Bernie Sanders Says Boston Marathon Bomber Has Right to Vote

[rangerrebew]

Bernie Sanders Says Boston Marathon Bomber Has Right to Vote


(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, told a CNN town hall on Monday night that "every person has a right to vote," even people who have been convicted and imprisoned for committing acts of murder and terrorism, even the Boston Marathon bomber.

Sanders laid out his position on this in response to a pointed question posed to him by a Harvard student.

"Look--this is what I believe," Sanders said. "Do you believe in democracy? Do you believe that every single American 18 years of age or older who is an American citizen has the right to vote?



Source URL: https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/sen-bernie-sanders-every-person-has-right-vote-including-convicted

[rangerrebew]

Voting is not a right.  It is a privilege - or at least it used to be.  And when you commit crimes, you lose some rights and privileges.

[andy58-in-nh]

Voting is not a right.  It is a privilege - or at least it used to be.  And when you commit crimes, you lose some rights and privileges.

That is correct: in a constitutional republic, voting is a privilege earned by citizenship, maturity, and honorable behavior.

It is no wonder that radical collectivists wish to devalue the franchise whose purpose is to ensure that our nation is governed by an informed citizenry, as opposed to its delinquents, derelicts and dumbasses.

[GtHawk]

Anyone else catch this part of comment?

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, told a CNN town hall on Monday night that "every person has a right to vote,

Every person, not every citizen.