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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
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WE'RE BACK WITH THE SOON-TO-BE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE BUDGET
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COMMITTEE, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
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IT HAS BEEN A LONG FOUR YEARS, AND AMERICA HAS CHANGED IN A LOT
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OF WAYS.
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WHAT, IN YOUR OPINION, HAS BEEN THE GREATEST CHANGE YOU'VE SEEN
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WROUGHT ON THIS GREAT COUNTRY OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND
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WHAT HAS STAYED THE SAME, DESPITE THE ATTACKS?
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>> WELL, I THINK WHAT HAS UPSET ME THE MOST IS NOT JUST DONALD
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TRUMP.
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TRUMP IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR AND A DEMAGOGUE, AND I GOT THAT, BUT
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WHAT UPSETS ME THE MOST IS SOME 73 MILLION AMERICANS SUPPORTED
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HIM AND THAT HE DID BETTER IN MANY DEPRESSED AREAS OF THE
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COUNTRY THAN HE DID IN 2016.
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NOW, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
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WHY DO PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SOMEBODY WHO IS A LIAR,
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WHO GIVES THEIR BENEFITS -- MAKES POLICY TO BENEFIT THE RICH
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AND THE POWERFUL AT THE EXPENSE OF WORKING PEOPLE?
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HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
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HOW DO WE RESTORE FAITH IN GOVERNMENT SO THAT PEOPLE
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UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE
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WORKING FOR THEM?
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HOW DO WE BRING A NATION TOGETHER WHICH TRUMP HAS DONE
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ITS BEST TO DIVIDE US WITH HIS RACISM AND HIS XENOPHOBIA?
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SO WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS TASK IN FRONT OF US IN THAT REGARD.
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I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME WHAT'S POSITIVE ABOUT
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ALL OF THIS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE HAD GOVERNMENTAL
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OFFICIALS, SECRETARIES OF STATE IN GEORGIA, ARIZONA, OTHER
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REPUBLICAN STATES WHO, AGAINST AN ONSLAUGHT OF VICIOUSNESS AND
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TREATS FROM TRUMP'S BASE, HAVE DEFENDED THE CONSTITUTION, AND
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THAT'S NO SMALL THING.
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BUT GETTING BACK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT REINVIGORATING DEMOCRACY
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AND VOTING RIGHTS, AT THE VERY HIGHLES LEVEL OF PRIORITIES HAS
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GOT TO BE THE EFFORT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CREATE A VIBRANT
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DEMOCRACY WHERE IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME, THAT'S FINE, YOU'RE NOT
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MY ENEMY, WHERE WE HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, WHERE BIG MONEY
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DOES NOT BUY ELECTIONS, WHERE WE END THE KIND OF RACISM AND
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XENOPHOBIA THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
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>> Stephen: THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION THAT YOU WOULD BE
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SECRETARY OF LABOR, BUT, WHEN BIDEN NOMINATED, INSTEAD, MARTY
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WALSH, HE DID SAY THIS ABOUT YOU MORE PASSIONATE AND DEVOTED ALLY
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TO WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY THAN YOU.
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DOES IT EVER SURPRISE YOU THAT THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THE
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PRESIDENT, THOSE 74 MILLION PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM ARE WORKING
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CLASS WHITE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT YOU CAN'T FIND
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COMMON CAUSE WITH THEM BECAUSE MANY OF THE POLICIES THAT YOU
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PUT FORTH WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERY WORKING CLASS PERSON
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IN THE UNITED STATES, MANY OF THEM FOR ALL PEOPLE, BUT
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CERTAINLY SPEAKING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE POWER
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OF THE CORPORATE MONEY BEHIND THEM IS SOMETHING YOU'RE KNOWN
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FOR.
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WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM?
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>> MY MESSAGE IS LET US WORK TOGETHER ON HEALTHCARE, LET'S
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WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR KIDS REGARDLESS OF INCOME
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CAN GET A HIGHER EDUCATION, LET US NOT ALLOW THE DEMAGOGUES
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DIVIDE US UP.
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WHETHER YOU'RE BLACK, WHITE, LATINO, YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO
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HAVE A DECENT EDUCATION, YOU WANT CLEAN WATER, YOU NEED
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HEALTHCARE AND YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ON STARVATION WAGES.
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WHAT OUR JOB HAS TO BE IS TO BRING PEOPLE AROUND AN AGENDA
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THAT IS IN FACT SUPPORTED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
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AND VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DIVIDE US BY
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THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN OR OUR RELIGION OR WHERE WE WERE BORN.
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>> Stephen: IN 2016, PAUL RYAN SAID REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE
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SCARED OF DEMOCRATS CONTROLLING THE SENATE BECAUSE BERNIE
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SANDERS WOULD BE THE BUDGET CHAIR.
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BEFORE WE GO, WHAT'S THEONE THING THAT YOU COULD SAY THAT
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WOULD SCARE PAUL RYAN THE MOST?
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>> WELL, I WOULD SAY TO PAUL RYAN IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO
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START AN EFFORT TO TAX THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THIS
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COUNTRY AND THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS WHO, TODAY, ARE NOT
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BAYING, BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION, THEIR FAIR SHARE OF
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TAXES.
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>> Stephen: SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, EVERYBODY.
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BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY FINNEAS.
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SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
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