If you've been following Campaign 2018, the race for Patria's 51st Congress on Twitter @Patriavotes2018 it would seem like the macho law-and-order National Union and the "Make Patria Great Again" SRM are about to swing the Inner Realm hard to the right. The Amrita Party, Social Democrats and their allies such as the Chakra Party and the Greens have barely gotten a tweet in. The election is still four months away, but just a few days before Christmas the Social Democrats received a YUGE gift from the waning 50th Congress. Before adjourning for the Festivus-Christmas-Solstice-Yule-Saptah-Mahasamadhi (and whatever else gets celebrated in Patria at the end of the calendar year) break, Congress has voted to make Bernie Sanders an honorary citizen of Patria.
The resolution passed by Congress, with even some of the SRM and NU caucus voting "yea", praised Senator Sanders' commitment to social democracy and to reversing economic inequality: "For more than half a century, since he was on the front lines of the civil rights movement...as an active protest organizer for the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, as well as a participant in Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington in 1963, Senator Sanders has built a reputation as a leading progressive voice on issues such as climate change, corporate welfare, income inequality, LGBT rights and universal single-payer health care...and an outspoken opponent of US imperialist foreign policy, such as the costly, endless and virtually unwinnable wars in the Middle East...although he opposed the wars, Senator Sanders never criticized those who fought and has been a strong supporter of veterans' benefits... Senator Sanders represents all that is right with America or that could have been right with America... Patria still believes he would have been the best choice to succeed Barack Obama as the 45th President".
The 76 year old Independent Senator from Vermont was unavailable for comment, but Patria is about to "Feel the Bern" once again in 2018. Sanders, of course, was hugely popular in Patria and was unofficially endorsed by Patria as a candidate for President of the United States in 2016. Many citizens of Patria still believe he would have been elected President (#Berniewouldhavewon) had the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton not conspired to rig the primaries and derail his nomination. With the granting of honorary citizenship, Sanders is all but ready to assume the role of de facto House Leader of Patria's Social Democrats, after choosing a Precinct to represent in the 51st Congress. He may opt for Centralia in the heart of Patria's Rust Belt, or more likely Fredonia - the gritty, little independent-minded maverick Precinct that would remind him of Vermont.
There had been rumors that the SDs would merge with the Amrita Party prior to the 2018 election, but it would appear now that the two parties are likely to form a post-election coalition if they win a plurality of seats in the 51st Congress. Amma and Bernie together for Patria's bicentennial! How could they not win? At least the Social Democrats will immediately close the gap with the Patria First right wing parties who are currently burning up the @Patriavotes2018 Twitter timeline.
This is a major and unusual honor, as Patria does not grant many macronationals honorary citizenship. In recent years the late Nelson Mandela was proclaimed an honorary citizen of Patria, as was the Canadian singer, songwriter, yoga teacher and environmentalist Parvati Devi, who has devoted her life towards the establishment of Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary (MAPS). In 2016 Patria ratified the MAPS treaty, becoming the first government (albeit unrecognized) to do so.
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