Bernie Sanders blames the victims: Daily Bullshit, April 24, 2016 (updated)

Updated for a story on an alleged high Al Qaeda official who was detained and tortured and remains in solitary confinement, despite not even being a member of Al Qaeda.[1]


Bernie Sanders

I’m sorry to see Bernie Sanders take the turn he has. But before blaming poor people for not voting[2]—and we have no proof they would vote for him anyway—he should offer a comprehensive and credible answer to the many reasons for not voting.[3]

Evelyn Rupert, “Sanders: I’ve lost because ‘poor people don’t vote,'” Hill, April 23, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/277415-sanders-ive-lost-because-poor-people-dont-vote


Abu Zubaydah

Rebecca Gordon, “The Al-Qaeda Leader Who Wasn’t: The Shameful Ordeal of Abu Zubaydah,” Tikkun, April 24, 2016, http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/american-war-crimes-that-still-ought-to-be-prosecuted


Footnotes

  1. [1]Rebecca Gordon, “The Al-Qaeda Leader Who Wasn’t: The Shameful Ordeal of Abu Zubaydah,” Tikkun, April 24, 2016, http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/american-war-crimes-that-still-ought-to-be-prosecuted
  2. [2]Evelyn Rupert, “Sanders: I’ve lost because ‘poor people don’t vote,'” Hill, April 23, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/277415-sanders-ive-lost-because-poor-people-dont-vote
  3. [3]David Benfell, “Why I do not vote,” Not Housebroken, February 25, 2016, https://disunitedstates.org/?p=8743

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