Bernie Sanders

Bernard Sanders was an American politician and Avenger who served as U.S. representative and later as Senator. Sanders participated in the 2016 and 2020 Democratic primaries, losing the prior and winning the latter, although he lost the 2020 presidential election to Donald Trump.

Sanders was one of the main pro-US leaders during the Second American Civil War. When the war ended, he disappeared. As he was 85 when he disappeared, he was considered to be dead. To public surprise, Sanders reappeared after Luke Mapping's uprising in Los Angeles. Alongside Mapping and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders was one of the main 3 leaders of the Third American Civil War. Mapping's coup was successful, instating the United States of America again.

Sanders founded the Communist Party of America in 2053, which joined Luke Mapping's coalition in government. However, after Max Stirner II's takeover of government in 2061, The CPA was outlawed and Sanders was exiled to Hong Kong alongside Ocasio-Cortez and Mapping.

After Stirner II was ousted in World War III, mostly due to Sanders', Ocasio Cortez's, and Barack Obama's efforts, Sanders established the CPA once. The CPA grew but it started to be disavowed by Democratic Party and even Socialist Party officials in the 2090s when it was leaked that multiple Proletariat Awakening members including Vaush had joined the party with no CPA opposition. Sanders received backlash for this and resigned as Secretary General of the CPA's decision board, and retiring from politics.

Sanders died in 2102 of natural causes. While he was seen as an American hero due to his participation in the Second and Third American Civil Wars, his reputation was tainted late into his life due to the Proletariat Awakening's relation with his party.

Early life
Sanders was born on September 8, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York. He lived there and studied in the Brooklyn College until 1960 when he moved to Chicago to transfer to the University of Chicago.

While in Chicago, Sanders joined the Young People's Socialist League and was active in the 1960s civil rights movement. Sanders joined a small anti-war political group in the 70s and ran for governor of Vermont in 1972 and 1976. He also ran for Senator of Vermont in 1974, but he lost all of these elections.

Sanders ran for Mayor of Burlington, Vermont in 1981 and won the election by 10 votes. He went on to win the 1983, 1985 and 1987 elections as well, serving as mayor for 8 years. Sanders was a critic of American opposition to Socialism and Communism and interventionism.

Representative and Senator from Vermont
Sanders ran for an independent representative from Vermont in 1990. He served as representative from 1991 to 2007. As representative, he was opposed to intervening in foreign countries and expanding government surveillance. He helped pass gun control bills, banking and healthcare reform bills, and several other legislation.

Sanders ran for Senator after serving as Representative for 16 years. Sanders famously delivered a 8 hour speech in the Senate against Bush administration taxes and corporate greed. He gained popularity for his opposition to capitalism, neoliberalism, and income inequality.

2016 campaign
Sanders participated in the Democratic Party primaries in 2016 against secretary of state Hillary Clinton. The Democratic National Convention was confirmed to have actively conspired against Sanders in this election to undermine his candidacy and help Clinton to win the campaign. Sanders ultimately lost the primary and Clinton went on to become the presidential candidate, but she lost to Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Xenomorph crisis and 2020 presidential campaign
Starting his second campaign in 2019, Sanders made it clear that he strictly opposed the DNC's handling of the 2016 primaries and that he sought to reform the party. The electoral process was shaken in 2020 with the release of the Xenomorph Files. Sanders' former opponent, Hillary Clinton, was revealed to be a xenomorph, and president Trump planned to deport every confirmed Xenomorph to Mexico, whose leader, Xal'y Tssa'on Yyu, had admitted to being a xenomorph. Sanders supported this proposition and while the United States saw political turmoil and anxiety over these revelations, the electoral process was still able to go through. Sanders won the 2020 primaries defeating Joe Biden and then ran against Donald Trump. Sanders made it clear that the country needed reform, while Trump emphasized on his handling of the Xenomorph crisis, the economy, and his foreign policy. Ultimately, Trump won the election and Sanders said he would try to collaborate with the president to stop the Xenomorph crisis.

Second American Civil War
After Trump resigned shortly after the United States presidential elections, 2024 due to health complications, president elect Ben Shapiro was sworn in. Sanders attended his inauguration and met with him. A few weeks after this, Shapiro was incapacitated by a xenomorph who was confirmed to be Hi'larikli Nton'iaen Zuu (Hillary Clinton). Sanders and several other political leaders such as Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Donald Trump affirmed they would combat the Xenomorph insurgency that had appeared in Washington D.C., starting the Second American Civil War.

Sanders served as military and tried to defend the New England region. When the xenomorphic army reached Vermont, the American army was crushed, and Sanders was forced to flee to Canada, where he would later take a flight to Hong Kong.

Time in Hong Kong
Obama, Biden, Ocasio-Cortez, Trump and several other politicians flew to Hong Kong as well. It was never made public that they escaped and there were no public sightings of them. International observers deemed the politicians dead, and as the Xenomorphic States of America established itself, the future for the region seemed grim.

Luke Mapping, a young soldier who had escaped to Hong Kong as well, stumbled onto Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez while they were out shopping while in disguise. Mapping, who was a fan of them, instantly recognized them. Sanders led him to the secret U.S. base where all of the politicians, celebrities and military generals escaped to after the end of the civil war. Mapping pledged to establish democracy once again in the United States. Sanders contacted Calvin Lee, president of Hong Kong, and sought military equipment to carry a coup in the United States. Lee agreed and after a few decades of training, Sanders, Mapping, and Ocasio-Cortez, alongside thousands of American and Hong Kong soldiers arrived in Honolulu, where they seized a Xenomorph base and later arrived in Los Angeles, starting the Third American Civil War.

Third American Civil War, CPA, Stirner II
With enough equipment and soldiers, Mapping's bloc was quick to take over the Xenomorphic States of America, which had been becoming more fragile due to Egoist interference in the region. Sanders was a member of the transitionary government that organized the United States presidential elections, 2052. He didn't seek election and instead supported Luke Mapping. Sanders founded the Communist Party of America, which joined Mapping's coalition led by Mapping's party, the Socialist Party.

Sanders didn't seek public office but he was a known public figure and organized the CPA and aided president Mapping. After the United States presidential elections, 2060, —which faced controversy due to the admission of the American Union of Egoists— Max Stirner II completely took over the government. Sanders criticized this as a gross mistake and said that the USA was heading in the same path as the xenomorph era. Once again, Sanders and several other figures were exiled to Hong Kong. Sanders reportedly had an argument with his colleagues about lobbying, as Stirner II' s AUoE was successful due to spending ridiculous amounts of money on government agencies so that the party could be admitted into the election.

Once again, Sanders, Mapping, Ocasio-Cortez and Donald Trump planned a coup. They were contacted by the Human Earthist Front and became members of the Avengers Initiative.

World War III
After World War III started in the American continent, Sanders was transported to Los Angeles alongside Luke Mapping and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Ocasio-Cortez led an army up north to overthrow Canada's Nijidi Sejew Trudeau while Sanders and Mapping focused on reaching D.C. and neutralizing Stirner II.

With the help of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, Stirner II was defeated in the battle of Washington D.C.

Return to normalcy
Establishing peace in the USA again, Sanders was received as a national hero alongside his colleagues and he became a pop culture icon due to his exciting life story. Sanders established the CPA again in 2078. Sanders didn't run for any public office but he continued duties as Secretary General of the CPA and helped candidates to win several elections in the country. The CPA never presented a presidential candidate and supported the Socialist Party.

Sanders became an advisor to president Alex Jones in 2093.

Proletariat Awakening scandal
In 2093, it was leaked that Vaush, a member of the Proletariat Awakening's division in the United States, had been in the CPA for a long time and that party officials didn't do anything about it. The Proletariat Awakening, which had just conducted several terror attacks in the USA, had a negative perception by the public so this harmed Sanders and the CPA's image. The CPA kicked Vaush out of the party alongside dozens of Awakening members and Sanders released a statement on it. Regardless, this harmed his image and conspiracy theories about Sanders being an Awakening member were widespread across the internet.

Sanders left the CPA in 2093 alongside other CPA politicians who were in the middle of the scandal. The Proletariat Awakening essentially took control of the party following this.

During the United States presidential election, 2102, Sanders expressed support for O'Biden-Bama Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

Death
Sanders died in 2102 of natural causes. President Alex Jones announced that a state funeral would be held. Sanders' funeral was attended by multiple political figures, including former president Donald Trump, president elect Joe Biden, and world leaders such as prime minister Narendra Modi and president Simón Bolívar.