Loads of pundits have opined that the differences between Warren and Sanders are minor, cosmetic, or don't really exist. In reality, I think there are many good reasons to prefer Sanders over Warren. To highlight a few:
1) Sanders supports nat'l rent control, Warren does not.
2) Sanders has a plan to end homelessness in the U.S., Warren does not.
3) Sanders says there should be no billionaires, Warren says there should.
4) Sanders IDs as a Democratic Socialist, Warren is a "capitalist to [her] bones"
5) Sanders was endorsed by 3/4 of the Squad (AOC, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar), Warren by 1/4 (Ayanna Pressley)
6) Sanders voted against all of Trump's military budgets, Warren voted for some.
7) Sanders called for former Brazilian President Lula da Silva to be freed from prison, Warren did not.
8) Sanders has a long, proven anti-war record, Warren does not. Article detailing some of the differences: inthesetimes.com/article/21890/…
9) Sanders has called for cutting military aid to Israel and redirecting it to provide humanitarian assistance in Gaza, Warren has not.
10) Sanders has the superior environmental policy and approach to combatting climate change. This article from @CarlBeijer gets at some of the differences: jacobinmag.com/2019/10/climat…
@CarlBeijer 11) Sanders will cancel all student debt, Warren will not.
@CarlBeijer 12) Sanders will cancel all medical debt, Warren will not.
@CarlBeijer 13) Sanders supports universal franchise, Warren was unwilling to commit.
@CarlBeijer Foreign policy and environmental policy alone are reason enough to back Sanders over Warren, given the monumental stakes for each.
@CarlBeijer Despite the understandable obsession with domestic policy, historically foreign policy is where presidents are able to do as they please, e.g., without oversight from congress. It is for this reason that I think foreign policy ought to be weighted significantly.
@CarlBeijer Nathan has, of course, also written several articles which clearly and lay out other problems with Warren. currentaffairs.org/2019/09/the-pr… currentaffairs.org/2019/10/why-cr…
@CarlBeijer And I thought this article did a good job explaining some of the problems with Warren's Medicare for All plan jacobinmag.com/2019/11/elizab…
@CarlBeijer I should add that I think Warren is the second least terrible viable presidential candidate, but her differences from Sanders are, in my opinion, significant.
@CarlBeijer 14) Sanders calls for abolishing ICE, CBP, and USCIS, plus the full demilitarization of the border, Warren does not. theintercept.com/2019/11/07/san…
@CarlBeijer 15) Sanders has made labor rights & growing unions a central part of his campaign in a way that Warren has not. Sanders has pledged to double the # of workers that belong to a union during his 1st term. Here's an article detailing some of his labor plans: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
@CarlBeijer 16) Bernie Sanders issued a statement criticizing the coup in Bolivia, Warren did not.
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@CarlBeijer 18) In 2017 Warren voted to impose new sanctions on Iran—undermining the nuclear deal—and Sanders voted against them.
@CarlBeijer 19) Warren supports Trump's trade deal and Bernie opposes it. huffpost.com/entry/elizabet…
@CarlBeijer 20) Bernie has pledged to vote against the Patriot Act, Warren has not. inthesetimes.com/article/22326/…
@CarlBeijer 21) Bernie's proposal for universal child care is free, Warren's is means-tested huffpost.com/entry/sanders-…
@CarlBeijer Also, before any pedants chime in: I think Bernie missed a vote for one of Trump's military budgets which he publicly criticized, so I'd like to amend my tweet above to say that Sanders has opposed every single Trump military budget, Warren has not.
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