{"id":2633600,"date":"2026-07-22T11:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reminder-as-nicaraguan-socialist-leader-eliminates-elections-never-forget-bernie-sanders-praising-him-offering-pr-advice\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:54:52","slug":"reminder-as-nicaraguan-socialist-leader-eliminates-elections-never-forget-bernie-sanders-praising-him-offering-pr-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reminder-as-nicaraguan-socialist-leader-eliminates-elections-never-forget-bernie-sanders-praising-him-offering-pr-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: As Nicaraguan Socialist Leader Eliminates Elections, Never Forget Bernie Sanders Praising Him, Offering PR Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freminder-as-nicaraguan-socialist-leader-eliminates-elections-never-forget-bernie-sanders-praising-him-offering-pr-advice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2633600&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses recent political developments involving Bernie Sanders, highlighting his support for far-left candidates and his historical admiration for socialist leaders like Nicaragua\u2019s Daniel Ortega. It notes Ortega\u2019s recent declaration that Nicaragua will no longer hold elections, consolidating power with his wife, which critics compare to authoritarian regimes. Sanders previously praised Ortega in 1985, calling him \u201cimpressive\u201d and emphasizing socialist ideals, while criticizing U.S. media for dismissing such governments. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-nfl-kickoff-rules-destroying-the-game-of-football-in-the-name-of-saving-it\/\" title=\"Impact of Updated NFL Kickoff Regulations on the Game of Football\">article underscores concerns<\/a> that Sanders\u2019 support for such regimes and his promotion of socialist policies could lead to authoritarian outcomes in the U.S.if similar power structures are implemented here. It serves as a warning about the dangers of centralized power and the potential for democratic erosion under socialist influences.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It feels like Sen. Bernie Sanders is everywhere this spring and summer. Along with his socialist BFF Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, he\u2019s been barnstorming in support of far-left candidates who\u2019ve been racking up primary win after primary win.<\/p>\n<p>He barely even hit a speed bump with the Graham Platner fiasco. In fact, it looks like Platner\u2019s going to be replaced with a (supposedly) non-rapey socialist once the Democrats fill his spot in the Maine Senate race. In Michigan, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/bernie-sanders-aoc-bring-anti-establishment-fight-michigan-rcna588195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appearing<\/a> with AOC in support of Abdul El-Sayed, a hardcore lefty with some very problematic attachments to radical groups.<\/p>\n<p>Of all the leaders he wants to tell you he\u2019s supported this year, however, one he\u2019s probably going to leave out is Nicaragua\u2019s Daniel Ortega.<\/p>\n<p>Ortega was, once upon a time, a lefty favorite, as well. If you\u2019ve ever heard of the Sandinistas or Iran-Contra scandal, you know a little bit about Ortega and how much of a threat the United States thought he was. Sanders, like many on the far left, thought the guy was fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s served two stints in office as president of Nicaragua, the latest beginning in 2007. You may be doing the math in your head, and perhaps you can see where this is going. If not, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/ortega-says-nicaragua-will-no-longer-hold-elections-2026-07-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>  Nicaragua\u2019s long-serving president Daniel Ortega said the Central American country will no longer hold elections, eliminating the possibility \u200cof an electoral challenge when his term ends next year and further entrenching the rule he s with his wife. ..<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>  \u201cThere won\u2019t be any more elections here for them to try to seize the government and seize power,\u201d Ortega said in a \u200bspeech on Sunday evening to commemorate the 1979 Sandinista revolution, in which Ortega helped overthrow the U.S.-backed Anastasio \u2060Somoza dictatorship.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe days when parties backed by the Yankees (United States) and the Somocistas would return to power are over \u2013 never again,\u201d he added, in \u200bthe 80-year-old\u2019s first public appearance in two months.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wow. So it\u2019s almost like Ronald Reagan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lt-col-oliver-north-china-will-reverse-engineer-weapons-afghanistan-used-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ollie North<\/a>, and the rest of the crew had this guy pegged back in the day. You know who didn\u2019t, or at least who didn\u2019t care? Bernie Sanders, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 1985, at the beginning of Ortega\u2019s first stint as president, Sanders made a visit down there. He was only the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, but he was still an oddity due to the fact that he was an elected socialist in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Such things were unheard of back then (still should be, really, but we\u2019re regrettably forced to deal with the world as it is and not as it ought to be), which is what made him a quasi-celebrity, particularly with the kind of person who still read The Nation and drove around in a VW Microbus during the Reagan era.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-bernie-sanders-offered-advice-socialist-dictator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local media after the trip to Nicaragua<\/a>, Sanders called Ortega \u201can impressive guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a socialist, the word socialism does not frighten me,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s fair to say the Nicaraguan government is primarily a socialist government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, you know what? He even managed to give them PR tips, as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe point that I tried to make to many of the people that I spoke to is they\u2019re getting killed in the American media,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just cannot compete. Reagan and his people are so sophisticated. They own the airwaves, of course \u2014 Reagan, the media. Every time Reagan gives them a photo opportunity, thousands \u2014\u00a0\u2018Thank you, Mr. President! Thank you very much for telling us another lie.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, the media, of course, is not allowed to ask sharp questions of the president,\u201d Sanders continued. \u201cThat is not allowed. And, you know, my point to Ortega is they are not getting their message of what they are trying to do out to the American people, and there\u2019s, and there\u2019s just no question about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It may have been 1985, but it\u2019s still worth noting, as many conservative accounts did after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-hrw-calls-for-sanctions-on-nicaraguas-ortega\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ortega\u2019s<\/a> announcement Tuesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: Nicaragua\u2019s dictator, Daniel Ortega, announced today that his country will no longer hold elections.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BernieSanders?\">@BernieSanders<\/a> celebrating his role in advising Ortega after he took power, and praising the very socialist dictator who has now abolished elections. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hkoBGPjJbx\">https:\/\/t.co\/hkoBGPjJbx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nAl4ddHSj1\">pic.twitter.com\/nAl4ddHSj1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ReaganBattalion\/status\/2079579359841497305?\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But, I mean, that can\u2019t happen in America, right? Not with the DSA-backed or DSA-adjacent candidates Sanders likes to support.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DSA Members: \u201cWe might not even have a president. Abolish the Senate, abolish the Supreme Court.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7qhnvNcl8N\">pic.twitter.com\/7qhnvNcl8N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DSA_Watch\/status\/2077750721622032528?\">July 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oh.<\/p>\n<p>This is the natural impulse of socialists: Centralizing power permanently means <em>keeping<\/em> power permanently. There\u2019s no way around that. If the government is going to expropriate and redistribute whatever it wants without people eventually stepping in, it eventually needs a Daniel Ortega to step in and say \u201cnever again\u201d to pesky things like elections.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders knew this in 1985; Cuba was a fanatical dictatorship and he was effusively praising it, too, which is to say he knew perfectly well what road Nicaragua would tread down.<\/p>\n<p>He may not see America saunter down that dread path during his lifetime, but he\u2019s certainly doing his best at attempting to install the people who could make his dream come true long after he passes from this vale of tears.<\/p>\n<p>Let this warning from 40 years ago sound as clear as day in the ears of every American voter: Not only can it happen here, the man who\u2019s promoting the Graham Platners and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-walks-off-rally-stage-early-avoid-potentially-damaging-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdul El-Sayeds<\/a> of this election cycle <em>knows<\/em> it can happen here, and is encouraging it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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