Bernie Sanders Age, Wife, Family, Biography, Facts, Net Worth & More
Some Lesser Known Facts About Bernie Sanders
- Does Bernie Sanders smoke?: No
- Does Bernie Sanders drink alcohol? : Yes
- Bernie is a multi-talented personality as he is into a lot of things like politics, writing, film directing, TV production, carpentry, and researching.
- Most of his father’s family died in Europe during the Holocaust.
- When he was in school, he started working for social equality.
- He continued his social work in college as well, as he was a leader of the Congress of Racial Equality at the University of Chicago.
- After completing his college in 1964, he spent several months on kibbutz (a collective community) in Israel before he relocated to Vermont.
- In the initial phase of his career, he worked as – a filmmaker, a freelance writer, a psychiatric aide, and as a teacher for low-income children.
- He also worked as a writer and director of the nonprofit ‘American People’s Historical Society’ (APHS).
- He filled in as Vermont’s Mayor for four back to back terms from 1981 to 1989.
- He has been supporting the gay rights since 1983 as mayor of Burlington. He signed a Gay Pride Day declaration by announcing it a civil rights issue.
- He has 2 acting credits to his name, in the 1988 comedy-drama ‘Sweet Hearts Dance’ as himself, and in the 1999 comedy ‘My X-Girlfriend’s Wedding Reception’ as “Rabbi Manny Shevitz.”
- In 2006, he was elected to the U.S. Senate as a congressman in the House of Representatives.
- In 2012, he was re-elected to the U.S. Senate after re-winning the election in 2012, with 71% of the votes.
- From 1991 to 2007, he served for 8 consecutive times in the U.S. Place of agents.
- In 2014, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, he passed a bill that reformed the U.S. Veterans Administration’s health care system.
- He considers himself as a “champion of veterans.”