https://www.wcax.com/2023/12/04/protesters-demanding-cease-fire-gaza-climb-ladder-sanders-office/
By Sophia Thomas Published: Dec. 4, 2023 at 2:29 PM MST
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Activists stepped up their efforts to demand a cease-fire in Gaza by stepping up a ladder to Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office in Burlington.
Duncan Nichols with the ad hoc group “Protect Palestinian Children” climbed up to Sanders’ office on Church Street. At the top, he placed signs reading “Ceasefire now” and “There is no military solution.”
While Sen. Peter Welch and Rep. Becca Balint have called for a cease-fire, Sanders says he’s unsure whether it’s possible with an organization like Hamas involved.
After several failed attempts to discuss a cease-fire with the senator, Nichols decided a bold move was needed.
“We’re just trying any means we can to escalate our own message which is the message of the American people,” Nichols said.
Many people out on the Marketplace stopped by the protest, picking up signs and sharing their perspectives.
But not everyone supported the climb. Nearby business owners yelled at Nichols to move, with one man shaking the ladder.
Burlington police watched on but said they wouldn’t make any arrests.
Nichols’ group packed up after an hour urging people to call Sanders’ office and demand he call for a cease-fire.
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If the most left leaning politician in the country is a supporter of fascists and genocide then the country should end.
Death to America
surely you don't believe this lmao
Prove me wrong then. Name one US politician who leans further left.
And I don't mean some random low level mayor, I mean an actual federal politician.
US Representatives
US Senators
All of the above have supported a ceasefire in Gaza where, at the time of writing this response, over 10,000 people have been slaughtered wholesale by Israel. Almost half of Gaza's population is, as I'm sure you're aware, under the age of 18.
Bernie Sanders, the apparent one-true US leftist in your mind, has not and apparently will not call for a ceasefire. Which is strange, is it not? He isn't going to be President and will likely retire at the end of his term or by his next one - so why not support the ceasefire?
The answer? Your beloved Bernie Sanders lacks the moral strength to do otherwise and is a fucking 'moderate' at best. He has no conviction and is a shadow of the man he was at the beginning of his political career - but even then, it'd be hard to call him a 'leftist'.
Gotcha I didn't realize being a leftist meant supporting Palestine and absolutely nothing else /s
it's the bare minimum, actually. if you cannot oppose US interests even when millions of people are being threatened with displacement or extermination, you are a lib.
The baseline of being a leftist is opposing genocide you dumb fuck
Do you know what the difference is between a necessary and sufficient condition?
I mean - you're calling Bernie Sanders the furthest left politician in the United States and he can't call for a ceasefire against what is legitimately a genocide..................
Who must go?
Easy as fuck. Rashida Tlaib, as evidenced by current events.
easy. Mitt Romney
rashida tlaib goes to work every day with fellow reps who want her family dead.
class war or bust.
dumb fuck.
if the most left leaning politician in the country is center-right, you are fucked as a country lmao
he supports genocide, as do you. fuck both of you worthless losers
Actively lies about Hamas being unreasonable in order to facilitate and justify literal genocide. I can't put into words my thoughts without the mods getting involved
oppa gangnam style
@zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net This little critter was already banned. their words are left as a monument to their liberalism. Also it seems like they may have deleted their account
Giving us Root players a bad name