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This morning, npr journalist diane rehm had bernie sanders on her radio. Independent, occasionally irascible, he came from the far left and an urban background to win elections. Bernie sanders is not particularly religious yet says his religion serves as his guiding. Check out mother jones 2016 coverage of sanders and his pathbreaking campaign. Sanders dismal record on antisemitism and israel the. Npr repeats false claim bernie sanders is israeli citizen, got it. Npr journalist, citing anonymous list, tells bernie sanders hes. Bernie sanders leaves 2020 presidential race vermont sen. Why progressives chose bernie sanders over elizabeth. Jewish groups demand npr apology over bernie sanders. In his book why bernie sanders matters, author harry jaffe delves into the background of the vermont senator. Bernie sanders said everybody brings some negatives when. September 21, 1936 is a retired american public radio talk show host.
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Is that changing now that he is running as a leftist insurgent in the democratic presidential race. Bernie sanders was asked to leave a hippie commune in 1971 for sitting around and talking about politics instead of working, according to a forthcoming book. With no future primary debates on the books, former vice president joe biden and vermont sen. Yet he has angered many jews with his criticism of the american israel. Sanders adviser tells haaretz what his progressive foreign policy means for israel.
While reminiscing on his life and upbringing on npr in early november 2015, sanders recalled. Such a statement is not only factually incorrect, but has no place in such an interview, the antidefamation leagues national director. Bernard sanders born september 8, 1941 is an american politician who has served as the. The media coverage of bernie sanders, a us senator from vermont, became a subject of discussion during his unsuccessful 2016 and 2020 presidential runs.