"Lyndon Johnson in many respects, was a very, very good president domestically, and brought forth some major pieces of legislation. He chose not to run in '68 because of opposition to his views on Vietnam and I worry very much President Biden is putting himself in a position where he has alienated not just young people but a lot of the Democratic base all in terms of his views on Israel and this war," Sanders said.
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: The idea that people who are critical of what Netanyahu is doing are anti-Semitic that is nonsense and that is a very, very dangerous line to cross in terms of freedom of _expression_ in this country
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: And for our generation who grew up in the era of Never Again and are very, very committed, that I think it's really tough when we see this word weaponized and maybe lose its sting and its importance as Kenneth Stern warns.
So I want to ask you, my question to you is what do you think now is going to happen to Biden and his campaign? Where do you think all of this is going to lead because it's also about American foreign policy?
SANDERS: Well, in terms of his campaign. You know, I am thinking back and other people are making this reference that this may be Biden's Vietnam.
Lyndon Johnson in many respects, was a very, very good president domestically, and brought forth some major pieces of legislation. He chose not to run in '68 because of opposition to his views on Vietnam and I worry very much President Biden is putting himself in a position where he has alienated not just young people but a lot of the Democratic base all in terms of his views on Israel and this war.
So I would hope very much that from certainly a policy our point of view from a moral point of view that the president stops giving a blank check to Netanyahu and I would hope that they understand that from a political point of view, this has not been helpful. Quite the contrary.
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