Senator Bernie Sanders debates Senator Lindsey Graham at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute on June 13, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Matt Stone\/MediaNews Group\/Boston Herald via Getty Images)This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely. In an Oxford-style debate Monday with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Bernie Sanders argued that progressive policy goals such as Medicare for All, Social Security expansion, and a higher minimum wage are “what the American people want” and blasted the political establishment—including his GOP colleague—for ignoring the most important crises facing the United States, from the climate emergency to obscene levels of economic inequality.”That’s what the establishment does, and Lindsey is a very good and effective representation of the establishment,” Sanders said after Graham delivered his opening remarks of the debate, which was held at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston and streamed live by Fox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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