{"id":29277,"date":"2016-03-30T01:59:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T07:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=29277"},"modified":"2016-03-30T01:59:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T07:59:17","slug":"sarah-silverman-posts-video-in-support-of-bernie-sanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/sarah-silverman-posts-video-in-support-of-bernie-sanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Silverman posts video in support of Bernie Sanders"},"content":{"rendered":"

(JTA) — Comedian Sarah Silverman has released a YouTube video in support of Bernie Sanders’ bid for the Democratic nomination for president.<\/p>\n

“Bernie Sanders is the one for me,” a five-minute monologue backing the Vermont senator, was posted on Monday.<\/p>\n

Silverman says in the video that she has been a Hillary Clinton supporter because the idea of a Democratic woman president appeals to her, and that she has viewed Clinton’s receipt of donations from big-money interests as a “necessary evil.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not against Hillary,\u201d Silverman said. \u201cI\u2019ve just met someone I have more in common with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silverman points out that Sanders has managed to run a successful campaign on small donations, calling his effort a \u201cgiant f— you to the above-the-law billionaire class.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also tries to define Sanders’ brand of socialism.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a Democrat. He just believes that people who don\u2019t have the same advantages as you and me should be given the same advantages as you and me,\u201d Silverman said.<\/p>\n

The video encourages viewers to get out and vote, no matter who they vote for.<\/p>\n

In 2008, Sarah Silverman made “The Great Schlep” video in support of Barack Obama to convince her grandparents and other grandparents to vote for then-Illinois senator for president.<\/p>\n

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