Bernie sanders on economix issues7/26/2023 ![]() And they have a very, very difficult job,” Sanders said. The vast majority of police officers are hard working. “I have worked with police officers for many, many years. In addition to calling for police departments to be “demilitarized,” Sanders said that policymakers “need to do everything we can to make police departments look like the diversity of the communities that they serve.” “And it’s not just the African-American community that’s upset about it. ![]() “How does it happen that unarmed African Americans are being killed by police officers?” Sanders said. Sanders advocated for things like tuition-free college, an overhaul of federal campaign finance laws and changes to America’s criminal justice system. “It is judged by how it treats the weakest and most vulnerable amongst us.”įor those who’ve closely followed Sanders’ duel with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Friday’s speech didn’t break a lot of new ground. “A great nation is not judged by the number of millionaires and billionaire it has,” Sanders said. It comes a little more than a week before the March 15 presidential primaries in Illinois and Missouri. While Sanders couldn’t embrace everybody on Friday, he was able to fire up the crowd with an address laced with economic populism. “He was like ‘Well, uh, um – I’m a bit uncomfortable with that!’ And he gave me a big hug and said Thanks for coming out’ and it was so awesome. ![]() “Bernie shook my hand and I was like ‘Could you sign my shirt, it has Deadpool,” said Forsythe, referring to the Marvel anti-hero. Bernie Sanders waits for the Democratic presidential candidate to arrive on the campus of Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville. ![]()
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