CA man Shant Soghomonian was arrested on April 7, 2024, for setting a fire outside Sen. Bernie Sanders' Vermont office, but his motive is still unclear.
Shant Michael Soghomonian, who is suspected of deliberately starting a fire outside Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' office, reportedly has a long history of police encounters.
Several elected Democrats called for ICE to be abolished, broken up or βterminated" during former President Donald Trump's tenure in the White House, but are now silent.
Bernie Sanders wouldn't say whether he would hold hearings on campus antisemitism in his capacity as HELP committee chairman, saying he is "concerned about bigotry of all kinds."
Bernie Sanders faced criticism from a Jewish House Democrat, who asked him why he was "so quiet" about antisemitism as he opposed aid for Israel and cited his concern for the Palestinian people.