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Bernie Sanders is a prominent U.S. Senator known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice. This interview reveals his commitment to fighting for equality and his belief in the power of grassroots movements to effect significant change.
“Okay. But maybe the person across the street is not a good employer. Whose needs are just as good as your employees, right? They work at McDonald's, they have crappy health insurance. Why is that? COVID comes, people lose their jobs, they lose their health insurance. Why is health insurance attached to your job?”
“Are important issues, and Democrats have got to focus on them, and I will. But I'll tell you something else. What really galls me coming from a working class family, is when I go around the country and I say working class people who are now voting a Republican, that trend, as you know, has gone on for a number of years.”
“I am the longest serving independent, I think, in the history of the United States Congress. I have supported third-party candidates. And there's a time and a place. If you're running for Congress and you're running against some right-wing Republican and a corporate Democrat, give me a ring. And I may well support you.”
“Working class in America, it's 10 years below the wealthiest people in this country. We've got 85 million people uninsured or underinsured. One out of four people can't afford prescription drugs. We don't have enough doctors. We don't have enough dentists. We don't have enough nurses. We don't have a pharmacist.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading — 9: Bernie Sanders: A fight for equality
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