Sanders has fallen off. And now this is the nail in the coffin.
Because Bernie Sanders is dancing on the graves of children with one disgusting move.
Sanders’ Blockade Holds Up Vital Pediatric Cancer Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to single-handedly stall the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act in the Senate, a bipartisan bill that passed the House unanimously.
This legislation aims to expand access to innovative clinical trials and encourage drug companies to develop new, potentially curative treatments for children with cancer—all at zero cost to taxpayers.
Named after 16-year-old Mikaela Naylon, who tragically died from osteosarcoma last year, the bill remains blocked because Sanders is demanding unrelated concessions for funding community health centers as a condition for his support.
Desperate Pleas from Young Patients
Young cancer patients and survivors are now pleading directly with Sanders to let the bill move forward.
Eighteen-year-old Jacob Knudsen from California has battled osteosarcoma since age 12, enduring 21 surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation, and five relapses—including tumors in his lungs, kidney, and lymph nodes.
He now faces a 50-50 chance that a spot in his lung is cancerous as he awaits scans. Knudsen says: “I’m willing to bleed, I’m willing to lose limbs, I’m willing to lose organs, I’m willing to do anything just to survive.”
He directly challenges Sanders:
“You have a chance to be a hero,” and asks, “How many children have died from cancer? How many of those were the next Albert Einstein that never made it?”
Families Frustrated by Ideological Rigidity
Twenty-one-year-old Anderson Coy is fighting diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a rare and aggressive brain cancer with no research progress since the 1960s and a survival rate under 2%.
His mother, JuliAn, calls Sanders’ obstruction “very upsetting,” saying politicians should not hold lifesaving legislation hostage over unrelated demands.
As these families face unimaginable pain and uncertainty, Sanders’ insistence on using the bill as leverage for his own priorities has sparked widespread outrage, leaving desperately ill children waiting while he clings to his ideological agenda.
