Bernie 2020
Challenging Biden on Iraq War Vote, Sanders Denounces Bloated Trump Pentagon Budget During Democratic Debate
Distinguishing himself from his 2020 presidential rivals on the issue of America's obscene military spending—which continues to soar year after year with bipartisan support—Sen. Bernie Sanders touted his record as the only candidate on stage during Thursday night's Democratic debate who has opposed all of President Donald Trump's Pentagon budget proposals.
Bernie Sanders to Military Industrial Complex: We Will Not Continue To Spend $700 Billion Per Year On War
Bernie Sanders message to the Military industry is that we need a strong defence but we don't need to spend ten times more that the next ten countries combined. We are going to invest in education. We are going to invest in affordable housing. We are going to invest in rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. But we are not going to invest in never-ending wars.