The below video is of Sanders questioning a recent cheeto appointment yesterday.
Background: the candidate, last year, wrote a piece defending his alma mater (Wheaton). Wheaton had attempted to fire a professor who made a religiously inspired comment/action defending Muslims and claiming that they (Christians, Muslims, etc.) worshipped the same god. In the opinion piece, the candidate made a statement along the lines of Muslims being condemned because they don't accept Jesus as the savior, blah, blah, blah.
As you can see in the video below, Sanders questions the candidate over this piece. But he is asking him the wrong question. There is absolutely no problem if a politician/appointee has personal religious beliefs. Sanders keeps asking about this before stating that he would vote "no" on the appointee because of the candidate's religious beliefs that Muslims (and Jews, and Buddhists, and atheists) are condemned. Sanders needed to ask what the only important question would be: would those religious beliefs, in any way, mold the decision making of the appointee in his governmental role.
Being a Christian means that you believe Jesus is the savior and that all those who don't believe that are condemned. Does this mean Sanders will vote no for all Christian appointees? Would he ask Muslim appointees the same questions about Allah/Muhammad? Of course not.
Sanders is trying too hard to always fight for the little guy instead of using logic in his actions:
Background: the candidate, last year, wrote a piece defending his alma mater (Wheaton). Wheaton had attempted to fire a professor who made a religiously inspired comment/action defending Muslims and claiming that they (Christians, Muslims, etc.) worshipped the same god. In the opinion piece, the candidate made a statement along the lines of Muslims being condemned because they don't accept Jesus as the savior, blah, blah, blah.
As you can see in the video below, Sanders questions the candidate over this piece. But he is asking him the wrong question. There is absolutely no problem if a politician/appointee has personal religious beliefs. Sanders keeps asking about this before stating that he would vote "no" on the appointee because of the candidate's religious beliefs that Muslims (and Jews, and Buddhists, and atheists) are condemned. Sanders needed to ask what the only important question would be: would those religious beliefs, in any way, mold the decision making of the appointee in his governmental role.
Being a Christian means that you believe Jesus is the savior and that all those who don't believe that are condemned. Does this mean Sanders will vote no for all Christian appointees? Would he ask Muslim appointees the same questions about Allah/Muhammad? Of course not.
Sanders is trying too hard to always fight for the little guy instead of using logic in his actions:
