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by tribeofone 2381 days ago
Sanders can't even get good internet or phone connectivity in his own State. He's accomplished little to nothing in Vermont and has pretty much been MIA for the last 6 years. Thinking that he can get anything done at a National scale (let alone International scale) is a joke.
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He's a senator, not a governor or state congressperson. Literally his job is to accomplish things at the national level, not the state level.
It's funny that Marsha Blackburn is completely in the pocket of telecom companies and her state has about the same broadband availability as Vermont.
The last 6 years he's been campaigning for progressive ideas. M4A is talked about constantly, he pushed what healthcare should be in America beyond the ACA. He got younger more diverse people elected to congress and on a state level, and has helped unions, workers, and others receive the wages and benefits they deserve by using his current standing as a public figure.
Not sure his positions are exactly popular with establishment politics.

He took a busload of breast cancer patients from Vermont to Canada so they could buy cheaper prescription drug and voted against trillion dollar wars.

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/legislative-landmarks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdFw1btbkLM&feature=youtu.be