Become a Member ![\\"snopes](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\"/) Search My Profile Logout Submit a Rumor Latest Trending News & Politics Entertainment Fact Checks Quiz Sections Latest Trending Fact Checks News Collections More Contact Us Submit a Rumor Archives Quiz FactBot Newsletters About Us Categories News & Politics Entertainment Science & Technology Lifestyle Free accounts support our journalism Become a Member Login My Profile Logout ![\\"republican_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/republican_symbol.png\\"/) Snopes fact-checked the vice presidential debate live! Read more here ![\\"democrat_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/democrat_symbol.png\\"/) Fact Check # Bernie Sanders Said United States Would \'Embrace Socialism\'? ## A quote from a fake news article is frequently circulated as a genuine quote from the Democratic presidential candidate. ### Dan Evon ### Published April 1, 2016 ![\\"](\\" sanders-flag.png\\") Image courtesy of Instagram Claim: Bernie Sanders said that \"the heritage of Castro will be felt for generations to come\" during a 1985 radio interview. Rating: False About this rating A meme purportedly showing a quote from Bernie Sanders was frequently shared on social media in 2016: > \"The heritage of Castro will be felt for generations to come, he is an > example for his people, for America and for the world. One day, in the > future, American will embrace socialism, but we are still far from that > day.\" Advertisement: While the above-displayed quote is often shared with the claim that it was spoken by Sanders during a 1985 radio interview, the text has also been attached to a television interview from the same year: While the video is real, and while Sanders does offer some praise to Fidel Castro in the footage, the quote is fake. Nowhere in this video does Sanders say that the \"heritage of Castro will be felt for generations to come.\" We were also unable to unearth any radio interview clips or contemporary news reports attributing this quote to Sanders. In fact, the earliest mention of this alleged Bernie Sanders quote was published in the notorious fake news web site World News Daily Report on 29 October 2015: Advertisement: > Although Bernie Sanders and Fidel Castro have never met, Bernie Sanders has > also praised the Cuban regime at various times in his career. > > In a 1985 public access radio interview while he was mayor of Burlington, > Vermont, Sanders praised the Cuban leader’s regime, saying “He educated > their kids, gave their kids health care and totally transformed society”. > > “The heritage of Castro will be felt for generations to come, he is an > example for his people, for America and for the world” he admitted. “One > day, in the future, Americans will embrace Socialism, but we are still far > from that day” he explained during the radio interview. Other World News Daily Report hoaxes have included claims that a Smithsonian employee was caught \"raping\" a mummy, an infant in the Philippines was born with stigmata, a lottery winner died after gold-plating his genitals, a man\'s genitals were chewed off during the attempted sexual assault of a pit bull, a meth-using babysitter ate a toddler, an overweight man sued Golden Corral after he was kicked out for staying too long, and a Nazi sub surfaced in the Great Lakes. ### By Dan Evon Dan Evon is a former writer for Snopes. ## Article Tags Fidel Castro Bernie Sanders World News Daily Report Recommendations Advertisement: ![\\"Snopes.com\\"](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\") Company About Us FAQs Contact Us Submit a Topic Navigate Home Search Archive Newsletters Random Sections Latest Top Fact Checks News Account Join Login Game FactBot Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter © 1995 - 2024 by Snopes Media Group Inc. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com Terms of Use Privacy Policy DMCA Policy
Bernie Sanders said that the heritage of Castro will be felt for generations to come during a 1985 radio interview