2025
2025-01-31
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Sanders denied taking pharmaceutical industry money, but OpenSecrets data shows $1.4M from the pharma/health products industry in 2020 alone — though nearly all from rank-and-file employees rather than PACs or executives, making the claim technically defensible but rhetorically incomplete.
2024
2024-02-13
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: platform_vs_vote
Sanders declared unequivocal support for Ukraine aid but voted against the $95 billion supplemental that contained $60 billion for Ukraine — because the bill also included unrestricted military aid to Israel for the Gaza war. The practical effect of his 'no' vote was to oppose the largest Ukraine aid package in U.S. history.
2023
2023-08-08
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Sanders criticized the Clinton Foundation as a vehicle for foreign influence-peddling, yet his own campaign directed $275,000 in donor funds to a family-run nonprofit, the Sanders Institute, where his stepson drew a six-figure salary — raising questions about a double standard on family-linked foundations.
What this view assembles
- Promises & violations — every documented commitment + each documented break, with primary sources.
- Contradiction pairs — fact-against-fact entries from the contradictions ledger; the "said" appears in its year, the "did" appears in its year.
- Vote-based analyses — for elected officials, every documented case where a vote diverged from a stated commitment.
- Entity events — major dated events recorded against the entity (acquisitions, indictments, appointments, etc.).
This view DOES NOT auto-detect new drift candidates. It surfaces records that are already on file. If you spot an undocumented inversion, the curator workflow (admin) is where to add it.
