Bernie Sanders (A Future to Believe In)

Bernie Sanders (September 8, 1941-August 27, 2018) was the 46th President and the United States, US Senator of Vermont from 2007-2017, and US Representative of Vermont from 1990-2006.

Early Life Bernie was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 8, 1841. After graduating high school he attended Brooklyn College then later transferred to University of Chicago where he received his BA in Political Science in 1964.

Political Career During his entire political career, Bernie has fought for civil rights and the working people. He was an independent politician who worked with Democratic caucus. He had always fought for Universal Healthcare, affordable education, workers unions, voting against wars such as the Iraq war, wall street, banks, tax reform, and criminal justice reform.

2016 Presidential Election On April 2015, Bernie announced his desire to run for presidency under the Democratic Party with a campaign slogan called "A Future to Believe In". His platform on tuition free public colleges/universities, single payer healthcare (Medicare for all), decreased military spending, universal daycare/preschool, 100% clean and renewable energy by 2050, criminal justice reform, gun reform, ending citizens united, improving crumbling infrastrucutre and raising the minimum wage to $15/hr. attracted so many voters among which were mostly college students, college graduates, people with children, the working class and minimum wage workers. In the April 2016 primaries, he defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by a landslide. After receiving the nomination, he choose Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren as his running mate. They defeated the Republican ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.

President of the United States Bernie was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on January 20, 2017 with Elizabeth Warren sworn in as the 48th and first female Vice President of the United States. He appointed Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard as his Secretary of the State and Keith Elison as Secretary of the Treasury. He picked judges to overturn Citizens United.

During his first 100 days in office he passed the College for All act, created worker unions, created infrastructure jobs along with raising their pay, withdrew troops from the Middle East, cut back on military spending, made better relations with China by creating environmental programs to combat climate change, and raised the minimum wage to $15/hr. With Republicans taking control of congress for the most part his Medicare for all act failed to get passed through congress, gun regulations did not go through, tax hikes for the rich never got passed and the daycare for all act never got through even with the Democrats. He faced some criticism for raising the minimum wage to $15/hr. which only worked in the major cities resulting in some businesses in non major cities to go out of business, over regulating banks resulting in some of them to shut down, weak military and his inability to have a strong foreign policy. He was praised for ending Citizens United, making public colleges/universities tuition free, infrastructure improvement, fixing our broken criminal justice system, and implementing green jobs to progress to 100% clean and renewable energy by 2050.

His health problems from his job as President prevented him from getting stuff done during most of 2018 which resulted in his approval rating to drop from 55% to 30%. On July 20, 2018 he had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital being released the next day. He died from heart failure on August 27, 2018 in the White House surrounded by his loving family and members of the White House. His Vice President Elizabeth Warren was immediately sworn in as the 47th and first female President of the United States with choosing Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown as her Vice President on August 28, 2018 swearing him in the next day.

Bernie was then cremated and a memorial service for him was in the White House on Labor Day reflecting his life as US Representative, US Senator of Vermont, and President of the United States and how he had a positive impact on the American Citizens. His wife Jane then retired and is living in Burlington, Vermont volunteering to fight for the working class and college students in her state.