>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!

WE'RE BACK WITH THE SOON-TO-BE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE BUDGET

COMMITTEE, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG FOUR YEARS, AND AMERICA HAS CHANGED IN A LOT

OF WAYS.

WHAT, IN YOUR OPINION, HAS BEEN THE GREATEST CHANGE YOU'VE SEEN

WROUGHT ON THIS GREAT COUNTRY OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND

WHAT HAS STAYED THE SAME, DESPITE THE ATTACKS?

>> WELL, I THINK WHAT HAS UPSET ME THE MOST IS NOT JUST DONALD

TRUMP.

TRUMP IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR AND A DEMAGOGUE, AND I GOT THAT, BUT

WHAT UPSETS ME THE MOST IS SOME 73 MILLION AMERICANS SUPPORTED

HIM AND THAT HE DID BETTER IN MANY DEPRESSED AREAS OF THE

COUNTRY THAN HE DID IN 2016.

NOW, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

WHY DO PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SOMEBODY WHO IS A LIAR,

WHO GIVES THEIR BENEFITS -- MAKES POLICY TO BENEFIT THE RICH

AND THE POWERFUL AT THE EXPENSE OF WORKING PEOPLE?

HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?

HOW DO WE RESTORE FAITH IN GOVERNMENT SO THAT PEOPLE

UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE

WORKING FOR THEM?

HOW DO WE BRING A NATION TOGETHER WHICH TRUMP HAS DONE

ITS BEST TO DIVIDE US WITH HIS RACISM AND HIS XENOPHOBIA?

SO WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS TASK IN FRONT OF US IN THAT REGARD.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME WHAT'S POSITIVE ABOUT

ALL OF THIS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE HAD GOVERNMENTAL

OFFICIALS, SECRETARIES OF STATE IN GEORGIA, ARIZONA, OTHER

REPUBLICAN STATES WHO, AGAINST AN ONSLAUGHT OF VICIOUSNESS AND

TREATS FROM TRUMP'S BASE, HAVE DEFENDED THE CONSTITUTION, AND

THAT'S NO SMALL THING.

BUT GETTING BACK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT REINVIGORATING DEMOCRACY

AND VOTING RIGHTS, AT THE VERY HIGHLES LEVEL OF PRIORITIES HAS

GOT TO BE THE EFFORT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CREATE A VIBRANT

DEMOCRACY WHERE IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME, THAT'S FINE, YOU'RE NOT

MY ENEMY, WHERE WE HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, WHERE BIG MONEY

DOES NOT BUY ELECTIONS, WHERE WE END THE KIND OF RACISM AND

XENOPHOBIA THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

>> Stephen: THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION THAT YOU WOULD BE

SECRETARY OF LABOR, BUT, WHEN BIDEN NOMINATED, INSTEAD, MARTY

WALSH, HE DID SAY THIS ABOUT YOU MORE PASSIONATE AND DEVOTED ALLY

TO WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY THAN YOU.

DOES IT EVER SURPRISE YOU THAT THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THE

PRESIDENT, THOSE 74 MILLION PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM ARE WORKING

CLASS WHITE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT YOU CAN'T FIND

COMMON CAUSE WITH THEM BECAUSE MANY OF THE POLICIES THAT YOU

PUT FORTH WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERY WORKING CLASS PERSON

IN THE UNITED STATES, MANY OF THEM FOR ALL PEOPLE, BUT

CERTAINLY SPEAKING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE POWER

OF THE CORPORATE MONEY BEHIND THEM IS SOMETHING YOU'RE KNOWN

FOR.

WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM?

>> MY MESSAGE IS LET US WORK TOGETHER ON HEALTHCARE, LET'S

WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR KIDS REGARDLESS OF INCOME

CAN GET A HIGHER EDUCATION, LET US NOT ALLOW THE DEMAGOGUES

DIVIDE US UP.

WHETHER YOU'RE BLACK, WHITE, LATINO, YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO

HAVE A DECENT EDUCATION, YOU WANT CLEAN WATER, YOU NEED

HEALTHCARE AND YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ON STARVATION WAGES.

WHAT OUR JOB HAS TO BE IS TO BRING PEOPLE AROUND AN AGENDA

THAT IS IN FACT SUPPORTED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

AND VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DIVIDE US BY

THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN OR OUR RELIGION OR WHERE WE WERE BORN.

>> Stephen: IN 2016, PAUL RYAN SAID REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE

SCARED OF DEMOCRATS CONTROLLING THE SENATE BECAUSE BERNIE

SANDERS WOULD BE THE BUDGET CHAIR.

BEFORE WE GO, WHAT'S THEONE THING THAT YOU COULD SAY THAT

WOULD SCARE PAUL RYAN THE MOST?

>> WELL, I WOULD SAY TO PAUL RYAN IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO

START AN EFFORT TO TAX THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THIS

COUNTRY AND THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS WHO, TODAY, ARE NOT

BAYING, BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION, THEIR FAIR SHARE OF

TAXES.

>> Stephen: SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, EVERYBODY.

BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY FINNEAS.

SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

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