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mo4ch:>Berniecrats feeling burned as Sanders keeps mum on Assange’s arrest | Mo4ch News

A day after Julian Assange was arrested, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders took the time to post a video… about himself. Fans quickly flooded the comments, demanding that Sanders take a stand for Assange.While the video Sanders tweeted on Thursday made the case for his long-established progressive record on civil rights issues, a large number of commenters responded that they were more interested in seeing what Bernie is willing to do today to protect people’s rights, calling out his silence on Assange’s arrest and its implications for freedom of the press.WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London by British police on Thursday, and faces jail time in the UK, extradition to the US, and possible charges in Sweden. He was found guilty of failing to surrender to bail, but was also arrested on an extradition order from the US.Many among the supporters and critics tweeting at Sanders to demand a comment are suggesting that a candida…