Oh, Bernie. Bless his heart — or at least whatever part of it still thinks Abraham Lincoln was on Team Socialist.
Yes, in a moment that can only be described as historical revisionism with extra sprinkles of delusion, Senator Bernie Sanders went on The View and tried — with a straight face — to tie President Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president, to Democratic Socialism. You read that right. The man who led the country through the Civil War, abolished slavery, and fought tooth and nail for a free-market, constitutional republic is now apparently the original Bernie Bro.
And if you think that’s the most ridiculous thing Bernie said that day, hold your popcorn.
Because when Sara Haines asked about the ongoing government shutdown — you know, the one dragging on because Democrats keep throwing tantrums unless they get their wish list stapled to every funding bill — Bernie didn’t even pretend to play ball. Instead, he dismissed any standalone vote on ACA subsidies, even though Senate Majority Leader John Thune had already agreed to hold one.
Why? Because Sanders doesn’t want compromise. He wants leverage. He wants drama. He wants to hold the government hostage until every piece of his socialized dreamscape is forced through Congress like a bad Netflix reboot.
But don’t worry, he has a reason. According to Bernie, “50,000 people will die unnecessarily every single year.” (He said it twice, with hand motions.) That’s the number he’s attached to the Republican refusal to turn the U.S. into one giant DMV. Never mind that private innovation, not bureaucratic sprawl, has led to the most advanced medical system on the planet. No, to Bernie, health care means government forms, waiting lines, and government-knows-best lectures — all paid for, naturally, by “the billionaire class.”
Then came the pièce de résistance.
Sunny Hostin — always eager to tee up a softball wrapped in socialist talking points — brought up Sanders’ recent campaign trail buddy: Zohran Mamdani. That’s right, Bernie’s been out there stumping with the man poised to become New York City’s next mayor — a self-identified Democratic Socialist who is surging in the polls.
This is what the modern Democratic Party has become. Not just flirting with socialism, but dating it in public. Holding hands, whispering sweet nothings, and asking Karl Marx to officiate the wedding.
And what was Bernie’s takeaway? That socialism is just “a government that works for all the people, not just the billionaire class.” Sure, and a hammer is just a tool for hanging pictures — until it’s swinging straight for your paycheck, your small business, and your personal freedom.
And just when you thought he was done, Bernie took one last rhetorical leap off the logic cliff. He invoked Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address — that solemn, enduring tribute to American sacrifice and unity — and claimed it proves that Lincoln was a fan of Democratic Socialism. Because apparently, when Lincoln said “government of the people, by the people, for the people,” what he really meant was: government that seizes your wallet, tells your doctor what to prescribe, and replaces personal responsibility with bureaucratic sympathy cards.
Sunny Hostin praises Sanders for campaigning far-left extremist Zohran Mamdani and tees him up to call on Democrats to move further to the left:
“Senator, you’ve been campaigning with the front-runner in New York City’s mayoral race: democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani. He’s… pic.twitter.com/YvTduTORrg
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) October 20, 2025
Let that sink in.
Bernie Sanders — the man who once praised breadlines in communist countries — is now trying to wrap the American flag around the same ideology that produced Venezuela’s collapse and Europe’s energy crisis.
Meanwhile, real Republicans — the party of Lincoln, let’s not forget — are out here trying to fund the government, lower your taxes, secure your border, and stop pretending that “free stuff” grows on magical, debt-proof trees.
But the media? They nod, clap, and let Sanders spew revisionist history like it’s gospel. No pushback. No follow-up. Just more airtime for a man trying to rebrand 19th-century tyranny as 21st-century compassion.
So the next time you hear “Democratic Socialism,” remember this: it’s not a warm hug. It’s a cold grip. And if they’re bold enough to drag Lincoln’s legacy into it, what won’t they rewrite next?
Stay sharp.
