Matt Duss has some advice for Bernie Sanders
Matt Duss sits in the Senate chamber while Sen. Bernie Sanders gives a speech about the war in Yemen
Matt Duss is one of the good ones.
A foreign policy advisor for Sen. Bernie Sanders, Duss is one of the folks in Washington trying to lead our government away from neoliberalism. After a career in progressive think tanks and left-leaning media, Duss started working for Bernie Sanders shortly after Trump was elected. They’ve got a lot done by D.C. standards, including the first invoking of the War Powers Resolution, to end U.S. assistance in the war in Yemen.
Host Terrell Starr has plenty of questions, starting with a mental health check. Duss is a congressional staffer, after all. They talk about the attempted insurrection in January, how a congressperson like Sanders can impact foreign policy, and what Duss would like to see from the Biden administration.
Duss is well known in DC as a thorn in the side of traditional corporate Democrats who are willing to support dictators if the trade deal is right. He’s taken plenty of barbs from both sides of the aisle for standing up for the human rights of Palestinians, among other things. Given Biden’s history as among the most old school of the centrist Dems, Terrell asks Duss if he thinks Sanders more progressive foreign policy has a chance of influencing the administration. He seems optimistic!
Thank you for listening.
The profile of Duss mentioned by Terrell can be found here.
Matt Duss
Matt Duss is a journalist and advisor who worked at the Center for American Progress, and the Foundation for Middle East Peace before joining Sen. Bernie Sanders as his foreign policy advisor.
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