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In reply to the discussion: How Bernie Sanders Helped Derail a Promising Legal Fight Against Gun Violence [View all]Ninsianna
(1,349 posts)There have been several votes for regime change in Iraq, Bernie was for it twice before he cast a vote against it, and then turned around and funded it.
This notion that elected officials cannot. E criticized for their votes, which at the time were problematic and either ignored or recast as something they were not is ridicilous.
Literally the only person who gets to claim purity on Iraq is Rep. Barbara Lee. She stood in principle, even if she didn't have the clearance to be on the committees where the Comgress was being lied to by a corrupt admin, even if she wasn't facing the pressure of representing the families 3,000 people killed in the worst terrorist act in American history, she stood on her principles, and in hindsight was proven correct.
I find it interesting that people are still using these right wing tactics to attack Democrats while shielding the people who voted with Republicans in issues that Americans have been United against.
The families of those who were killed in the WTC are equivalent to the mom and pop gun dealers vites fir that vote that was bought by the NRA and that was a terrible vote then and has always been. No hindsight required.