Princewill Pius
It seems that Levi Sanders has been around politics from the moment he was born. In fact, according to Politico, he was on hand when his dad’s political career first began. Even though he was just two years old at the time.
It was October 23, 1971 and Bernie Sanders was attending a meeting of the anti-war Liberty Union Party at Plainfield, Vt.’s Goddard College. The Party was searching for someone to run for the Senate and, according to Politico, were pretty desperate when a 30-year-old Bernie volunteered. He reportedly “had thick-rimmed glasses and dark, curly hair, and his toddler son, Levi (pronounced LEH-vee), was seated in his lap” when he “raised his hand” to participate.
As party member John Bloch recalled, “We didn’t have a lot of choices, and he was willing to do it,” so he got the gig without much questioning. As Martha Abbott, another party member, added, “Liberty Union was running anybody and everybody they could find.” And it was clear at the time that Bernie wasn’t even close to the hard-charging revolutionary he would later become. According to Liberty Union Party founder Peter Diamondstone, Bernie’s reason for raising his hand that night? “You know what? I’ll try it. What do I have to do?” he reportedly said. Quite a start for a potential presidential path, huh?
Written by: Nicki
