former Alaska Senator, liberal icon known for opposition to Iraq and Vietnam wars and former presidential candidate Mike Gravel dead at 91

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Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91

Mike Gravel, a former U.S. senator from Alaska who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and later ran for president twice, has died. He was 91.

apnews.com

sad news today

Alaska was a liberal state? they have UBI and fund it with all the oil money

 

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he used to say vets died in vain, his most famous proclamation

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

May he RIP. As a liberal, he may be roasting in hell. I pray not.

 

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[odanny]

I loved him in the Presidential primaries, it reminded me that anyone can be President in this country. I remember him railing about not paying his credit cards because of their ridiculous interest rates (he declared bankruptcy) and was loving every minute of it.

RIP sir.

 

[basquebromance]

i kind of wish he won, i like "fringe" candidates...Gravel, Kucinich, Bernie...Trump!

 

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he read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Obama about nuclear weapons

 

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in a push to get progressive issues debated, Gravel ran for president in 2020, but he never wanted to serve because of his old age...he just wanted to get his issues into the debates, but that never happened

 

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"George Bush's oil war was a mistake"

 

[August West]

May he RIP. As a liberal, he may be roasting in hell. I pray not.

Jesus Christ was a liberal. Sorry.

 

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he was against abolishing the filibuster in 2008...i wonder if he ever changed his mind?

 

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Gravel said Tulsi is the best presidential candidate and the worst is Hillary

(he also likes Crazy Bernie and Pocahontas but not as much)