Videos Emerge of Bernie Sanders Praising Castro, Communism
A new video has emerged of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) praising communist dictator Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolution. The video, posted on Twitter on Feb. 21 by a group known as the “Reagan Battalion,” is the latest in a recent series highlighting Sanders’ affinity for communism. “I remember being very excited when Fidel Castro made the revolution in Cuba,” Sanders, who is now a 2020 presidential candidate, said. “I remember reading that it seemed right and appropriate that poor people were rising up against rather ugly rich people.”
The video was recorded at the University of Vermont in 1986, and shows Sanders speaking to an audience from behind a podium. He recounted the 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon with disgust. “At the time, I was very excited and impressed by the Cuban revolution, and there was Kennedy and Nixon talking about which particular method they should use about destroying the revolution,” Sanders said. “I actually got up from the room and almost left to puke,” he said
The Reagan Battalion is named after President Ronald Reagan, who was a fierce opponent of communism. Reagan is widely credited with winning the Cold War against the Soviet Union. The group is also critical of President Donald Trump for his perceived departure from Reagan-era conservativism, a division that elements of the news media have exploited. On Feb. 22, a full day after its posting, the Reagan Battalion account posted on Twitter that, “Not a single MSM ‘journalist’ retweeted this video of @BernieSanders describing how he felt like ’puking’ when he heard President JFK bashing communism. The same reporters who were excited to retweet every anti-Trump video we ever tweeted have suddenly disappeared.”
Another video, posted Feb. 19, shows Sanders again praising Castro, and admitting that he traveled to Nicaragua to advise the Soviet-backed Daniel Ortega regime on how to successfully thwart the United States.
In a sit-down interview from 1985, Sanders says, “As a socialist, the word socialism does not frighten me.” “You may recall back in 1961, they invaded Cuba, and everybody was totally convinced that Castro was the worst guy in the world,” he said. “They forgot that he educated kids, gave them health care, and totally transformed society.”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/videos-emerge-of-bernie-sanders-praising-castro-communism_2813516.html
Video's mentioned here to follow