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A BIPARTISAN LIFELINE for children with cancer was BRUTALLY KILLED on the Senate floor—and ONE MAN is to blame. For the SECOND YEAR in a row, Senator Bernie Sanders has PERSONALLY TORPEDOED the “Give Kids a Chance Act,” holding research funding HOSTAGE in a shocking display of political extortion. While children suffer, Sanders DEMANDED a ransom for his own pet projects, proving that in Washington, even a child’s survival has a price.
The scene was one of UTTER OUTRAGE as Senator Markwayne Mullin erupted on the floor, accusing Sanders of “LITERALLY KILLING KIDS in front of us because of his political movement.” The bill, which had NEAR-UNANIMOUS support and would have fast-tracked life-saving pediatric cancer drugs, was STOPPED COLD. Sanders didn’t object to saving young lives—he simply refused to do it UNLESS he got his way, leveraging tragedy for leverage in a brutal game of legislative chicken.
This isn’t just politics as usual; this is a MORAL FAILURE of monstrous proportions. Sanders defended his move, claiming he wanted to attach funding for community health centers—a noble goal, but one he was willing to TRADE for the hopes of cancer-stricken children and their devastated families. His colleagues BEGGED him not to do it as advocates watched from the gallery, but their pleas fell on deaf ears. The message from the socialist senator is now chillingly clear: your cause ONLY matters if it serves mine.
This scandal follows a similar derailment last year, when tech billionaire Elon Musk’s interference helped scuttle the bill. Now, between the whims of a megabillionaire and the obstinance of a political ideologue, vulnerable children have been BETRAYED by the very system meant to protect them. The devastating reality is that in the halls of power, innocence is expendable and compassion is conditional.
How many more children will die waiting because our leaders treat their lives as bargaining chips?
Author: Kayitsi.com
