Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was the keynote speaker at the Minnesota Flagship No Kings Rally and Sanders did not disappoint.
Each of the No Kings meetings has built on the others, depending on what the Trump administration has done to date. The first No Kings events were about stopping overreach and DOGE. The second No Kings protests maintained the elements of the first, but also added concerns about ICE and Trump’s immigration policies.
I was curious how much of the third No Kings protest would focus on the war in Iran.
Trump has tried to keep the American people in the dark about Iran, but the war is widely unpopular, so No Kings could be seen as a barometer for where the war stands on the priority list of those protesting Trump.
Senator Bernie Sanders spoke about the war in Iran during his No Kings remarks and gave a blunt assessment of what is happening.
Sanders said:
It is not just the oligarchs and their insatiable greed that we must fight.
As today’s news reminds us, we must stop the Trump administration’s out-of-control militarism – here at home, in cities like Minneapolis-St. Paul – and abroad.
Let’s be honest. The American people were lied to about the Vietnam War. We were lied to about the war in Iraq. And we are being lied to today about the war in Iran. This war must end immediately.
In the last election, Donald Trump rightly pointed out the enormous amounts of money wasted in wars that should have been spent on rebuilding America. He campaigned as a ‘peace candidate’ and he promised no more ‘eternal wars’. Well, he lied.
A month ago, Trump and his partner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, started a war with Iran. This war is unconstitutional. Trump did not seek or receive permission from Congress. This war is contrary to international law. A sovereign nation cannot simply attack another sovereign nation for any reason.
Sanders also laid out the costs of this war and what he will try to do to end it.
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