Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the reelection of former President Trump would be the “end of democracy” in an interview released Saturday by The Guardian.

“It will be the end of democracy, functional democracy,” Sanders said in the interview.

The Vermont senator also said in the interview that he thinks that another round of Trump as the president will be a lot more extreme than the first.

“He’s made that clear,” Sanders said. “There’s a lot of personal bitterness, he’s a bitter man, having gone through four indictments, humiliated, he’s going to take it out on his enemies. We’ve got to explain to the American people what that means to them — what the collapse of American democracy will mean to all of us.”

Sanders’s words echo those President Biden made in a recent campaign speech during which he said that Trump’s return to the presidency would risk American democracy. The president highlighted the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol in an attempt to cement a point about Trump and other Republicans espousing a kind of extremism that was seen by the world on that day.

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      He’s selling weapons to Netanyahu which are being used to commit genocide.

      That’s supporting genocide.

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        The weapons are being used to remove Hamas. Its sickening seeing people stan hamas on here.

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          The weapons are being used to remove Hamas.

          That’s what Netanyahu claims. But much of Hamas leadership is not in Gaza. He cannot accomplish his stated goal of wiping out Hamas by attacking Gaza. But he can kill a lot of Palestinians that way.

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      I’m curious.

      Do you think he’s not supporting Israel in their genocide of Palestinians, or do you believe Israel is not committing genocide?

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      It obviously goes without saying, but Biden does not support genocide.

      It might be more accurate to say that he (or any other President) does not support genocide, as long as it does not go against American interests.

      Unfortunately.