Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) received a vote to be Lebanon’s president in a parliamentary election for the position.
On Thursday, Lebanon elected its first president in two years — Army Chief Joseph Aoun, 60. However, not everyone was on board, with one member of Parliament casting their vote for the Vermont senator instead.
Lebanese cabinet ministers applaud the newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, standing at background center, during his first speech at the Lebanese Parliament after being sworn in as a new president in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Sanders’s name was read aloud during the count to a mix of confusion and amusement. Speaker Nabih Berri exclaimed, “What?”
The Washington Examiner reached out to Sanders for comment.
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