WE'RE BACK WITH OUR FRIEND
BERNIE SANDERS.
SENATOR SANDERS, YOU HAVE A NEW
BOOK WHICH IS OUT TOMORROW
CALLED "OUR REVOLUTION."
NOW THAT THE RESULTS OF THE
ELECTION ARE IN, ANY THOUGHTS
ABOUT CHANGING THE TITLE OF THE
BOOK?
>> NOW MORE THAN EVER OUR
REVOLUTION!
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>> Stephen: YOU SAY, ON PAGE 4
HERE, I ENDED THIS CAMPAIGN FAR
MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF OUR COUNTRY THAN WHEN I
BEGAN.
DO YOU STILL FEEL THAT WAY?
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
I SPOKE IN 46 STATES IN THIS
COUNTRY AND WHAT I SAW WAS
INCREDIBLE.
I SAW SO MANY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
THIS IS FROM MY HEART.
ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE.
BLACK, WHITE, LATINO,
ASIAN-AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN,
INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY INTO
THE COUNTRY THAT WE KNOW IT CAN
BECOME, NOT ONLY TRYING TO WIPE
OUT PREJUDICE BUT CREATE AN
ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF US
AND NOT JUST THE 1%.
THEY INSPIRED ME.
THEY INSPIRED ME TODAY.
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>> Stephen: WELL, AFTER THE
2012 LOSS OF MITT ROMNEY TO
BARACK OBAMA, THE REPUBLICANS
COMMISSIONED WHAT WAS CALLED
LOOSELY "THE AUTOPSY" OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHAT WAS WRONG
AND WHAT THEY HAD TO DO NEXT.
IF THERE WAS AN AUTOPSY OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WHAT WOULD IT
SAY?
>> WHAT IT WOULD SAY IS THE
DEMOCRATS CANNOT CONTINUE TO BE
RUN, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BY
WHAT I CALL A LIBERAL ELITE
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>> Stephen: DO YOU CONSIDER
YOURSELF A LIBERAL ELITE.
>> NO, I DON'T.
GOOD MEANING PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT
ENEMIES.
BUT THE PARTY HAS TO TRANSFORM
ITSELF TO BE A PARTY THAT, FIRST
OF ALL, OPENS THE DOOR, THAT IS
A PARTY THAT FEELS THE PAIN OF
WORKING CLASS PEOPLE, OF MIDDLE
CLASS, OF YOUNG, OLD PEOPLE,
BRINGS PEOPLE INTO THE PARTY ON
VIRTUALLY EVERY ISSUE THAT I
TALK ABOUT IN THAT BOOK, THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE ON OUR SIDE.
TRUMP'S VIEWS ARE A MINORITY.
PEOPLE DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD
GIVE TAX BREAKS TO BILLIONAIRES.
THEY BELIEVE WE SHOULD RAISE
MINIMUM WAGE AND HAVE PAY EQUITY
FOR WOMEN.
THEY DO BELIEVE WE SHOULD MAKE
PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
TUITION-FREE.
SO OUR JOB NOW, AND THIS IS
TERRIBLY IMPORTANT AT THIS
MOMENT, PEOPLE ASK ME EVERY DAY
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
WHAT YOU DO IS GET INVOLVED
HEAVILY INTO THE POLITICAL
PROCESS.
WHEN MILLIONS STAND UP AND FIGHT
BACK, WE WILL NOT BE DENIED.
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>> Stephen: I WANT TO ASK YOU
TWO QUESTIONS HERE TO CLOSE.
THEY ARE SORT OF RELATED
QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT IS THE
BEST CASE SCENARIO YOU SEE GOING
FORWARD?
IN WHAT AREAS COULD YOU SEE
YOURSELF AND LEADING PEOPLE TO
COOPERATE WITH THE GOALS OF THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN?
>> THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO IS
THAT TRUMP IS NOT AN IDEALOGUE.
HIS VIEWS ARE ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WHEN
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SAY TO HIM,
YOU KNOW, MR. TRUMP, WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT IS NOT GOING IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION, HE MAY
ACTUALLY HEAR THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
THE BAD NEWS, WHICH IS PROBABLY
THE SECOND PART OF THE
QUESTION --
>> Stephen: THE SECOND PART OF
THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE
WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
>> I'LL TELL YOU THE WORST
CASE --
>> Stephen: KEEP IT LIGHT.
IT'S LATE-NIGHT TV.
>> I WISH I COULD, BUT THIS IS
THE WORST CASE.
THE WORST CASE, IF NOT TRUMP
HIMSELF, PEOPLE AROUND TRUMP ARE
SAYING, HMM, LET'S SEE, WE'VE
GOT THE HOUSE, THE SENATE, WE'VE
GOT THE WHITE HOUSE, WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE THE SUPREME COURT, WE'RE
GOING TO CHANGE THE RULES OF THE
GAME SO WE DON'T LOSE ANYMORE.
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE THIS
DISASTROUS UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT DECISION THAT ALLOWS
BILLIONAIRES TO BUY ELECTION.
THEY COULD DO AWAY WITH FINANCE
CAMPAIGN LAWS SO IF SOMEONE
SAYS, HERE IS $500 MILLION,
YOU'RE RUNNING FOR THE UNITED
STATES SENATE FROM NEW JERSEY.
I OWN YOU, HERE IS YOUR SCRIPT.
THAT'S WHAT KOCH BROTHERS AND
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY WANT.
ON TOP OF THAT THEY WILL MOVE
FORWARD MORE VIGOROUSLY IN
SUPPRESSION TO MAKE IT HARDER
FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE.
UNLEASH BILLIONAIRES TO BUY
ELECTIONS, MAKE IT HARD FOR
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO
PARTICIPATE, THEY THINK THEY CAN
CONTROL THIS GOVERNMENT
INDEFINITELY.
THAT'S THE WORST CASE.
OUR JOB IS TO BRING TENS OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TOGETHER TO
SAY NUMBER ONE THIS COUNTRY IS
NOT AN OLIGARCHY, IT'S A
DEMOCRACY.
NUMBER TWO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
SPLIT US UP BY ATTACKING OUR
MOMENTS FRIENDS OR GAY FRIENDS
OR WOMEN OR ANYBODY ELSE.
WE'RE GOING TO STAND TOGETHER
AND FIGHT FOR A GOVERNMENT AND
ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF
US.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE!
THE BOOK IS "OUR REVOLUTION,"
BERNIE SANDERS, EVERYBODY!
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