BERNIE SANDERS DID SOMETHING
INTERESTING ALONG WITH CHRIS
HAYES, THEY DECIDED TO DO A TOWN
HALL IN TRUMP TERRITORY, A PLACE
WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF TRUMP
SUPPORTERS, THEY GOT THEM IN A
ROOM -- GREAT WORK HERE BY CHRIS
HAYES, GREAT IDEA -- AND BERNIE
SANDERS PARTICIPATING WAS
TERRIFIC TOO.
TO HAVE A REAL
CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH, AND
THERE WAS ONE WOMAN IN
PARTICULAR, SHE APPARENTLY DID
NOT VOTE IN THE 2012 ELECTION,
SHE DECIDED TO VOTE IN
2016 AND FOUR TRUMP.
THEY HAD THIS INTERESTING BACK
AND FORTH I WANT TO SHARE.
I'M LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS,
AND HE SAYS WHO IS PAYING FOR
THIS?
WHO IS PAYING FOR THE
MEDICAID, THE SOCIAL SECURITY,
MEDICARE, WHO?
THANK YOU, WE
ARE.
NOW, HAVE ANY OF YOU SEEN
DOWN ON STREETS THAT IT SEEMS AS
THOUGH WE HAVE BECOME THE SILENT
MINORITY AND NOT THE MAJORITY?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
HOW MUCH HAVE WE BEEN LISTENED
TO, REALLY?
WHO IS THAT WE?
US PEOPLE.
WHO PEOPLE?
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THE
MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY,
WHO NEEDS HELP WITH EDUCATION.
GOOD POINT, LET'S SEE IF WE
CAN GO FORWARD ON THIS.
I'M
ASSUMING THAT YOU BELIEVE,
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT WE
SHOULD NOT CUT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR MEDICARE OR MEDICAID, IS THAT
CORRECT?
I BELIEVE IT SHOULDN'T BE CUT.
DO YOU KNOW WHO IS WORKING
HARD TO TRY TO DO THAT?
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS HAVE A
PLAN, UNDER THE GUISE OF SAVING
MEDICARE AND SAVING SOCIAL
SECURITY, MAKING DEVASTATING
CUTS.
THAT'S WHAT REPUBLICANS
ARE NOW TRYING TO DO.
THE OTHER
POINT YOU MADE, BOTH OF YOU HAVE
MADE IT, IS WHO IS GOING TO PAY
FOR THIS STUFF?
AND THAT IS A
VERY FAIR POINT.
WHAT ALL OF US
SHOULD KNOW IS THAT OVER THE
LAST 25 YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A
MASSIVE TRANSFER OF WEALTH IN
THIS COUNTRY FROM YOU TO THE TOP
1/10 OF 1%.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE
MIDDLE CLASS HAS SHRUNK, AND
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE GONE
TO THE TOP 1/10 OF 1%.
YOU THINK
IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO ASK THOSE
PEOPLE TO START PAYING THEIR
FAIR SHARE OF TAXES SO WE CAN
ADEQUATELY FUND MEDICAID AND
MAKING PUBLIC COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES TUITION FREE?
IS
THAT AN UNFAIR THING TO ASK?
I DON'T THINK IT'S AN
UNFAIR THING TO ASK.
THEY GOT RICH OFF US.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SO IT'S TIME THEY PUT BACK.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIM.
HE
WOULD HAVE WON SO EASY.
HE GOT A
ROOM FULL OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS TO
GIVE HIM INNOVATION THERE FOR
PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY AND
MEDICARE AND TAXING THE RICH.
ALL THEY WANTED WAS A POPULIST
TO STAND UP FOR THEM, AND WHAT
THE DEMOCRATS GIVE THEM?
AN
ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE WHO SAID
KNOW YOUR ROLE, WE AREN'T GOING
TO LISTEN TO YOU.
THOSE ARE
TRUMP SUPPORTERS, HE COULD HAVE
WON THEM OVER SO EASILY.
LOOK
HOW EASY THAT WAS. AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT NEVER UNDERSTOOD
THAT HE HAD FACTS ON HIS SIDE,
WHICH WAS AWFULLY HELPFUL.
NOW
THAT TRUMP HAS WON THERE ARE NO
BRAKES IN THE REPUBLICAN CAR
ANYMORE.
THEY JUST MADE A
PROPOSAL TO MAKE DEVASTATING
CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY.
WE CAN
GET EVERYTHING WE WANT.
YOU
THINK THEY ARE OUT THERE TO HELP
YOU?
NO, YOU TRUMP SUPPORTERS --
YES, THERE ARE TRUMP SUPPORTERS
WHO BOUGHT INTO THE XENOPHOBIA
AND BIGOTRY AND STUFF, BUT THE
REST OF YOU, YOU GOT TOOK.
THEY
ARE GOING TO TRANSFER MONEY TO
THE RICH, THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE
FROM YOU AGAIN AND GIVE TO THE
TOP.
LOOK TRUMP PUT IN HIS
CABINET, MILLIONAIRES,
BILLIONAIRES, THE HEADS OF
GIANT, MULTINATIONAL
CORPORATIONS, ELITE BANKS, ALL
THE PEOPLE HE PRETENDED TO BE
AGAINST.
YOU GOT HAD, YOU GOT
TOOK.
BUT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU
WITH THE LAST QUOTE FROM THAT
WOMAN, GAIL SPARKS.
THERE WAS
SOME APPLAUSE, I'M NOT SURE YOU
HEARD IT CLEAR ENOUGH.
I JUST
WANT TO REPEAT IT, SHE SAID,
ABOUT THE RICH --
THAT'S A TRUMP VOTER.
YOU
GIVE THEM A POPULIST ON THE
LEFT, YOU ARE GOING TO CRUSH THE
REPUBLICANS.
YOU GIVE THEM THE
SAME ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS AND
YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE.
IT'S ALL
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WAKE UP.
IT IS
YOUR COUNTRY TO TAKE, YOU HAVE A
DEMOGRAPHIC ADVANTAGE, YOU HAVE
POLLING ON YOUR SIDE ON ALMOST
EVERY ISSUE, YOU HAVE THE
POPULATION ADVANTAGE, AND YOU
CAN WIN THE HEARTS AND MINDS IF
YOU STOP GOING AND TRYING TO
APPEASE THOSE SAME MULTINATIONAL
CORPORATIONS AND BANKS THAT ARE
YOUR DONORS.
IF YOU ACTUALLY
LISTEN TO HER, THE ANSWER IS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
THERE IS
ONE OTHER GUY YOU SHOULD HAVE
LISTENED TO, AND YOU CAN LISTEN
TO IN THE FUTURE -- BERNIE
SANDERS.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE ELECTORAL SITUATION, BERNIE
SANDERS FOUR YEARS FROM NOW --
I'M SAYING START TO LISTEN TO
HIM TODAY ON POLICY AND YOU WILL
START WHEN THE FIGHTS.
IT IS
CLEAR IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, BUT
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IT IS NOT
THAT THEY ARE STUPID, THEY ARE
PAID TO LOSE.
THEY ARE PAID BY
THEIR DONORS TO BE WEAK AND
FECKLESS AND SERVE THE DONORS
INSTEAD OF SERVING AVERAGE
AMERICANS.
WE HAVE GOT TO TURN
THAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY AROUND,
BECAUSE AS CURRENTLY
CONSTITUTED, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
HAVE NO INTEREST.
THE
PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE BERNIE
SANDERS IS PUTTING FORWARD, THEY
HAVE TREMENDOUS INTEREST IN.
TURN AROUND RIGHT NOW.
