton's 55%. He won 22 primaries and caucuses in the 2016 Democratic primaries. Unlike some of the other presidential candidates, Sanders did not want Super PACS to give him money. His campaign started on May 26 in Burlington. He made the announcement in a speech on the Capitol lawn. On April 30, 2015, Sanders became a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2016 United States presidential election. Sanders has been seen as the most popular senator in the country by multiple yearly polls. In January 2015, Sanders became a member of the Senate Budget Committee. He is against racial inequality and mass surveillance. Sanders is against income inequality and is supporting universal health care, parental leave and LGBT rights. He thinks that a social democratic government for the United States is a good idea. Sanders calls himself a democratic socialist. In 2018, he was re-elected by winning nearly 68% of the vote. In 2012, he was re-elected by winning almost 71% of the vote. In 1991, he became a United States representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district. Sanders was elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont in 1981. In 1963, he took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King, Jr. While a student, he was active in organizing protests for civil rights. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1964. Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He ran for President of the United States in 2016 and in 2020. He is an Independent, but often votes with the Democratic Party in the Senate. He is the Senior United States senator from Vermont. The skull glows brighter.A voice sample of Sanders while speaking at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in September 2019īernard " Bernie" Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician. JOURNALIST 3 Why do you hold that glowing skull? Sarah does not answer. JOURNALIST 2 Are we still building the wall? SARAH I will have a wall built with your questions and your bones. SARAH (CONT'D) You can't, because it's not real. Sarah holds up a map of Hogwarts, the wizard day camp. If Russia is real, show me it on this map, news pig. JOURNALIST 1 Is the President downloading Russian spies into his son? SARAH Two things: 1. But make the questions good or I'll explode into spiders. Questions? Journalists raise their hands. Couple of announcements: I don't actually wish you a good afternoon and the President hates you all. THE WHITEST HOUSE SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS angers her way up to the podium. ![]()
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