German Social Democratic Party leader Saskia Esken has boycotted a Bernie Sanders event over his supposedly anti-Israel statements. Bernie’s statement? “The targeting of civilians is a war crime, no matter who does it.”

ED: A recent episode with a popular German political podcaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t01qZutfh4M

  • Redex@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Literally the only American politician with any integrity who stands by his beliefs and ofc he never wins an election. This is why we can’t have nice things, because apparently feeding homeless people is communism but subsidising dying fossil fuel industries is patriotism.

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      1 year ago

      I wouldn’t knock the electability anyone who can win senator or governor, particularly for as long as Bennie has held on.