Bernie Sanders Admires Mount Rushmore "Very Proud To Be An American"

In a 2016 visit to Mount Rushmore, Bernie Sanders jokes about having himself carved into the mountain as well as aknowledging that all 4 were great presidents. "It really does make one very proud to be an American."

Bernard Sanders is an American politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from Vermont since 2007 and as U.S. Representative for the state's at-large congressional district from 1991 to 2007. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, although he has a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career. Sanders unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and 2020.