There is nothing holy about rejecting medical care of people. There is nothing holy about turning someone away from a hospital. There's nothing holy about rejecting a child from a family. There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law. - AOC11mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
As I’ve been saying for over a year, Corporations are ripping us off under the guise of inflation. - John Fetterman11mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
We warned during the Trump tax cuts that this dramatic decrease in revenue would explode the nation's debt. And we heard from the Republican side, 'No, let us write off our yachts, let us write off our private jets.' - AOC1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Republicans keep blaming mass shootings on mental health, but then defend the killing of the mentally ill too. - AOC1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
All teachers in this country should be paid at least $60,000.- Bernie Sanders1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/SandersForPresident
Oil companies brought in $200 billion in profit last year. Yet the prices at the pump and on our utility bills remain high. That, ladies and gentleman, is what we call the oil cartel. - AOC9mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
We now spend $877 billion on the military while we have the highest child poverty rate of almost any major country. Any deficit reduction plan must include major cuts to the Pentagon. -Bernie Sanders11mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Our rigged tax code has benefitted the wealthy and powerful for far too long. - Bernie Sanders1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Every worker in every sector in every state has the constitutional right to join a union. - Sen. Bernie Sanders11mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/SandersForPresident
Democracy is supposed to be about one person, one vote, not billionaires buying elections. It's time to overturn Citizens United. - Bernie Sanders4mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Another horrific mass shooting in America. No one needs a military weapon designed to massacre people. We must ban the sale, distribution, and transfer of assault weapons in the United States now. - Bernie Sanders1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
There are not moderate House Republicans. There are just different degrees of fealty to Donald Trump. Some of the most ‘moderate members’ casted votes for things like 80% cuts under the Dept of Education to low income schools. This is not a moderate party, period. - AOC3mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Our current health care system is broken. It is dysfunctional. Congress must change it. - Bernie Sanders9mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
I happen to believe that billionaires who wage illegal union busting campaigns are not above the law.1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
The current healthcare system in the United States is totally broken, dysfunctional and cruel. Now is the time to finally pass a Medicare for All single-payer program. - Bernie Sanders1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Every worker deserves a union, and I am going fight to make sure that's possible. - John Fetterman10mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Student debt is immoral—it’s a tax on the poor and working poor who had the nerve to try to move up by going to school. - Nina Turner10mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Police killings in the US reached a record high in 2022. That has only been rewarded with more funding at the expense of schools, hospitals, housing, and more.1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Our healthcare system is leaving people sick and bankrupt while CEOs profit. We need to fix it. Abolish medical debt, pass Medicare for All. - Ro Khanna10mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Last year Congress passed $858,000,000,000 for weapons and war while children went to bed hungry. - Rashida Tlaib10mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
In my view, if right-wing Supreme Court justices want to make public policy they should quit the Supreme Court and run for political office. - Bernie Sanders10mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
If UPS can spend over $8.4 billion on stock buybacks and dividends this year, it can afford to provide better wages, benefits, and working conditions to its employees. - Bernie Sanders10mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
It’s no great secret that this country is divided on many important issues. But there’s one area where most people –Democrats, Republicans, Independents, progressives, conservatives –will agree: We are getting ripped off, big time, by the pharmaceutical industry. - Bernie Sanders3mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
It’s time to transform our primary health care system so that every American, no matter where they live or what their income might be, can get the care they need when they need it. - Bernie Sanders10mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
We incarcerate more people than anywhere else in the world. We need to do everything we can to dismantle our prison industrial system and reinvest in our communities. - Jamaal Bowman4mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Workers have every right to strike for better wages and benefits. - Robert Reich10mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Bernie Sanders on May 26, 2015: We begin a political revolution to transform our country.1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/SandersForPresident
No one should be stressed about paying large medical bills & medical debt because they happen to be unemployed at the wrong time. That is why we need Medicare for All.1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Social Workers across the country are fighting for dignity and respect on the job. - Bernie Sanders11mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
The actions of Starbucks to try and destroy the spirits of thousands of people fighting for justice is unforgiveable. - Sen. Bernie Sanders11mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/SandersForPresident
I voted against the bloated $900 billion Pentagon budget this week because it is long past time to fundamentally change our national priorities. - Bernie Sanders9mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
If we do not move aggressively to combat climate change and if we allow the planet to become increasingly unlivable, we will be showing absolute contempt for our younger generation. We must act now. - Bernie Sanders1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
We have a mental health epidemic in America. 50,000,000 Americans are suffering. We need Medicare for All. - Ro Khanna9mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Every worker in every sector in every state has the constitutional right to join a union.1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
In my view, if we are truly going to resolve the mental health crisis that we face, we will need a political revolution that creates a society based on justice, compassion, human solidarity and a growing sense of community. - Bernie Sanders11mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Why does the U.S. pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs? - Bernie Sanders2mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
No one should be in debt for going to school. No one should be in debt for going to the doctor. No one should be in debt for taking a life-saving medication. - Nina Turner9mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Congress just passed an $858 billion annual military budget. This is an $80 billion increase from last year. The cost to replace every lead pipe in our country? $60 billion.1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
We should expand Social Security by scrapping the cap and taxing the wealthy to fund it. We should NOT be cutting benefits for seniors by raising the retirement age.1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
The wealthy and the powerful want to keep us divided up so they can laugh all the way to the bank. Now, more than ever, we must stand together. - Bernie Sanders11mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
It's an utter disgrace that children in America today are going to school afraid of being shot and killed. We can't allow this epidemic of gun violence to continue. How many more have to die before Congress acts? - Bernie Sanders1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
There is a moral rot on our society, but it’s coming from politicians who take money from big pharma to look the other way. The opioid crisis is a direct result of big pharma pushing their pills, flooding communities with opioids. - Nina Turner3mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
If our tax dollars are going to fund corporations to build more factories, then they need to guarantee those factories will provide good, union jobs. - Ro Khanna3mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Nobody in America can survive on $7.25 an hour, $9 an hour or $12 an hour. It’s time to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour. - Bernie Sanders1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
I stand in strong solidarity with Teamsters who have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at UPS. - Bernie Sanders11mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Bernie Sanders changed the game and made it possible for young people like me to imagine a brighter future. I am so deeply honored by his endorsement, and cannot wait to fight alongside him to win Medicare For All, a Green New Deal, and an economy that works for everyone! - Aaron Regunberg8mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
Bernie transformed our politics. He reminded millions of Americans that politics doesn’t have to be about corporate power games—it can be about improving our lives and coming together to build a better world.9mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution
When we talk about divisions in this country, we're not talking about Republicans versus Democrats. It is the billionaire class versus everybody else.- Bernie Sanders1yr ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/BernieSanders
I absolutely condemn the horrifying attack on Israel by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. There is no justification for this violence, and innocent people on both sides will suffer hugely because of it. It must end now. - Bernie Sanders7mo ⋅ _May26_ ⋅ r/Political_Revolution