Bernie Sanders in CommonDreams.org
On Gun Control:
Ok to sue gun manufacturers if they sell for misuse
The New York Daily News published a cover story headlined, "Bernie's Sandy Hook shame." It accused Sanders of callously defending gun manufacturers against a lawsuit brought by relatives of the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting.
[This is based partly on] Hillary Clinton's attacks which include that Sanders supports the NRA.Clinton is attacking Sanders for refusing to support the Sandy Hook victims in their lawsuit against gun manufacturers.
The reason Sanders opposes the lawsuit because he believes a gun manufacturer should not be criminalized for selling a product which is legal to sell to people.
But Sanders would support the victims if they could prove the gun manufacturer knew the person they were selling a weapon to would misuse the weapon, like massacre people with it.
Source: CommonDreams.org column, "Shadowproof," by Kevin Gosztola
Apr 7, 2016
On Health Care:
Wrong to give company exclusive rights to drug treatment
Sanders demanded that the Trump administration immediately rescind its decision to grant pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences exclusive rights to the antiviral drug remdesivir, one of many drugs currently being tested
as a possible treatment for the novel coronavirus. In a statement, Sanders said it's "truly outrageous that after taxpayers put tens of millions of dollars into developing remdesivir,
Trump's [Food and Drug Administration] is exploiting a law reserved for rare diseases to privatize a drug to treat a pandemic virus."
"The Trump administration must rescind this corporate giveaway to Gilead and make any treatment and vaccine free for everybody," added the Vermont senator.
Source: Common Dreams on 2020 presidential hopefuls
Mar 25, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Progressives deserve important seats in Biden administration
After a summer and fall dominated by the imperative of defeating Donald Trump, progressive forces are entering a winter of discontent. While Sanders wants to maintain a cordial relationship with the incoming president, he doesn't like
what he's seeing. "The progressive movement deserves a number of seats--important seats--in the Biden administration," Sanders said. "Have I seen that at this point? I have not.
Source: Common Dreams blog on 2021 Biden Administration
Dec 14, 2020
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