Danny Glover: He's With Us | Bernie Sanders

Bernie and I have long shared a commitment to justice. We’ve both walked the picket line with workers striking for better conditions. We’ve both opposed wealth inequality and corporate greed. We’ve both pushed for a foreign policy that keeps us safe instead of creating endless wars.

But when I saw images of him getting arrested for protesting segregation, I realized that Bernie is truly one of us. There he was, involved in a struggle that I had dreamed about joining as a child. And he continues in that tradition. I couldn't feel prouder to be in New York helping him to become our next president of the United States.

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Bernie Sanders is a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. He is serving his second term in the U.S. Senate after winning re-election in 2012 with 71 percent of the vote. Sanders previously served as mayor of Vermont’s largest city for eight years before defeating an incumbent Republican to be the sole congressperson for the state in the U.S. House of Representatives. He lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife Jane and has four children and seven grandchildren.

Bernard “Bernie” Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents and grew up in a small, rent-controlled apartment. His father came to the United States from Poland at the age of 17 without much money or a formal education. While attending the University of Chicago, a 20-year-old Sanders led students in a multi-week sit-in to oppose segregation in off-campus housing owned by the university as a Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) officer. In August of 1963, Sanders took an overnight bus as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to hear Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech firsthand at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

After graduation, Bernie moved to Vermont where he worked as a carpenter and documentary filmmaker. In 1981, he was elected as mayor of Burlington as an Independent by a mere 10 votes, shocking the city’s political establishment by defeating a six-term, local machine mayor. In 1983, Bernie was re-elected by a 21 point margin with a record amount of voter turnout. Under his administration, the city made major strides in affordable housing, progressive taxation, environmental protection, child care, women’s rights, youth programs and the arts. In 1990, Sanders was elected to the House of Representatives as the first Independent in 40 years and joined the Democratic caucus. He was re-elected for eight terms, during which he voted against the deregulation of Wall Street, the Patriot Act, and the invasion of Iraq.

In 2006, Sanders defeated the richest man in Vermont to win a seat in the U.S. Senate as an Independent. Known as a “practical and successful legislator,” Sanders served as chairman of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs where he authored and passed the most significant veteran health care reform bill in recent history. While in the Senate, Sanders has fought tirelessly for working class Americans against the influence of big money in politics. In 2010, he gave an eight-and-a-half hour filibuster-like speech on the Senate floor in opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy. In 2015, the Democratic leadership tapped Bernie to serve as the caucus’ ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.

Known for his consistency on the issues, Senator Sanders has supported the working class, women, communities of color, and the LGBT community throughout his career. He is an advocate for the environment, unions, and immigrants. He voted against Keystone XL, opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, wants to expand the Voting Rights Act, and pass the Equal Rights Amendment.

[sarah]

"he's with us"... a million times better than "im with her"

[Darshanaz]

Before this video i was a fan of Danny Glover, Now i'm his biggest fan.

[zerbt]

"He's with us" if I was American I'd vote for him In a heartbeat greetings from the Caribbean

[deedeewinfrey]

I was there too Mr. Glover, thank you for your support
Bernie Sanders 2020.

[biancac]

Fellow New Yorkers! Please get out and vote on Tuesday. Many people have been screwed over by the closed primary system and haven't been able to change parties, so we need as many people to get out there!!

[mikelomanno]

Powerfull ad, we are lucky and privildged in Canada to have the prime minister we have but I envy you (Americans) for having a guy like Bernie to vote for, he is a great man!

[TAB]

Another great and powerful ad based on, as always, irrefutable facts from the Sanders Campaign.

*Sanders for America. Sanders for a positive Future. Sanders for WE the PEOPLE!!* Let the Revolution begin NOW!!

[piratepear]

So many of these ads make me tear up... and I don't even live in America! Go Bernie Go Go Go!

[tw]

I particularly loved the line, " Not Just For Civil Right's, but for Human Right's.

[thewickinator]

love history, love fighting for what you believe and justice, love bernie, love Danny Glover, love this ad

[ScottishMatters]

All of Bernie's videos this weekend are making me cry....

[jdavi]

As a child, growing up without a father, Danny Glover has always been a role model for me and this reinforces my opinion of his character.

I love how inclusive Bernie Sanders campaign has grown to become.

I believe that US history will be altered by this campaign cycle as the core values of the majority of Americans has shifted from exclusive to inclusive!

[FlackaveliHD]

YESSS DANNY GLOVER❤


I'm VERY surprised all these celebrities are coming out and saying they support Bernie. You think these rich people would side with the ones that are rich also. This is truly beautiful.

[TheOutsider]

I'm wondering what percentage of people who voted for Hillary in the previous primaries are now regretting how uninformed they were.

[jemima]

Thsnk you Mr Glover ! Go Go Bernie Sir, don’t give up, the people are with you !💕💯👍

[dootdoot]

Donate! So we can FLOOD States with Bernie's ads. Allow all people to hear his message.

[juliamontalvo]

I pray for Bernie that he keeps him safe from these evil people. May he give him the strength and all of our support to make him our 2020 President

[Lightning]

A message for all of us, not just the Dorothies #feelthebern

[terminalexotics]

Bernie 2020, he’s with us forever ❤️🙏🏼

[libertys.]

Like video! Money is given to Bernie!!