>> Following a not so great night for Bernie
Sanders in the primary election against Joe
Biden, Sanders decided to address his supporters.
And also, in my opinion, give Joe Biden a
message in regard to what he needs to do in
the next democratic debate in order to unify
democratic voters.
That means to unify Bernie Sanders supporters
with Biden's supporters.
With that said, let's take a quick look at
how he started the speech.
And I think that this is an incredibly important
part that the mainstream media for some reason
pretends doesn't exist.
But this is what his top priority is.
Take a look.
>> Let me begin by reiterating what I have
said from day one of this campaign.
And that is that Donald Trump is the most
dangerous president in the modern history
of our country and he must be defeated.
Tragically, we have a president today who
is a pathological liar and was running a corrupt
administration.
He clearly does not understand the constitution
of the United States and thinks that he is
a president who is above the law.
In my view, he is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe,
a xenophobe and a religious bigot, and he
must be defeated.
And I will do everything in my power to make
that happen.
>> So I think that part of his speech is important
because he is signaling to the establishment
and also to his voters, that it's important
that we defeat Donald Trump.
And I'm willing to do anything and everything
to make that happen, even if Biden ends up
being the nominee.
And to be honest with you, for the remainder
of the speech, he makes it clear that he thinks
that Biden is likely to be the nominee.
And he also talks about what Biden needs to
do and what he needs to address in order to
appeal to Sanders supporters.
And make no mistake, he needs Bernie's supporters
in order to defeat Donald Trump.
>> Yeah.
>> So look, I'm gonna give you evidence for
why I think that but go ahead Cenk.
>> Yeah, so I think, first of all, I like
that he started with that.
That assuages some of the main stream media,
and yeah, somebody went on CNN.
So well, okay, good, at least he wants to
beat Donald Trump.
Of course he wants to beat Donald Trump, of
course he does, Trump's a monster.
I hate that they pretend that that's an open
question.
But all right, so good, he addresses that.
Number two, this whole unification with the
Biden side is both obvious and nonsensical
at the same time.
It's obvious because I hope we all wanna beat
Trump.
I wanna beat Trump desperately.
On the other hand, it's nonsensical cuz Biden
can change his run and he will cuz he's a
politician.
It doesn't mean a damn thing.
He's not gonna do any of those things.
So we're playing an empty game here.
The real game is, can Biden stay on his feet
for two hours on Sunday night?
He has the lowest bar ever in political history.
He just has to not meltdown and walk off the
stage.
And if he can avoid a meltdown, yes, he will
likely be the nominee.
And it's over, right?
But I'd like to see him mono mono speak for
an hour of the two hours and see how he does.
We should all see how he does cuz he's gonna
have to do that with Trump several times.
>> Right.
>> And for eight straight months, he's gonna
have to carry this party.
God help us all.
>> Look, I absolutely agree with you.
And I don't think that this is a done deal.
So don't misrepresent or misinterpret what
I'm trying to say.
But at the same time, I do genuinely believe
that Bernie's top priority is to beat Donald
Trump.
And I think what he's doing right now is setting
the foundation necessary to unify democratic
voters in order to make that happen in case
he doesn't win the nomination.
>> Yeah sure, of course.
>> So with that said, I wanna go to video
A3 because this is where he starts talking
about how his progressive policies certainly
resonate with the majority of voters.
But there's this one issue that voters are
most concerned about and that's why Biden
right now is beating him delicate wise.
Take a look.
>> Today, I say to the Democratic establishment
in order to win in the future, you need to
win the voters who represent the future of
our country.
And you must speak to the issues of concern
to them.
You cannot simply be satisfied by winning
the votes of people who are older.
While our campaign has won the ideological
debate, we are losing the debate over electability.
I cannot tell you how many people our campaign
has spoken to.
Who have said and I quote, I like what you're
campaign stands for.
I agree with what your campaign stands for.
But I'm gonna vote for Joe Biden, because
I think Joe is the best candidate to defeat
Donald Trump, end of quote.
We've heard that statement all over this country.
Needless to say, I strongly disagree with
that assertion.
But that is what millions of Democrats and
Independents today believe.
>> Look, all of those never Trumpers and establishment
Democrats who are angry and enraged at Bernie
Sanders for refusing to drop out right now.
The same people who are saying no, no, no,
the Sunday debate needs to be canceled.
We shouldn't do it.
Bernie is being terrible for not dropping
out right now.
Understand, listen to what he's saying.
Please, I know that a lot of you get paid
millions of dollars for your bad political
analysis on cable television.
But for a moment, just sit down, put your
thinking cap on and listen to what he's saying.
Because what he is essentially saying right
now is, my policies are popular.
But people are worried that I'm not electable,
I can't beat Donald Trump.
They think that Biden can beat Donald Trump.
So in order for Biden to actually beat Donald
Trump, he needs to appeal to my voters.
He needs to appeal to my supporters.
And so then what he does, is he literally,
he provides a cheat sheet.
He's like, I'm looking forward to this debate.
And then he starts listing things that Biden
needs to study up on and be prepared to answer
in the debates.
Go ahead.
>> Okay, so before we get to that cheat sheet,
first of all, I actually thought that was
perfect.
>> Yes.
>> Because number one, he's being honest and
admitting, we lost the argument over who's
more electable.
We lost it.
Sad day for us.
And that's true.
He did lose it.
And is it because it's true?
No, as he acknowledges, it's not true.
But and we know why, it's the media.
And the media said it a thousand times, it
didn't matter if it was true or not.
And, they did mass propaganda.
So I'm gonna get to that in a second as well.
But he's like, look, we won the ideological
battle.
It's true he's won the younger voters in overwhelming
numbers.
We talked about this last night, the same
numbers of Missouri ad Michigan.
Roughly speaking, 70% of voters that are over
the age of 45 voted for Biden.
70% of voters that are under the age of 45
voted for Sanders.
Have you ever seen a divide that stark ever
in American politics?
I don't know that I have.
That means yes, Democratic Party leadership
and establishment is still winning, cuz older
voters vote more.
That's true.
And they're holding on to that power for now.
But tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.
So the voters under 45 are all on our side.
So what Sanders is saying is, you better address
those guys, otherwise, you're gonna lose the
party all together.
And you might even lose this election.
Now, how does the media respond to that?
New York Times has an article headlined, The
media, young voters, Sanders spreads the blame
for his decline.
>> I just, I can't, yeah, I can't.
>> It's like they wanna lose.
Like their heads are so far up their own asses
that they don't understand that their own
thinking will cost them this upcoming general
elections.
And that's the frustrating thing.
Again, just sit down for a second, okay, relax
and listen to what he's saying.
Because what you're about to hear in this
next clip, is cheat sheet for Joe Biden.
The question is, is he gonna listen to it?
>> Sorry, one last word before the cheat sheet
sub-heading for the New York Time's article
As Bernie Sanders has seen his fortune slide,
he decided a number of factors that portray
him as an aggrieved outsider.
>> I can't stand these people.
I can't, they're-
>> And they can't see how biased they are,
it's amazing.
>> No, no, no they're the, they're really
like the professional reporters.
>> They're very up tight.
>> You know.
>> That's right.
Objectively, you should be a yes, Bernie Sanders,
said the objective person.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> With that said, here's Bernie Sanders offering
a cheat sheet to Joe Biden.
>> On Sunday, I very much look forward to
the debate in Arizona with my friend, Joe
Biden.
And let me very frank as to the questions
that I will be asking Joe.
Joe, what are you gonna do for the 500,000
people that go bankrupt in our country because
of medically related debt?
And what are you gonna do for the working
people of this country and small business
people, who are paying on average of 20% of
their incomes to healthcare?
Joe, what are you gonna do to end the absurdity
of the United States of America being the
only major country on earth where healthcare
is not a human right?
>> So he goes on and on lists a-
>> Some lengthy list.
>> Right, now he's doing two things there.
Yes, you're right, it's a softball.
He's like, Joe, it looks like you're gonna
be the nominee.
Can you at least take, have your staff come
up with answers in time for Sunday for these
questions?
So that you can unite the party, Joe, okay?
>> So you can earn votes that you need to
defeat Donald Trump.
>> There is no person who'd like to win a
debate who tells their strategy ahead of time.
Okay now, having said that, this is also,
one of the few opportunities that Sanders
has left where the press is still paying attention.
The minute he drops it, they're all screaming
at him, drop out, drop out, drop out, the
minute he drops out, they're like he is irrelevant.
Never speak to him again.
Don't bother having him on.
Don't ever cover any of his speeches, right?
So this is one of the few remaining speeches
if things remain normal, that he'll have left.
So he's laying out great, great questions
that no one has answers to.
And by the way, Joe Biden can take a year
to figure out the answers.
He's still not gonna have them.
His system would still bankrupt 500,000 people,
100% guaranteed.
It's a fact.
And everybody in the media is hunky dory about
it, they're high fiving over it.
They're like, it would save some taxes.
The other people are gonna get bankrupt, who
cares.
Bernie Sanders, drop out.
Okay, you were an aggrieved person.
Okay, so yeah, but that's his platform.
And I love that he plugged it one more time.
And maybe the people in the media, this is
of course not their job.
Their job is not to do journalism, it's not
to be inquisitive.
It's to do propaganda on behalf of the establishment.
Maybe they could actually listen to those
questions.
And if you're an editor at The New York Times,
maybe you could put someone on it.
Like, hey, wait, how come none of us have
ever asked Joe Biden that question?
>> They know, they know why they haven't asked
that.
They know they wanna give him the upper hand,
whatever.
Look, we know what they are.
We know what their objectives are and their
agenda is.
But the point that I'm trying to make is,
look, Biden and the establishment need to
understand that Bernie Sanders supporters
aren't just going to tuck tail and vote for
whoever the Democratic nominee is.
Some people might find that gross.
Some people might disagree with that, but
hey, that's democracy, right?
And so people wanna feel that they're going
to the polls, they're taking time out of their
day to wait in a long line to vote for someone
who's going to, in the very least, represent
some of their best interests.
And if Joe Biden doesn't make that case, voters
are not gonna show up.
Okay, we're gonna have a repeat of 2016, mark
my words.
And I'm not saying that to threaten people
or insult people.
I'm saying that because it's just the fact
of the matter.
>> You know the-
>> And so what is he gonna do to reach out
to those voters?
Because simply doing a quick speech on the
night of a primary election and saying, we
welcome you, come join us, is not enough.
The immediate response to that is, but why?
But why, why are we gonna join you?
What are you offering to progressive voters
who want someone to offer something to vote
for.
Not just someone to vote against.
>> Maybe he could have only four major bankers
in his Cabinet rather than the five that he's
planning right now.
>> I mean that, that's at least a start.
>> So, when we talk about the debates, so
when I say the media's never asked him this.
It's a literal question in terms, or a little
statement in terms of at least the debates.
Remember, you've seen with your own eyes,
the moderators ask about it at least a half
a dozen maybe a dozen times.
How are you gonna pay for Medicare for all?
Every debate, how are you gonna pay for it?
How are you gonna pay for it?
Reinforcing the frame that is really expensive,
when in reality, it costs less money than
this current system.
But, have you ever seen a single moderator
ask any of the moderates, do you have a plan
to address the 500,000 people who go bankrupt
every year because of medical bills?
Now I can come up with a dozen questions like
that about health care.
Do you have a plan to save the lives of the
68,000 people who die every single year cuz
they don't have insurance?
Or, are you planning on letting them die?
Now that's a very harsh question but it's
real.
But they would never ask that of a moderate
cuz they'd say, that's a rude.
It's not rude when you ask super hard questions
of progressives framed in a negative way.
But they don't even consider the idea of asking
a question from not a progressive perspective,
just one that is a factual question in that
regard, that is challenging to the moderate
position.
It's unthinkable for the New York Times, for
any moderator in any of this debates and then
they wonder why we think they are not reaching
out enough.
So finally, to what's Anna is saying, I love
the moment when the primaries are over.
Because we instantly, here at the Young Turks,
become the most powerful people in America.
>> What?
>> Because immediately, the Democratic establishment
think it's our responsibility-
>> I see what you're saying.
>> To get everyone to vote for the establishment
candidate.
>> Nope, sorry, that's not my job.
>> And if we, no, no, no, and if we don't
do that, it's not the establishment candidate's
fault.
That poor guy just happens to be the candidate,
right?
So it wouldn't be his responsibility obviously.
>> Right.
>> It's all over sudden, it's our responsibility
to put on pom-poms and go, J-O-E, Joe, Joe,
Joe.
And drive all of you to vote for Joe Biden.
And by the way, I asked some of my friends,
colleagues, etc, so, if you think it's my
responsibility entirely, which is hilarious,
how do you expect me to do that?
Because Joe Biden does not have any policies
we agree with, he just doesn't.
He's against Medicare for all, he's against
Green New Deal, he's not prioritizing getting
money out of politics at all.
In fact, he swims in money in politics, doesn't
want to do Wall Street regulation.
He's gonna put in four to five cabinet members
who are from Wall Street, etc.
So, is your request of me to lie to my audience
and then overnight all of a sudden say, you
know what?
I decided that Joe Biden is a fantastic candidate.
Not only should you vote for him against Donald
Trump, which I think I would vote for any
democrat against Donald Trump and I'll tell
you that 1000 times.
But apparently I'm supposed to get you excited
about that.
>> No.
>> That's not-
>> I mean-
>> That's not our job, and if that hurts your
feelings then, you can screw off.
Okay because I am not, here's my plan moving
forward, okay?
I'm gonna vote with my conscience.
And I'm gonna ask my audience to also vote
with their conscience.
But I'm not gonna judge people.
I'm not gonna go after people if they don't
vote the way that I feel is the best way to
vote.
That's not my job.
It's not my job to make a case for Biden.
It's Biden's job to make a case for Biden,
period.
>> And let's stay on that.
So look, you guys, we share our perspective.
We're honest about it.
I'm gonna vote for a Democrat against Trump.
There's no question about it.
You guys do what you want.
I could, I don't, you actually know best.
I don't actually control you.
Okay, you control yourself.
Even though the established media apparently
doesn't believe that and establish democrats
don't believe that.
But-
>> It is funny though how they think we're
a complete and utter trash, right, and they're
so dismissive of us.
Until this situation occurs, then all of a
sudden, look at how influential they are.
They absolutely need to do exactly what we
want them to do.
No, I have no respect for you.
I don't care what you want us to do, period.
>> But the last thing I was gonna add is,
look at their view of the media.
Their view of the media is, your job is to
do propaganda.
If your real opinion is that Joe Biden is
not exciting, do not tell your audience that.
Tell your audience something you don't believe
because you must help the Democrats win.
>> No.
>> That is not how media's supposed to work.
But they all believe that so much, which betrays
them.
Which tells you, no, they actually think the
media is propaganda.
Democratic establishment thinks that and so
does the establishment media.
That's why they get mad at us for not joining
in on their propaganda.
That's just amazing.
