The former mayor of New York had taken aim at the Vermont senator for his comments that praised the literacy program set up by Fidel Castro after the Cuban revolution.
on CBS in which he said he opposed the authoritarian regime of Castro, but that following the Cuban revolution of 1959, he should be credited for implementing a mass literacy program, and that"it's unfair to simply say everything is bad."from the interview with Anderson Cooper, referring to Castro's"forced labor camps, religious repression, widespread poverty, firing squads, and the murder of thousands of his own people.
Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders walks past former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg during the ninth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season. The Bloomberg campaign reportedly posted tweets mocking Sanders' praise of dictators., with the hashtag #BernieOnDespots and consisting of fictitious quotes of Sanders praising other dictators.
One pretended to be about North Korea's leader, which according to a screenshot, said:"Who am I to question Kim Jong-un for starving millions of his own people, when he opened a kickass waterpark with over ten slides, a lazy river and a wave machine. What a blast!", said:"Vladimir Putin is willing to poison anyone who disagrees with him, but have you seen how that guy looks without a shirt!! Mmm delish!'—#BernieOnDespots.
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