Former Presidential candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) used the holidays to continue his storm of tweets directed at President-elect Donald Trump. Sanders points out the problems with Trump’s political appointments through a series of relentless tweets.
Environment
From both of his official Twitter accounts Sanders sent the following tweets about Trump’s environmental appointments:
It is way too late to have a slew of climate change deniers sitting in powerful cabinet positions.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 27, 2016
People who want to limit carbon emissions:
✅ Majority of Democrats
✅ Majority of Republicans
❌ Trump's choice for EPA head— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) December 27, 2016
To deny the science of climate change is more than terrifying. It takes real greed and selfishness to ignore the dangers of continued fossil fuel use. Trump’s appointment is ignorant of the consequences it will mean for our planet.
Wealth
Sanders also tweeted from both of his Twitter accounts about the wealth of Trump’s incoming cabinet:
Donald Trump, the "anti-establishment" Republican, is building a cabinet worth at least $13 billion. The hypocrisy astounds me.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 26, 2016
Trump's cabinet, the wealthiest in history, is worth more than the annual GDP of 70 countries. So much for draining the swamp…
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) December 27, 2016
Trump loudly campaigned as an anti-establishment candidate. He used the slogan “Drain the Swamp.” The same slogan that he has since abandoned. Perhaps he has dropped it because he is now filling his swamp with a load of rich, privileged, corporatist, and greedy cabinet members who do not care about average Americans. The average American earns less in a year than these people do in one week.
Women
On Christmas Eve Sanders tweeted:
The women of this country have the right to control their own bodies, not politicians.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) December 24, 2016
Then on Boxing Day, he tweeted this:
Republicans claim to want less intrusive government, but then they force regulations on women’s bodies.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 26, 2016
To deny a woman’s right to do with her body what she wishes is a form of oppression.
From environment, to wealth distribution, to women’s rights, Sanders has been vocal in resisting the horrifying direction Trump’s government seems to be heading.
Resistance is vital in limiting the damage that will be done by this upcoming presidency.
Sanders is truly concerned about the working class of America. He also tweeted this recently:
There is not a single state where working 40 hours/week at the minimum wage is enough to afford a one-bedroom apartment. That's an outrage! pic.twitter.com/EcUUiRYjP9
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 27, 2016
It is fair enough to ask the question, how in the richest country in the world, is the distribution of wealth is so imbalanced that this is happening?
Where does Trump stand on raising the minimum wage?
What does Trump believe with regard to giving access to affordable healthcare for everyone, like most other developed countries in the world already have?
These are vital questions being raised by Sanders and they have to form part of the resistance to the Trump era. We must fight for the rights of the poor and the disadvantaged, for women, for the environment, and for social justice.
Going by their past, it sure seems as if the members of Trump’s new government are set to do a lot of damage to the vulnerable. Bernie Sanders is continually calling him out on this and so should we all.
Watch Bernie Sanders call Trump a pathological liar here:
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