Screenshot via The Hill.During a campaign event in Iowa over the weekend, Sen. Bernie Sanders, a frontrunner for the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination, rebuked an audience member who suggested the self-described democratic socialist supported open borders.
Sanders interrupted him, countering, "Who do you think is suggesting opening the borders?".
The man responded by suggesting that Sanders had supported such a proposal, which is erroneous.
"I'm afraid you may be getting your information wrong," said Sanders.
Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigns in Oskaloosa, IA: "If you open the borders, there's a lot of poverty in this world, and you're going to have people from all over the world. And I don't think that's something that we can do at this point. Can't do it." pic.
This is nothing new for Sanders: In fact, during the 2016 campaign, he famously told Vox's Ezra Klein that open borders were a right wing "Koch brothers proposal" that would make "Everybody in America poorer."
Given a binary choice between liberating millions of people around the world from crippling poverty and making Medicare for All a reality, it's perfectly clear where Sanders stands.
http://reason.com/blog/2019/04/07/bernie-sanders-open-borders-iowa
Sanders interrupted him, countering, "Who do you think is suggesting opening the borders?".
The man responded by suggesting that Sanders had supported such a proposal, which is erroneous.
"I'm afraid you may be getting your information wrong," said Sanders.
Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigns in Oskaloosa, IA: "If you open the borders, there's a lot of poverty in this world, and you're going to have people from all over the world. And I don't think that's something that we can do at this point. Can't do it." pic.
This is nothing new for Sanders: In fact, during the 2016 campaign, he famously told Vox's Ezra Klein that open borders were a right wing "Koch brothers proposal" that would make "Everybody in America poorer."
Given a binary choice between liberating millions of people around the world from crippling poverty and making Medicare for All a reality, it's perfectly clear where Sanders stands.
http://reason.com/blog/2019/04/07/bernie-sanders-open-borders-iowa
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