Bernie Sanders

Birth Name:

Bernard Sanders

Birth Place:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor

An Independent-turned-Democrat, he is concerned about issues like income inequality, living wages for workers, climate change, women's rights and LGBT equality
Attended Brooklyn College and graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in political science in 1964
Worked as a carpenter and documentary filmmaker in Vermont after he graduated from college
Quote: "[on coming from a Jewish family affected by the Holocaust] "A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932 ․․․ and 50 million people died as a result of that ․․․ So what I learned as a little kid is that politics is, in fact, very important․""
Best known as former congressman from Vermont who has served on the U․S․ Senate and ran for President of the United States in the 2016 election
During his early career, he was elected as mayor of Burlington, Vt․, in 1981 and later went on to become a congressman for the state
Was dubbed the "amendment king" in the House of Representatives for getting more amendments passed than any other Congress member

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