Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Tens of millions are being laid off. Over half our workers rely on their jobs for health care. How does this make any damn sense? Whether you're working or not, young or old, rich or poor, health care must be a human right—not a privilege or job benefit. https://t.co/o6owj7Wfgi — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

American taxpayers put tens of millions of dollars into developing remdesivir. Any coronavirus treatment or vaccine must be made free for everybody. We will not tolerate profiteering by Gilead or any other pharmaceutical corporation right now. Human life comes first. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We spend $11,000 for every man, woman and child on health care—twice that of other rich countries. Yet 30 million are uninsured, thousands of health workers are losing jobs, and we lack basic medical equipment. It is time for a rational, single-payer, Medicare for All system. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Justice for frontline workers means childcare, safe conditions and $500 a week in hazard pay to: 🛒Grocery workers 👷🏼‍♀️Transit workers and truck drivers 📦Warehouse, delivery and postal workers 👩🏽‍⚕️Paramedics, nurses, pharmacy employees 🧺Domestic workers 👨🏼‍🌾Farm laborers 🧼Janitors — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

The American people deserve and require leadership from Washington that acts aggressively, puts working people first, and provides peace of mind to the most vulnerable people in our country. We must act with love, compassion and urgency. https://t.co/fSKgsyFz6a — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We are the only wealthy country where millions are losing their jobs and health care at precisely the moment when they need them the most. @MarkWarner, @SenDougJones, @SenBlumenthal and I have a plan to restore the wages and benefits of every rank-and-file worker in America: — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Call me crazy, but I believe the richest country in the world has no business sacrificing the health of our essential workers. We need vigorous workplace safety enforcement, paid sick leave, free health care, and monthly $2,000 payments during this crisis.https://t.co/a0TNkubdFu — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

These ideas are not radical: 🏥Universal health care 🛌Paid sick leave for all 👷🏽‍♀️$15 minimum wage and a union 🌏A livable planet for our kids 👩🏽‍🎓Free preschool-to-graduate school education We have got to open up people's imagination as to the kind of world they can be living in. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

One year ago today, Donald Trump vetoed our bipartisan legislation to end U.S. involvement in Saudi Arabia's brutal war in Yemen. Now, as a pandemic threatens millions of Yemenis, the U.S. must finally say: Stop the bombings. Lift the blockade. Let food and medicine into Yemen. https://t.co/WxsvRExuqb — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

How to fix a shortage of medical masks during a crisis: ✅ Utilize the Defense Production Act to make, buy and distribute masks ❌ Give $55 million to a bankrupt company that doesn’t actually make masks Trump's corruption and incompetence are costing lives. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Cancel all student debt. https://t.co/2wKzTuiQdJ — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Trump’s decision to cut funding to the World Health Organization—in the middle of a pandemic—endangers American lives. And his own officials know it. This is a global crisis. We have got to strongly support multilateral institutions like the WHO to confront it. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We are the only major country where millions of people are losing their jobs and health insurance during this pandemic. In my view, the solution is straightforward: ✔️ Keep workers on payroll and provide 100% of their wages ✔️ Treat health care as a right—not an employee benefit — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

People are spending most of their stimulus checks on food, medicine and other necessities. We have got to do a lot more. Congress must now immediately authorize monthly payments of $2,000 to every person in America until this crisis is over. https://t.co/TPvA7AcrCL — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

The Postal Service is: 🌎Our only universal delivery network 👩‍💼Employer of 640,000 Americans 📦Deliverer of 1.2 billion packages of medicine a year 🎖Largest provider of jobs for veterans 🇺🇸Enshrined in the Constitution We must save the Postal Service and protect its workers. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Social distancing can be impossible for our homeless, who are among the most vulnerable during this pandemic. We cannot talk about the necessity of staying at home if we are not committed to making housing a human right. https://t.co/iZMughbpmg — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

$33.4 billion. That's how much the wealth of Jeff Bezos and six other billionaires increased last week while millions of Americans were filing for unemployment. Our society cannot sustain itself when so few have so much, while so many have so little. https://t.co/XwlhIXTMzS — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Let me congratulate Sara Nelson and the flight attendants on their historic victory to ensure that 2 million airline workers receive their paychecks and benefits during this crisis. Congress must now extend these protections to every worker in America. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Chris Smalls organized Amazon warehouse workers to demand protective gear, paid sick leave, and workplace safety. Rather than change its policies, Amazon fired him. I say to Jeff Bezos: Enough! We will not tolerate CEOs who intimidate workers fighting for their human rights. https://t.co/5UKMl9b38w — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Billionaire bankers just love socialism for the rich. Greedy hedge fund managers are now calling themselves "small businesses" to apply for government handouts. That is wrong. This aid is desperately needed to help Main Street, not Wall Street. https://t.co/x73kh9TaSB — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Instead of firing employees who want justice, maybe Jeff Bezos—the richest man in the world—can focus on providing his workers with paid sick leave, a safe workplace, and a livable planet. https://t.co/EdabC2tW3U — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We are looking today at doctors and nurses who can't acquire the masks they need as they put their lives on the line. Yet we are the wealthiest country in the history of the world. How does that happen? — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Trump knows mail-in ballots mean a larger voter turnout, which he does not want to see. That is pretty pathetic. My colleagues and I are working as hard as we can to pass legislation so that as many people as possible can safely participate in our democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Leilani Jordan said she wasn't given gloves or hand sanitizer. Now this grocery worker is dead at 27 over a $20.64 paycheck. Is this what America is about? Or will we fight for protective gear, hazard pay, and paid sick leave for all frontline workers?https://t.co/rpkOV0z69B — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Even before this pandemic, a majority of our workers lived paycheck to paycheck. 1 in 7 children didn’t get enough to eat. 40% couldn’t afford a $400 emergency. Let us learn from this crisis. Let us finally eradicate hunger and poverty in the richest country in human history. — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

It is beyond insane that corporate hospital administrators gave nurses protective gear only after they were tested positive for coronavirus. We need emergency labor standards and swift enforcement to protect our frontline medical workers NOW. https://t.co/WSG4eYpheQ — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

We cannot allow Donald Trump to use this horrific pandemic as an opportunity to bankrupt and privatize the Postal Service. Now, more than ever, we need a strong and vibrant postal system to deliver mail 6-days a week. Congress must act now to save it. https://t.co/W0YSGHm3AH — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

The idea that we treat health care as an employee benefit is totally absurd. As millions are losing their jobs, my bill with @RepJayapal says: We will take a burden off your shoulders. In this crisis, you will get all the health care you need for free. https://t.co/jTmzx60DLm — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Governors across America have pleaded with the White House to get equipment, chemicals, and supplies to test and protect people during this pandemic. Trump’s ridiculous response has done so much harm and will cost the lives of many thousands of Americans. https://t.co/Nt6CTV5TkR — PolitiTweet.org

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

It is absolutely outrageous that Donald Trump and Steve Mnuchin have still not approved grants included in the CARES Act to fully fund the paychecks and benefits of 2 million airline workers. @stevenmnuchin1: Stop delaying these grants. Pay the airline workers now. — PolitiTweet.org