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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Is Only Major Candidate to Sit Out Both LGBTQ Events [View all]roody
(10,849 posts)19. I'm pretty sure he won't be sitting.
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George II
Sep 2019
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Is that tour going to last for three weeks? The second event that he's skipping is Oct 10.....
George II
Sep 2019
#30
That's the eve of "National Coming Out Day" that people may have heard of before.
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#42
Add them to the list with PP, the Black Congressional Caucus and the Working Families Party...
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#72
Why is Bernie, always portrayed in a negative light, when so many of his ideas, like MFA...
JoeOtterbein
Sep 2019
#7
Maybe the reason it didn't get enough votes was the same as why Vermont's Green Mountain Care
betsuni
Sep 2019
#26
I'm sure if you did some research you'd see why it, and others for many decades, didn't get passed.
George II
Sep 2019
#34
A universal health care bill was first introduced in the House back in 1943 by John Dingell Sr....
George II
Sep 2019
#33
None of BS's ideas are his own.. some of them have existed since the 40's
BlueMississippi
Sep 2019
#45
That's how many of us feel about the way other progressive candidates have been treated
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#73
Well I didn't see Beto mentioned so I guess he doesn't care either. Really people, campaigns have
vsrazdem
Sep 2019
#12
Must see video: Bernie defends gays in military against homophobic slurs on house floor in 1995
jg10003
Sep 2019
#28
Thanks and I really don't get it he has history going far back and has been speaking about
lunasun
Sep 2019
#37
Yes, absences are absences. Some pols have even shown up with walking pneumonia. (nt)
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#71
A gay rights support quota doesn't exist. Just because he supports the community doesn't
Politicub
Sep 2019
#49
To a point. He's certainly evolved on Marriage equality when it proved prudent to do so.
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#74
BS can't even get AA and POC to attend a rally at a BLACK church in a MAJORITY BLACK city.
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#53
I know, right? It's as if some politicians have a perfunctory attitude about these things.
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#60
Nobody is saying that. But the candidates are making it very clear what their priorities are...
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#69
His LGBTQ record in Congress (House and Senate) has been abysmal bordering on non-existent.
George II
Sep 2019
#77