MEASURING IT WRONG.
WE SHOULD BE MEASURED ON HOW TO
ALLEVIATE THE PRESSURES OF THE
LEAST AMONG US.
JOINING ME NOW IS SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS.
SENATOR, I KNOW THAT YOU SHARE A
LOT OF THESE VIEWS, THAT WE ARE
NOT FIXING THE VERY THINGS THAT
WERE BROKEN.
IF WE WERE NOT MAKING A MORE
FAIR AND MORE JUST SOCIETY, WE
AT LEAST COULD BE DOING THINGS
TO STOP PEOPLE FROM FALLING INTO
POVERTY.
WE’RE NOT DOING THAT IN THE
CHAMBER IN WHICH YOU WORK,
EITHER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LOOK, ALI, HERE IS THE BOTTOM
LINE.
WE ARE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED
CRISIS.
THE PAIN THAT IS EXISTS
ECONOMICALLY AND FROM THE PUBLIC
HEALTH PERSPECTIVE HAS NEVER
BEEN SEEN BEFORE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES RESPONDED TO
THAT PAIN WAY BACK IN MID MAY,
AND THEY PASSED THE SO-CALLED
HEROES ACT, WHICH AMONG MANY
OTHER THINGS WOULD CONTINUE THE
SUPPLEMENT UNEMPLOYMENT OF $600
A WEEK.
DURING THIS ENTIRE PERIOD, THE
U.S. SENATE HAS DONE NOTHING,
THERE HAS BEEN NO PIECE OF
LEGISLATION UNTIL REP LEADERSHIP
COMING TO THE FLOOR OF THE
SENATE TO DEAL WITH THIS CRISIS,
SO AS YOU HAVE INDICATED 30
MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR JOBS, WHO WILL LOSE THE
$600 THEY DESPERATELY NEED.
WE HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
FACING EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE AND CHILDREN IN
THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE GOING
HUNGRY.
THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS IS THAT WE
HAVE GOT TO RESPOND AND RESPOND
NOW, TODAY, TOMORROW, BECAUSE
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ARE AT THEIR
WIT’S END, LITERALLY WONDERING
HOW THEY’RE GOING TO FEED THEIR
FAMILIES IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY
ON EARTH.
SECOND OF ALL, IF I MAY, PICKING
UP ON THE POINT I MADE -- BY THE
WAY, ALI, CONGRATULATIONS.
THAT TYPE OF DISCUSSION ABOUT
INKUM
INCOME WEALTH APPEAR INEQUALITY
IS NOT HEARD OFTEN ENOUGH.
AS A NATION WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THE MORAL ISSUE OF THREE PEOPLE
ON TOP OWNING MORE WEALTH THAN
THE BOTTOM HALF OF AMERICA,S OF
BEING THE ONLY MAJOR COUNTRY ON
EARTH NOT TO GUARANTEE HEALTH
CARE TO ALL.
OF HAVING THE CHILDHOOD POVERTY
MORE THAN ANY MAJOR COUNTRY A
EARTH.
NO PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL
LEAVE.
NO PAID VACATION GUARANTEES.
WE HAVE TO REWRITE THE
FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURES SO WE
PROTECT THE WORKING PEOPLE, NOT
JUST THE BILLIONAIRES, WHO BY
THE WAY, ARE DOUG FAMILIALLY
WELL.
>> IF YOU HAVE GOOD CREDIT, YOU
DIDN’T LOSE YOUR JOB, AND YOU
GET A 3% MORTGAGE, YOU DO FINE.
WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT EVERYBODY
ELSE.
MARK MEADOWS SAID LAST WEEK, THE
PRESIDENT DID NOT ISSUE AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER EXTENDING THE
RENT AND EVICTION MORATORIUM,
BECAUSE TRUMP WAS, QUOTE,
HOPEFUL THAT DEMOCRATS WILL SEE
HOW MANY UNEMPLOYMENT MEMBERS
THEY ARE HURTING, ADDING THAT
DEMOCRATS DON’T KNOW, QUOTE,
WHAT A COMPROMISE IS ABOUT.
THE PRESIDENT, BY THE WAY, HAS
THREATENED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
ABOUT TIKTOK, BUT NOT ABOUT
STOPPING EVICTIONS AND
FORECLOSURES.
>> LOOK, THIS EVICTION CRISIS IS
EXTRAORDINARY.
YESTERDAY WAS AUGUST 1st.
RENT IS DUE.
MORTGAGE PAYMENTS ARE DUE, AND
WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVING LOST THEIR JOBS, THEY JUST DON’T
LOST THEIR JOBS, THEY JUST DON’T
HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEIR RENT
RENT.
>> YOU’LL RECALL THAT LINDSEY
GRAHAM A FEW WEEKS AGO SAID HALF
OF THE REPUBLICANS ARE OF A MIND
TO DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
WHAT WE’LL HAVE TO DO IS GRAB
SOME REPS TO JOIN US AND FINALLY
PROTECT THE WORKING FAMILIES OF
THIS COUNTRY.
>> THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF
PEOPLE DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU ARE
NOT THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
WHO DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE?
DS.
>> I’M NOT GOING TO GET INTO
THAT.
PICKING A VICE PRESIDENT IS A
BIT MY GETTING MARRIED.
THAT’S A VERY PERSONAL DECISION.
THAT’S SOMETHING THAT THE VICE
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO
DECIDE ALL ON ITS OWN.
.
I THINK PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR ME,
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE
PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT, UNDERSTAND
THAT THE NEXT THREE MONTHS ARE
MAYBE, ALI, THE MOST IMPORTANT
THREE MONTHS IN THE MODERN
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
ALL OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
COME TOGETHER AND WORK IN A WAY
THAT WE HAVE NEVER WORKED BEFORE
TO HAVE THE LARGEST VOTER
TURNOUT IN THE HISTORY OF THIS
COUNTRY, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
OF THE VOTES ARE COUNTED, AND
THAT WE SENT DONALD TRUMP PACKING AND ELECTION JOE BIDEN.
PACKING AND ELECTION JOE BIDEN.
YOU FUTURE OF MEN DEMOCRACY IS
AT STAKE.
WE HAVE AN ECONOMY, AS YOU HAVE
JUST INDICATED, WHICH WAS IN AT
THAT TIMERS FOR WORKING PEOPLE,
WILE THE BILLIONAIRES BECOME
RICHER.
THIS IS A MOMENT TO COME
TOGETHER AND DEFEAT
DONALD TRUMP.
I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN. YOU BROUGHT NEW PEOPLE INTO THE
YOU BROUGHT NEW PEOPLE INTO THE
POLITICAL SYSTEM.
WHAT IS WE’RE MESSAGE, AND WHAT
WILL YOU DO ARE GOING TO DO WHAT
YOU JUST ASKED.
>> WE’RE GOING TO DO EVERYBODY
WE CAN. WE HAVE A VERY STRONG SOCIAL
WE HAVE A VERY STRONG SOCIAL
MEDIA NETWORK.
IT’S OBVIOUSLY VERY DIFFERENT
WITH THE VIRUS.
TRUST ME WE WILL USE ALL OF OUR
RESOURCE, AND ELSEWHERE, BUT TO
GET OUT THE VOTE FOR BIDEN.
IT IS TRUSSES, THAT MANY OF OUR
SUPPORTERS ARE YOUNGER PEOPLE,
NONTRADITIONAL VOTERS, AND IT IS
ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT THEY
COME OUT AND VOTE.
NO GREAT SECRET THAT JOE BIDEN
AND I DISAGREE ON A NUMBER OF
ISSUES.
THAT’S A FACT.
WHAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN NOW IS
WHAT WE CALL COALITION POLITICS.
WE FIGHT OUT OUR DIFFERENCES
AFTER BIDEN IS ELECTED, BUT
RIGHT NOW THE IMMEDIATE TASK IS
TO COME TOGETHER TO DEFEAT
TRUMP.
THEN AS PROGRESSIVES, WE WILL DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKED BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION THE MOST
PROGRESSIVE ADMINISTRATION THAT
IT CAN BECOME.
RIGHT NOW OUR MESSAGE TO OUR
SUPPORTERS, NOT ONLY DO YOU GET
OUT TO VOTE, VOTE EARLY, TO GET
YOUR FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS,
COSTUDENTS OUT TO VOTE AS WELL.
