The Time Bernie Sanders Suggested US Intel Might Have Carried Out Domestic Bombings: Report
An old newspaper report reveals that self-identified socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders once pushed a radical conspiracy theory blaming the U.S. government for domestic terrorist attacks on American citizens.
“Sanders launched his 1976 campaign for Vermont governor by suggesting that government agencies were behind a string of attempted bombings across the country,” The Daily Caller reported Wednesday.
Sanders was running on the Liberty Union ticket, a political party he created in Vermont, according to The Daily Caller. His running mate was named John Franco.
The two men “coupled the announcement with a disavowal of terrorist bombings and a charge that many such incidents may be instigated by government agencies to undermine legitimate efforts to bring about change,” according to an issue of the Bennington Banner, a Vermont newspaper, reviewed by The Daily Caller.
Two days before Sanders’ announcement in 1976, eight letter bombs were sent to “seven business corporations and one business executive in four American cities, including one device that exploded in a Manhattan brokerage house injuring four women,” according to a New York Times report from 1976.
Two men suspected of being behind the bombs were finally arrested five years later, according to a Times report from 1981.
But that was after Sanders and Franco pushed their wacky false flag conspiracy theory.
“Both men said such terrorism is counterproductive to changing the ‘system,’ and charged that government agencies like the CIA may in fact be responsible,” the Banner’s article read, according to The Daily Caller.
“Anybody that thinks change is going to come because of bombings or terrorist activity is either extremely stupid, crazy or an agent of the U.S. government,” the paper quoted Sanders at the time.
I don’t want to defend the deep state, but Sanders’ conspiracy theory was a particularly heinous accusation.
Letter bombs weren’t uncommon in the 1970s. It was insulting and offensive to tell the victims of these letter bombs that the government was responsible for their injuries without any proof whatsoever.
Sanders’ conspiracy theory is just as despicable as those who claim mass shootings or terrorist attacks are false flags perpetrated by the U.S. government.
🚨 This is NEXT LEVEL conspiracy theory 🚨 https://t.co/MPwavFJwVx
— The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 2, 2019
If the Bennington Banner article unearthed by The Daily Caller is correct, Sanders’ ridiculous conspiracy theory shows that he might be a bit too unhinged to become president.
But Sanders isn’t a stranger to outrageous statements and policy proposals.
In 1985, Sanders defended the socialist regime of Nicaragua at the time by saying breadlines are “a good thing.”
And most recently, Sanders said he supports voting rights for felons currently in prison, including terrorists and rapists.
According to the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office, Sanders netted 6.1% of the vote in that 1976 governor’s race. That’s about where he belongs, but in 2019, he’s near the top of the Democratic field.
It’s absurd that leftists still support this unhinged socialist.
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