Bernie Sanders Hints That Abraham Lincoln Was A Democratic Socialist

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.