Comments by "Virginia Lawler" (@virginialawler7725) on "War is a horror." video.
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Thank you very much for your post. I think Bernie is one of the best "public servants," too! ;-) My maternal grandmother came to America from Germany as a very young girl, crossed that ocean by herself because both of her parents died before they were scheduled to depart. Meta Schissler came alone, toting a LARGE bag of duck down to family/friends already here...in Nebraska, maybe. She became an outstanding baker in Kansas City, MO, and I have a certificate about that to frame when I can re-find it. I wish I had gotten to know her better. At 83, I still have a lot I want to do!
A week after Trump's election in November 2016, Bernie's book, Our Revolution, was published and went on to sell extremely well. Do you know of it? It reached #3 on the New York Times bestseller list and was also published in China, England, France, Serbia, South Korea...and Germany! His European publishers invited him to speak in three countries, starting with Germany over the 2017 congressional Memorial Day break, so he and his wife went.
At their first stop, the Free University of Berlin, Bernie said, "Frankly, I was overwhelmed and humbled by the greeting I received. I was also impressed by the knowledge that so many in the audience had about American politics, my campaign, and my views."
As Newsweek reported, "Just days after Trump received a frosty reception on his first trip across the Atlantic since entering the White House, Sanders earned a rapturous reception from more than 1,000 students at the...University. Sanders...has long been popular in Europe. In the Democratic primary against Hillary Clinton, he won more than 60 percent of the vote in Germany, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom...."
"Sanders' socialist policies are far more mainstream in Europe than in the U.S. In particular, his call for universal health care, while deemed a far-left fantasy by even some Democrats in the U.S., is the norm in Europe and even supported by conservative parties.
Sanders "told the crowd, 'Trump does not reflect the values of most Americans and we look forward, despite what happened last week here, we absolutely look forward to working with the great people of Germany, with Europe, the UK.
Our job is to bring people around the world together and not create fights when they're not necessary.' "
It was pointed out to Bernie that his "remarks in Berlin had a bit of historical context. In June 1963, President John F. Kennedy had given a major speech just outside the auditorium" where Bernie spoke and said later, "I was proud to have followed in his footsteps in speaking about the need for U.S.-European unity."
Well, must stop, without covering his five speeches in England, plus another in Dublin. This info is borrowed from Bernie's newer book, the 2018 "Where We Go from Here: Two Years in the Resistance," which was/is also popular. I've intended for ages to donate a copy to the public library here in Raleigh, NC, but still have not managed to do that--and it would even be a charitable contribution, I think. Oh well. '
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