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Eleven antiwar protesters were arrested Wednesday after they occupied the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Capitol Hill to demand the senator support efforts at diplomacy over sending further U.S. aid, such as weapons, to Ukraine.

Capitol Police arrested the 11 people inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building under a D.C. code that prohibits crowding, obstructing or incommoding, a Capitol Police spokesperson said. The code is often cited when arresting protesters during peaceful planned acts of civil disobedience.

The protesters, who were with the antiwar group Code Pink, were advocating for Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. leadership to negotiate an end to the war, the group said in a news release.

“Yes, Bernie should condemn the Russian invasion, but he should also be calling for a negotiated end to this brutal war,” Crystal Zevon, from Barnet, Vt., said in the news release.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Washington has pledged more than $46 billion in military, humanitarian and financial assistance to Ukraine.

A spokesperson for Sanders said the senator’s chief of staff, foreign policy adviser and Vermont state director met with Vermonters who were concerned about the war. In a Wednesday letter to the Vermont Peace Anti-War Coalition, Sanders said he shares a “dedication to peace” and “hope for a peaceful resolution as soon as possible.”

“The U.S. should support a just peace in Ukraine, based on the principles of territorial integrity, sovereignty, and international law,” Sanders wrote in the letter.

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[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago

“The U.S. should support a just peace in Ukraine, based on the principles of territorial integrity, sovereignty, and iNtErNaTiOnAl LaW,” Sanders wrote in the letter.

Eat shit old man

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

What international law?

The ones that the US and NATO violate whenever it's convenient for them?

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Current big "international law" story I'm seeing today and yesterday is the US trying to figure out how to get around international law so they can give seized weapons from other nations to Ukraine. There's no way around it, they're specifically forbidden to be given to another country and can only be stored or destroyed. Oh well, Senator Sanders only cares about international law when Russia, or I assume China, bad.

[-] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

It’s called Rules Based Order, ever heard of it, jack? It means we can do it and you can’t, that’s the rules

[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

RBO = ouR Bourgeoisie Order

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

I am once again asking Bernie to retire and remove himself from the public eye before he damages what little positive legacy he could possibly have left

Oh wait, too late. Fucking Bernie the bootlicker

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

Fuck me idk if I can stand reading g many more liberals saying "what happened these guys used to be principled anti war protestors why are they doing putlers bidding now"

Literally the skinner meme "no, it's the anti war protestors who are wrong"

[-] zifnab25@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

They were saying the same shit back when Bush was running the show. When the Gold Star Moms picketed Bush's ranch, liberals were furious at how bad Cindy Sheehan was making the anti-war movement look.

[-] Clippy@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

“You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain” — Harvey Dent

[-] AsleepInspector@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Photo slaps harder than the police cuffs on activists

[-] Gay_Tomato@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Here's a link without the paywall. https://archive.ph/GtlFG

parenti-hands Never misses huh? sadness-abysmal

[-] Judge_Jury@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

It's finally happened. I feel the bern flattened-bernie

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