Thread by @Cajsa, Bernie's embrace of Joe Rogan and the Bros embrace of the alt-right [...]

Bernie& #39;s embrace of Joe Rogan and the Bros embrace of the alt-right has reminded me that it& #39;s time for a timeline of everything Bernie Sanders has done on behalf of civil rights and the liberation of Black people from white supremacy.

1961: Participated in a CORE testing project to verify whether or not the University of Chicago honored its anti-discrimination policy by seeking housing in a university-owned facility. They proved UoC discriminated. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/03/bernie-sanders-uchicago-core-letter/">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/...

Here's Bernie Sanders' 1961 testimony on segregated housing

The future candidate's activism began with a housing search.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/03/bernie-sanders-uchicago-core-letter/

1962: Participated in a sit-in to protest housing discrimination at UoC.
Participated in a protest at Howard Johnson& #39;s https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1962/10/6/core-protests-against-howard-johnson-chain/">https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1...

CORE Protests Against Howard Johnson Chain | News | The Harvard Crimson

CORE Protests Against Howard Johnson Chain | News | The Harvard Crimson

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1962/10/6/core-protests-against-howard-johnson-chain/

1963: He said he attended the March on Washington. There are no photos, etc. but it& #39;s likely true.
Protested against school segregation in Chicago. Arrested. Fined $25.

1964: Did not vote
Graduated and moved to New York

1965: Nada

1966: Nothing, Did not vote

1967: Nothing

1968: Nothing
Did not vote
Moved to VT

1969: Nothing

1970: Nothing, Did not Vote

1971: Nothing

1972: Nothing
Ran for governor, voted for himself, lost
Ran for US senator, lost

1973: Nothing

1974: Nothing
Ran for US Senate, lost

1975: Nothing

1976: Nothing
Ran for governor , lost

1977: Nothing
Resigned from Liberty Union Party

1978: Nothing

1979: Nothing

1980: Nothing
Ran for mayor, won

1981: Endorsed Jesse Jackson
Mayor of Burlington

1982: Nothing

1983: Nothing

1984: Nothing

1985: Nothing

1986: Nothing

1987: Nothing

1988: Nothing
Ran for US House, lost

1989: Nothing

1990:: Nothing
Ran for US House, won with NRA help https://theweek.com/speedreads/567392/nra-helped-elect-bernie-sanders-1990">https://theweek.com/speedread...

The NRA helped elect Bernie Sanders in 1990

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D) first ran for his Vermont Senate seat in the 1990 election, a race he won in part because he was backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA)....

https://theweek.com/speedreads/567392/nra-helped-elect-bernie-sanders-1990

1991: Nothing
In US House
Did not introduce a single bill on civil rights

1992: in House, did not introduce a single bill on civil rights

1993: Did not introduce a single bill addressing civil rights

1994: Did not introduce a single bill addressing civil rights

1995: Did not introduce a single bill addressing civil rights

1996: Nothing

1997: Introduced a bill to protect victims of domestic violence from insurance discrimination

1998: Nothing on behalf of minoritized people, but came out in favor of Sierra Blanca site. Met with Sierra Club but they did not change his mind. https://libcom.org/history/1996-8-sierra-blanca-community-opposes-nuclear-waste-site">https://libcom.org/history/1...

1996-8: Sierra Blanca Community Opposes Nuclear Waste Site

History of the campaign against building a nuclear waste disposal site in a Texan town. The campaign was notably in that it mobilised people across the US and Mexico and that the $55 million deal was...

https://libcom.org/history/1996-8-sierra-blanca-community-opposes-nuclear-waste-site

1999: Nothing on Civil Rights, but he did vote for Sierra Blanca Waste Disposal site

2000: Nothing on Civil Rights, but Sierra Blanca turned out to offer financial benefits to Jane Sanders https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/16/1516075/-Sanders-are-still-profiting-from-Sierra-Blanca-nuclear-waste-dump-per-their-2014-tax-return">https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2...

Sanders' are still profiting from Sierra Blanca nuclear waste dump, per their 2014 tax return

I couple of months ago I wrote a diary about Sierra Blanca. The entire diary can be found below for perspective. I suggest you read it and then watch Paul Wellstone in action on the Senate floor. ...

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/16/1516075/-Sanders-are-still-profiting-from-Sierra-Blanca-nuclear-waste-dump-per-their-2014-tax-return

2001: Nothing

2002: Nothing

2003: Nothing

2004: Zero, Zip, Zilch

2005: Nothing, Runs for Senate

2006: Nothing, Runs for Senate, wins

2007: His first year in the Senate, does nothing on civil rights, but he does kill immigration reform. Gave anti-immigrant bigot interview with Lou Dobbs.

2008: Nothing
He does endorse Obama when it was down to HRC v Obama

2009: Nothing
Heads up left opposition to ACA/Obama
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/6835579/Barack-Obama-faces-backlash-from-Left-over-health-care.html">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...

2010: Nothing

2011: Nothing for minoritized people, but he did introduce a resolution saying corporations are not people, my friend.

2012: Nothing, though he did want Obama to have a primary challenge. He started advocating for primary challenge in 2011 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/evanmcsan/the-obama-campaign-remembers-2012-very-differently-from-bern">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/e...

The Obama Campaign Remembers 2012 Very Differently Than Bernie Sanders

Confronted with his support for a progressive challenge to Obama in 2011, Sanders said Saturday he “campaigned very hard” for Obama in 2008 and 2012. That’s not how Obama aides remember it.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/evanmcsan/the-obama-campaign-remembers-2012-very-differently-from-bern

2013: Nothing

2014: Nothing

2015: Nothing
Though he did hire his first Black employee, not for his staff but for his campaign

2016: Nothing, though he did say identity politics were a distraction & Democrats should ignore the votes from the "Deep South" because they are red states. Did not say the same about OK, ID, NE, etc.

2017: Nothing, you would think after losing the Black vote so decisively he might sponsor one bill or resolution, but no.

2018: Nothing

2019: Nothing - you would think he would do one just because he was running for president, but nope, not even interested enough to pretend to be interested

2020: Nothing so far
though he has embraced Joe Rogan who uses racist epithets and compares Black people to apes & even retweeted Rogan

Now there are non-legislative things he has done such as saying guns in VT are not the same as guns in Chicago, erasing Conyers entire history of introducing Medicare For All for years, turning people against BLM, campaigning for white anti-choice man vs. Native American woman

He& #39;s said that it& #39;s not racist to vote for Trump, that white people in MS who voted so overwhelmingly against Obama were not racist, argued that economics is the solution to racism (A BIG FAT DAMAGING LIE)

I can think of dozens of things Bernie has done that have been detrimental to people of color due to his dismissal of identity politics, his gun positions, and his crime positions. But this is what he did to advance civil rights and that& #39;s not much

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