Why Did Bernie Sanders Honeymoon In Russia?

Bernie Sanders, the popular Democrat senator, has been accused of honeymooning in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. In 1988, Sanders, then the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, worked to forge a sister-city relationship with Yaroslavl, a historic Russian city a few hours northeast of Moscow. In doing so, according to Will, Sanders chose to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union.

Sanders and his wife did travel to Yaroslavl, a city in the Soviet Union, to establish sister-city ties. The tour was part of a government trip to establish a sister-city relationship with the Soviet city of Yaroslavl. However, some opponents argue that Sanders’ decision to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union is evidence of dubious judgment and even Communist sympathies or anti-American tendencies.

Sanders’s trip to the Soviet Union was part of a government trip to establish a sister-city relationship with the Soviet Union, which was later criticized by the socialist mayor of the crumbling communist nation. The state of the country in 1988 wouldn’t have made him a communist sympathizer.