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Donkees

(31,344 posts) Sat Jun 17, 2017, 09:28 AM Jun 2017

Sanders tells graduates not to walk away from problems

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers the commencement address to Champlain Valley Union High School students Friday, June 16, 2017, at Patrick gymnasium on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington, Vt. Lisa Rathke AP Photo

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BURLINGTON, VT.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders urged graduates at Champlain Valley Union High School on Friday not to walk away from the serious problems facing the country and the world.

The independent senator and former presidential candidate gave the commencement address at the University of Vermont gymnasium, telling the students that turning their backs on the problems would be easy. But if they do: "Who is going to fill that gap? I'm telling you coming right back from Washington, D.C. many of the people who fill that gap are not necessarily to be trusted," Sanders said.

"You have to my mind a moral responsibility to be patriots, to remember the sacrifices of so many who maintain and strengthen American democracy. So I don't want you to look away. I don't care what your political ideas are. I want you to listen to other people's ideas, I want you to treat other ideas with respect. That's how you learn. But I don't want you to walk away from the problems facing this country, of which there are so many," he said.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article156518039.html

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1. NBC5 Video Link: Sen. Bernie Sanders to high school grads: Think big, be honest

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Sat Jun 17, 2017, 09:34 AM

Jun 2017

Senior Julia Higa wrote to Sen. Bernie Sanders months ago, hoping he would accept an invitation to speak.

After waiting several weeks and making dozens of phone calls, her request came through.

“He is someone that influences people and encourages people to go out there and be determined, fearless and to dream. With that being said, please help us welcome our honorable guest speaker, Sen. Bernie Sanders,” Higa said as Sanders walked up to the podium.

http://www.mynbc5.com/article/sen-bernie-sanders-to-give-high-school-commencement-speech/10030751