Distinguishing himself from his 2020 presidential rivals on the issue of America’s obscene military spending—which continues to soar year after year with bipartisan support—Sen. Bernie Sanders touted his record as the only candidate on stage during Thursday night’s Democratic debate who has opposed all of President Donald Trump’s Pentagon budget proposals.

“I think… I am the only person up here to have voted against all three of Trump’s military budgets,” the Vermont senator said to applause. “I don’t think we have to spend $750 billion a year on the military when we don’t even know who our enemy is.”

“The Pentagon is set to grow by $90 billion and reach $738 billion next year. For $90 billion, we could double nutrition assistance or provide $7,000 to every child in poverty.”
—Sen. Bernie Sanders

In 2017, Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and then-Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas.)—the only other 2020 contenders on stage Thursday who were in Congress at the time—all voted for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2018, which handed the Pentagon $700 billion. Sanders voted no.

Sanders also voted against the 2019 NDAA and a procedural motion for the 2020 NDAA. The House and Senate still have to reconcile the 2020 NDAA before both chambers take a final vote on the legislation.

“I think that what we have got to do is bring this world together—bring it together on climate change, bring it together in fighting against terrorism, and make it clear that we as a planet, as a global community, will work together to help countries around the world rebuild their struggling economies and do everything that we can to rid the world of terrorism,” said Sanders.

“But dropping bombs on Afghanistan and Iraq was not the way to do it,” added the senator.

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