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German Social Democrat Leader Boycotts Bernie Over Palestine (jacobin.com)

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German Social Democratic Party leader Saskia Esken has boycotted a Bernie Sanders event over his supposedly anti-Israel statements. Bernie’s statement? “The targeting of civilians is a war crime, no matter who does it.”

ED: A recent episode with a popular German political podcaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t01qZutfh4M

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[–] [email protected] 123 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A member of Senator Sanders’s staff said that as far as he knew, “Bernie had never heard of Saskia Esken, but I’m sure he would have been pleased to meet her.”

Hahahaha

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@roguetrick this is even better than Don Draper "I don't think of you at all."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Damn, I should rewatch that show. It was goddamn great.