Bernie Sanders: "I strongly support imposing sanctions on Russia."

[oberliner]

Link to tweet

[murielm99]

1. But he just voted against this.

[oberliner]

2. The bill also includes new sanctions on Iran

That was the part he objected to.

[murielm99]

3. Only two people voted against this.

It makes me suspicious.

[oberliner]

5. Here's his explanation

Link to tweet

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[joshcryer]

8. Sounds good.

More top level comments need to note this so that we can move on from trivialities. They want us fighting over this stupid shit. If they (and that means anyone who can benefit from it) can drive a wedge between various groups on the left, they will. It helps that there's still a lot of salt in the wound there and we're really slow to catch the fuck on.

[leftstreet]

4. Maybe he's not worried about his political future?

The bill was a bullshit thing and NO Democratic senator worried about election was going to vote no. But he makes a valid point about his objections to the Iran sanctions

What I can't understand is the M$M not making hay over Democratic senators essentially voting against Obama/Kerry's Iran nuke deal

[sheshe2]

6. There was proof positive that the Iran nuke deal was in jeapardy?

Every Democratic Senator by your words "essentially voting against Obama/Kerry's Iran nuke deal"?!

[leftstreet]

7. Not what I said

I get what you're asking. And no, there's no danger of it being in jeopardy - just another political game from our overlords.

But people are making noise about Bernie's vote because OMG RUSSIA!, yet overlooking the potential for a hyperbolic meltdown over senators rejecting Obama's Iran nuke deal

[sheshe2]

9. So I will politely ask...

because I do not understand, why did he vote against it? I am not saying OMG RUSSIA...I am asking a basic question.

[leftstreet]

10. His statement

Sanders Statement on Iran and Russia Sanctions
Thursday, June 15, 2017

WASHINGTON, June 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday after he voted against a bill that would impose new sanctions on Iran and Russia:

"I am strongly supportive of the sanctions on Russia included in this bill. It is unacceptable for Russia to interfere in our elections here in the United States, or anywhere around the world. There must be consequences for such actions. I also have deep concerns about the policies and activities of the Iranian government, especially their support for the brutal Assad regime in Syria. I have voted for sanctions on Iran in the past, and I believe sanctions were an important tool for bringing Iran to the negotiating table. But I believe that these new sanctions could endanger the very important nuclear agreement that was signed between the United States, its partners and Iran in 2015. That is not a risk worth taking, particularly at a time of heightened tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia and its allies. I think the United States must play a more even-handed role in the Middle East, and find ways to address not only Iran's activities, but also Saudi Arabia's decades-long support for radical extremism."

I get what he's saying.

[kcr]

11. Exactly. Some kind of support, isn't it? n/t

[NCTraveler]

12. Politics of purity. nt.

[stonecutter357]

13. wow