U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is the latest member of the Democratic Party to amplify their support of President Joe Biden as questions of his mental and physical stability arise. As the Democratic National Convention nears, the longtime lawmaker says that he will do all that he can to see that Biden is re-elected.
“He has been the most effective president in the modern history of our country and is the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump — a demagogue and pathological liar. It’s time to learn a lesson from the progressive and centrist forces in France who, despite profound political differences, came together this week to soundly defeat right-wing extremism,” Sanders wrote in an op-ed for the New York Times.
However, the Vermonter didn’t offer his support without critique. Sanders maintains his critiques of President Biden’s handling of Israel and Palestine. He also feels that the Biden-Harris administration could do more beyond the Affordable Health Care Act to improve public health services in the U.S.
“I strongly disagree with Mr. Biden on the question of U.S. support for Israel’s horrific war against the Palestinian people. The United States should not provide Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing extremist government with another nickel as it continues to create one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history,” he explained.
“I strongly disagree with the president’s belief that the Affordable Care Act, as useful as it has been, will ever address America’s health care crisis. Our health care system is broken, dysfunctional and wildly expensive and needs to be replaced with a ‘Medicare for all’ single-payer system. Health care is a human right.”
Despite his criticisms of the President, Sanders is confident that Biden is the best man for the job heading into the next election.
“Mr. Biden may not be the ideal candidate, but he will be the candidate and should be the candidate. And with an effective campaign that speaks to the needs of working families, he will not only defeat Mr. Trump but beat him badly. It’s time for Democrats to stop the bickering and nit-picking,” he declared.
“I understand that some Democrats get nervous about having to explain the president’s gaffes and misspeaking names. But unlike the Republicans, they do not have to explain away a candidate who now has 34 felony convictions and faces charges that could lead to dozens of additional convictions, who has been hit with a $5 million judgment after he was found liable in a sexual abuse case, who has been involved in more than 4,000 lawsuits, who has repeatedly gone bankrupt and who has told thousands of documented lies and falsehoods.”
