Sanders leads drive to override Trump veto against Yemen war pullout demand

No Democratic presidential contender among the 20 can match Bernie when it comes to opposing US criminal war around the world. Sanders led the Senate in its historic March 13 vote to invoke the 1973 War Powers Act requiring Trump to end US enabling of Saudi Arabia's murderous war in neighboring Yemen. 70,000 dead should satisfy the bloodlust of any sociopath, but Trump is demanding more. Bernie helped marshal all 45 Dems, 2 independents (including himself) and 7 peace voting Republicans to push the resolution to the House which voted 247-175 April 4, sending the bi-partisan resolution to Trump.   

As expected, Trump vetoed the resolution so he can continue to ignore the War Powers Act which puts teeth into the Constitutional provision that war making is a congressional power. Now Sanders is calling on his Republican colleagues to find 13 more principled senators needed to override in the Senate. Here's Bernie's plea:

”The president’s action is a very serious challenge to congressional authority that demands a responses. For far too long Congress, under both Democratic and Republican administrations, has abdicated its constitutional role with regard to the authorization of war … Congress must now act to protect that constitutional responsibility by overriding the president’s veto.”

Don't know if Bernie will secure the nomination or the presidency, but if you voting on the issues, especially war and peace, there is no one close.