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Bernie Sanders Says Cardi B Is Right About Who Really Made America Great Again
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-says-cardi-b-is-right-about-who-really-made-america-great-again_us_5ad76261e4b0e4d0715c7cd2
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) showed his finesse lifting up rapper Cardi Bs political beliefs on Twitter.
The former presidential candidate on Wednesday tweeted about Cardi B, Social Security, and making America great again, prompting some to scratch their heads and others to say, 2018 is great! (OK, fine, the others are really us).
Social Security Works first tweeted a graphic of Cardi Bs comment about former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Hes the real Make America Great Again, because if it wasnt for him, old people wouldnt even get Social Security.
ashtonelijah
(340 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 18, 2018, 07:04 PM - Edit history (1)
Yes, FDR gave us Social Security and the New Deal.
But FDR also had a problem with anti-Semitism, and he was responsible for Japanese internment (as well as German interment, which is lesser known).
Japanese internment is exactly the sort of MAGA idea Trump would come up with, approve, and then botch implementing.
Lets be honest. FDR wasnt perfect. There are things about him that are condemnable. He isnt on Andrew Jacksons level, but we dont have to whitewash him.
leftstreet
(36,118 posts)ashtonelijah
(340 posts)I didnt realize we Dems were incapable of nuanced views of our heroes. I didnt realize we looked at our past president with the same rose colored glasses Republicans look at Saint Ronnie with.
I didnt realize we dismissed real, historical injustices against human beings in order to maintain the purity of our heroes.
Excuse me for thinking more of us.
leftstreet
(36,118 posts)the irony...
But yes it also strikes me as humorous that any time someone praises New Deal programs, the but, but, buts get posted right away