‘I Wrote The Damn Bill!’ Bernie Wants YOU To Elect A Cranky Old Jewish Man
Bernie Sanders at the Des Moines Register Iowa Presidential Candidate Forum on July 20, 2019 Image by Getty Images
Bernie Sanders and his staff are leaning into his cranky Jewish elder persona after Tuesday night’s Democratic debate in Detroit, seizing on the senator’s pissed-off exclamation about the provenance of the Medicare for All bill to produce a new set of swag like stickers emblazoned with his words for the ages — “I wrote the damn bill!” — on stickers and T-shirts.
Sanders’ first words also struck the perfect note: “You’re wrong!” he said in response to Congressman John Delaney’s comment that “Medicare for All” is “political suicide.”
I wrote the damn bill! #MedicareForAll #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/4YtVuDbPWc
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) July 31, 2019
Alexandra Wells is a news intern at the Forward. Contact her at [email protected]
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