The only Independent Representative voted against the resolution. Bernie Sanders and everyone else should be speaking more about the legacy of the war in Iraq.
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In 1998 Sanders voted in favor of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 which said.
Bernie sanders iraq war vote. Photo DeskAFPGetty Images I f there is one thing Bernie Sanders. The attack on Kosovo is hardly the extent of Sanders hawkishness. While its true he voted against the Iraq war he voted in favor of authorizing funds for that war and the one in Afghanistan.
Another 2020 Democratic contender Joe Biden voted for the war. Most of the people running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination were not in Congress in 2002 and thus did not vote on the matter. In the House 118 Democrats voted against the invasion of Iraq including an Independent from Vermont named Bernie Sanders.
While Sanders has verbally opposed the Iraq War as illegal and wrong this amounts to. It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime. Clair Bernie Sanders has been tagging Hillary Clinton for her 2002 vote in support of George W.
Bernie Sanders voted in favor of every war during his tenure. It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the. Just as American troops put their boots on the ground in a war that would kill hundreds of thousands Sanders voted in favor of a resolution expressing support for the military.
Duncan R-TN Hostettler R-IN Houghton R-NY Leach R-IA Morella R-MD Paul R-TX. Bernie Sanders speaks out in opposition to the War in Iraq on October 9 2002 before a key vote. When antiwar activists occupied Sanders office in 1999 because of that support of.
Sanders campaign assails Biden over Iraq war vote It is appalling that after 18 years Joe Biden still refuses to admit he was dead wrong on the Iraq War a. Sanders Voting Record Antithetical To His Purported Anti-War Stance In spite of his claims of being antiwar Sanders hawkish support of Clintons military actions in the 1999 Kosovo War caused one of his advisers to quit. Occasionally if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voters Research Hotline the vote will be added.
6. Bernies Iraq War Hypocrisy by Jeffrey St. Bernie is OK with this.
Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. At tonights Democratic debate in Iowa Sanders had his best chance yet to remind progressive primary voters that on the most consequential foreign-policy decision of the 21st century he stood. Wednesday marked the 16th anniversary of the US invasion and Sanders took the.
Bernie Sanders voted against the 2003 Iraq War. Those strikes have reportedly killed at least 240 civilians. Thirteen years ago on October 9 2002 then-Rep.
The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin. Sanders has made his opposition to the Iraq War a central part of both his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns. In 1998 Sanders voted in favor of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 which said.
The vote has received media attention. He has been hitting Biden hard over his Iraq War vote. 126 603 of 209 Democratic Representatives voted against the resolution.
Bernie Sanders strongly opposed the invasion of Iraq and made the following statement on the floor of the H. Yes before the Democratic candidate for President in 2016 voted against invading Iraq the Independent from Vermont voted against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 under the tenure of a Democratic president.