{"id":248985,"date":"2020-02-11T13:30:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T08:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=248985"},"modified":"2020-02-11T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T08:30:47","slug":"bernie-sanders-is-publishing-ads-in-urdu-and-oh-our-heart-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/bernie-sanders-is-publishing-ads-in-urdu-and-oh-our-heart-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders is Publishing Ads in Urdu and Oh Our Heart! [Pictures]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bernie Sanders is making quite the splash with his Presidential campaign. In fact, he has made it a point to ensure that even minority communities in USA feel included. This also includes groups whose medium of instruction is Urdu!<\/p>\n<p>Recently the Vermont Senator put out campaign ads in Urdu for the Presidential Elections Campaign 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Now you must be wondering, why go with Urdu ads? There&#8217;s actually an estimated five lac Americans of Pakistani descent in the United States out of an estimated 329.45 million people, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/countries\/united-states-population\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Census Bureau&#8217;s\u00a0population clock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite these low numbers, Bernie Sanders wants everyone to feel included.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, he had this to say in an interview:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are a big country with a whole lot of folks from different backgrounds. I\u2019m running for president, and I think if I\u2019m invited, I should speak to as many of those groups as I can.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/this-pakistani-muslim-is-in-charge-of-bernie-sanders-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This Pakistani Muslim is in Charge of Bernie Sanders&#8217; Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>It&#8217;s definitely working as Pakistani-Americans have lauded the Urdu campaign ads.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarakshanRaja\/status\/1217243476401762305<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BernieSanders<\/a> facebook page announced his win in iowa in urdu and im losing it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NkVytOjd0n\">pic.twitter.com\/NkVytOjd0n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf9 Basitsnake (@BasitAli92) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasitAli92\/status\/1226910467001589761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_248990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248990\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248990\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"Bernie Sanders\" width=\"750\" height=\"929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image.png 750w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-242x300.png 242w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-561x695.png 561w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-364x451.png 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-728x902.png 728w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-608x753.png 608w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-39x48.png 39w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-78x96.png 78w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-248990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pakistani-Americans appreciate Bernie Sanders&#8217; Urdu campaign ads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The campaign ads highlight key objectives on Sanders&#8217; campaign agenda (such as universal healthcare). The ad specifies how his &#8216;Medicare For All&#8217; program even extends to obtaining eyeglasses, hearing aids and dental care.<\/p>\n<p>Even now, many medical insurance policies do not extend to visits to ophthalmologists and dental care, and Sanders wants to change that for the better.<\/p>\n<p>Then there was one for ending military intervention abroad.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/IamUmer1\/status\/1220495834904776707<\/p>\n<p>Other ads addressed social security, an objective on Senator Sanders&#8217; agenda from the very beginning.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_249005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-249005\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bernie Sanders\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-384x384.jpg 384w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-220x220.jpg 220w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-561x561.jpg 561w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-1122x1122.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-728x728.jpg 728w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-608x608.jpg 608w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-758x758.jpg 758w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-1152x1152.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-1-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Urdu campaign ad addressing &#8216;social security&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These campaign ads didn&#8217;t stop at Urdu. Bernie even put out campaign ads in Hindi and Bengali.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmarShergillCA\/status\/1222690128973295617<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/ms-marvel-comic-just-included-amir-khusros-poetry-and-people-are-losing-their-minds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ms Marvel Comic Pays Tribute to Amir Khusro&#8217;s Poetry and People Are Losing Their Minds<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Desis for Bernie<\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s a whole Twitter trend &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DesisForBernie?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DesisForBernie<\/a>&#8216;. Turns out the independent Senator has the desi community on his side. Even Bernie&#8217;s own campaign manager contributes to this Twitter trend.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Karish4VA\/status\/1222957875850633217<\/p>\n<p>Besides all the praise, people got creative and made some ads of their own.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/oalejel\/status\/1217335962742808577<\/p>\n<p>Some volunteers pitched in memes. All in good humor of course.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_248993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248993\" style=\"width: 836px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248993\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders.jpg\" alt=\"Bernie Sanders\" width=\"836\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders.jpg 836w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-561x859.jpg 561w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-364x557.jpg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-728x1115.jpg 728w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-608x931.jpg 608w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-758x1161.jpg 758w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-31x48.jpg 31w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernie-Sanders-63x96.jpg 63w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-248993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memes following Urdu campaign ads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernie Sanders is making quite the splash with his Presidential campaign. In fact, he has made it a point to ensure that even minority communities in USA feel included. This also includes groups whose medium of instruction is Urdu! Recently the Vermont Senator put out campaign ads in Urdu for the Presidential Elections Campaign 2020. Now you must be wondering, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/bernie-sanders-is-publishing-ads-in-urdu-and-oh-our-heart-pictures\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":249033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-248985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"Political ads in Urdu? 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