Bernie Votes Against Bipartisan Childhood Cancer Act For Leverage

Last night, Bernie Sanders blocked our bipartisan bill, the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act, to give kids fighting cancer more treatment options.

A new low, even for “The Grinch.”

I won’t back down. ?

WATCH: Mullin vs Bernie Sanders: pic.twitter.com/H7FnbxI2Ya

— Markwayne Mullin (@SenMullin) December 18, 2025

The Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act was designed to help children with cancer receive life-saving treatment and participate in clinical trials with minimal red tape. The House of Representatives approved the bill unanimously earlier this month. Allowing children with childhood cancer to access treatment should have been a bipartisan no-brainer. Yet, the bill fell through in the Senate due to bleeding heart liberal Sen. Bernie Sanders, who believes blocking the bill could be used as leverage to expand social programs.

Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act was named in honor of Mikaela Naylon, a girl from Colorado who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma at 10. Naylon and her family lobbied lawmakers to expand pediatric cancer trials until her death at 16.

In her own words:

“Hi, my name is Mikaela Naylon. I’m 15 years old and I was diagnosed on July 1st, 2020. During CO, I enjoyed walking my dog who saw a cat and ran causing me to sprain my ankle. After 2 months of waiting, it didn’t get any better. My local doctor referred me to the Children’s Hospital Denver where I received most of my treatment. I had a below knee amputation in October and then multiple lung surgeries following it. After relapsing four different times, the Colorado doctors didn’t have any other choices for me. Thus, I started a trial at MD Anderson. When that trial didn’t work, we finally decided to take a trip to the Cleveland Clinic where I started treatment with Dr. Anderson. I’ve done radiation and radioactive treatments and now I’m finishing up my final treatment. Hopefully with all these experiences under my belt, I’ve learned that the little things never matter that much and they shouldn’t interfere with living your life to the fullest.”

? URGENT: Call @sensanders TODAY for kids with cancer ?

We are ONE step away from passing the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act.

Call Sen. Bernie Sanders TODAY and urge him to support a clean, immediate vote.

DC: 202-224-5141 | VT: 802-862-0697 pic.twitter.com/X2Dk0a7Fjw

— American Childhood Cancer Organization (@accorg) December 18, 2025

Bernie Sanders said he “strongly supports” the act but refused to allow it to pass. President Trump was prepared to sign the bill into law, but that is now impossible due to one disturbed man who prioritizes politics over American lives. Senator Mullins correctly accused Sanders of holding the bill hostage and using terminally ill children as leverage to open community health care centers.

Mullins told Sanders, “You’re stealing a family an opportunity to spend maybe an extra minute or an extra day, or maybe a lifetime with a loved one. I don’t know how you argue against it. I don’t know how you can possibly stand up there with a straight face and say, it’s just politics. This isn’t just politics we’re playing with people’s lives. So, this is more than just politics, but I will tell you that if this is objected to, and we can’t find a path forward here today, I can promise you I will not stop fighting…it won’t happen. We’re going to rinse and repeat and continue to go down this path until we give the families with these rare diseases an opportunity to live, because that’s what this is about.”

Bernie Sanders will never waste an opportunity to mount his high horse to demand rights for the “everyday man.” He paraded around the nation on a private jet to squeal about oligarchs and climate change before retreating to one of his multiple properties. Democrats believe that we are under an oligarchy because their candidates have lost and will continue to lose due to these types of actions. The Democrats are deeply divided, and there is a lot of hatred among them. The people are finally opening their eyes and realizing that the Democrats are NOT the party of the people. Bernie Sanders should be absolutely disgusted with himself. I do not know how anyone could honestly support this man because he represents nothing other than social disorder and chaos.