Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

I'm fighting for an agenda that works for workers – not the 1%. YES to raising the minimum wage to $15/hr. NO to tax breaks for the rich. YES to creating millions of good jobs through a Green New Deal. NO to billions in corporate welfare for big oil companies. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Today, a worker must earn $23.96 an hour to afford a modest 2 bedroom apartment – $5.74 more than the average tenant makes. As a result, 18 million families are paying over 50% of their income on housing. We need to raise wages and build 10 million units of affordable housing. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Despite an explosion in technology & a huge increase in productivity, the average U.S. worker is making $30 a week less today than she/he made 47 years ago after adjusting for inflation. Meanwhile, the top 1% has become $22 trillion richer since 1990. Yes. We need a wealth tax. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

If Congress does not get its act together soon, up to 87 million workers will lose the paid sick and family leave they desperately need. We must expand these benefits to all workers. No worker should have to make the unacceptable choice of going to work sick or losing a paycheck. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Thomas Piketty is right. At a time when the very rich are becoming much richer while working families are facing economic devastation, we need to address the obscene level of income and wealth inequality. We need to tax the extreme wealth of multi-millionaires and billionaires. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

I am proud to support Jon @Ossoff, along with @ReverendWarnock, for the U.S. Senate in the Georgia runoff election. Jon will fight for a $15 minimum wage, expanded health care for all and a strong COVID-19 emergency bill to help workers, small businesses and rural hospitals. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Since 1990, there has been a massive transfer of wealth from workers to the people on top. While the 1% have seen their wealth go up by $22 trillion, the bottom 50% of Americans have seen their wealth go down by $776 billion. We need a strong middle class, not an oligarchy. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

The United States cannot continue to be the only major country not to guarantee health care to all. Too many people are unnecessarily dying, getting sick or going bankrupt because of this cruel and dysfunctional system. Health care is a human right, not a privilege. Let's do it. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Progressives are leading the fight against oligarchy and for a strong middle class, against authoritarianism and for democracy. This country will not survive economically or politically when so few have so much, and so many live in desperation. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Half of our people live paycheck to paycheck, 500,000 are homeless, 92 million are uninsured or underinsured and millions struggle with oppressive student debt. A new Congress, on day one, must address the enormous economic suffering facing working families. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

In this difficult time, Jane and I want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. We are especially mindful of those families who have lost loved ones during the pandemic, and who will feel those losses so keenly today. Best wishes to all. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

The year 2020 has been very difficult for mental health. The pandemic, isolation and economic downturn has greatly increased depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. When we talk about real health care reform, we mean a major expansion of mental health services. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

As we approach Thanksgiving, a very special thanks must go out to the millions of courageous doctors, nurses and all health care workers who are putting their lives on the line battling this horrific pandemic. You are true heroes and heroines. Thank you. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Yesterday, Trump took full credit for the 30,000 Dow Jones, but took zero credit for 260,000 Americans who died from COVID, 40 million who face eviction or 26 million who don't have enough food to eat on Thanksgiving. No, Mr. President. The stock market is not the economy. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

The Democrats must make it clear: Do we stand with the struggling working class of this country, or powerful special interests? — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

RT @guardianopinion: How do we avoid future authoritarians? Winning back the working class is key | Bernie Sanders https://t.co/wRWDHG8VrL — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Workers in the richest country in the world should not have to go on strike to get the PPE and staffing they need to do their job. I stand with @SEIU health care workers and all essential workers fighting for their rights and our collective safety. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

If Amazon workers in Alabama – a strong anti-union state – vote to form a union, it will be a shot heard around the world. If they can negotiate higher wages and better working conditions in the South, it will benefit every worker in America. I strongly support their efforts. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Our young people are the most progressive generation in U.S. history, and they're making their voices heard. As a result of a huge increase in voter turnout, people under 30 played a major role in Biden's victory. They are transforming America. https://t.co/8c8x9qjSox — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

There are a lot of good reasons to veto the Defense Bill, including it's $740 billion cost. But Trump's reason is not one of them. Yes. In the year 2020, American troops should not be living in army bases named after Confederate military leaders who fought to defend slavery. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

RT @strikewave: BIG DEAL: Union election petition filed at @amazon Fulfillment Center in Alabama by @RWDSU. Potential 1500 workers in the b… — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

All workers are entitled to decent wages and working conditions, which is why I stand with the Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama exercising their constitutional right to form a union. Mr. Bezos, the wealthiest person in America, must not interfere in this election. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Health care is a human right, not a job benefit. We cannot continue spending twice as much per capita as any other country, while 92 million are uninsured or under-insured, and 68,000 die unnecessarily each year. Medicare for All is coming sooner or later. Let's make it sooner. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

We must never "normalize" authoritarianism. In ways that would've been beyond belief a few years ago, Trump and his team, through outrageous lies and conspiracy theories, are undermining American democracy. They must not and will not succeed. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump, the most dangerous president ever, golfs and sends out bogus tweets in an outrageous and desperate attempt to overturn an election he lost by more than 6 million votes. Bye-bye, Trump. You will not destroy American democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

This is what Georgia's senate runoff elections mean: strong COVID relief, $15 minimum wage, expanded healthcare, tackling climate change, addressing systemic racism and immigration reform – and removing Mitch McConnell as Majority Leader. Let's do it. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

In 2016, when Trump won MI, PA and WI by 77, 000 votes, it was part of his "landslide" victory. In 2020, when Biden won MI, PA and WI by 255,000 votes, and won the popular vote by 6 million, it was "voter fraud."  We will not allow Trump to destroy American democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

It is beyond pathetic for a sitting president to try to subvert the results of an election. It is even worse when the Republican Party, with few exceptions, remains silent over this outrageous attack on democracy. The GOP has ceased to be a political party. It is now a cult. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

We must do everything possible to make me sure we become a vibrant democracy, and that means doing the exact opposite of what Trump and his authoritarian friends want to do. https://t.co/FXYsaOoWgq — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders

RT @thenation: Today @BernieSanders joins The Nation Festival at 6pm EST! Sign up for a day pass at $69 to see him live, as well as @rbreic… — PolitiTweet.org