Audience Boos As Bernie Sanders Calls Out California Republican Lawmaker Kevin Kiley

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At a "Fight Oligarchy" event on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke about Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA).

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00:00You know, Alexandria and I a few days ago were in L.A.

00:08L.A. is a city of some 4 million people,

00:13and we had some 36,000 people.

00:16That had a great turnout.

00:21Folsom is a city of 85,000,

00:24and we have almost as many people here as we had in L.A.

00:30I'm told we have close to 30,000 people here.

00:38Unbelievable.

00:43Let me thank Folsom Lake College,

00:49Aisha Shaw, Dogpatch, the Philharmonic, Jane Kim,

00:55Lorena Gonzalez, and Everett Kelly.

01:00And let me thank Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

01:06for not only being a great member of Congress,

01:15but for being an inspiration to millions of young people throughout this country.

01:19We are here this evening to say very loudly and clearly

01:30to Mr. Trump and people all over this country,

01:34we as Americans will not accept oligarchy.

01:39We will not accept authoritarianism.

01:47And we will not accept a rigged economy

01:53where working people struggle while billionaires become richer.

01:58We will not accept a situation where, if you can believe it,

02:10one man, Elon Musk,

02:13you've heard of Elon.

02:18Elon owns more wealth than the bottom 50% of households in America.

02:33That, brothers and sisters, is insane.

02:38We have got to together create an economy that works for working people,

02:47not just Mr. Musk and the billionaire class.

02:51And to make a bad situation even worse,

03:02at a time of unprecedented income and wealth inequality.

03:09Never had more inequality ever in America than we have today.

03:14Mr. Musk and the Republicans in Congress

03:17are working on a reconciliation bill.

03:21And this is legislation that would give $1.1 trillion in tax breaks

03:33to the top 1%.

03:36And they pay for that by cutting Medicaid by $880 billion.

03:48Cutting nutrition programs for hungry kids.

03:56And cutting affordable housing.

04:01Now, you've got a congressman here whose name is Kevin Kiley.

04:09So, I don't know if Mr. Kiley is watching

04:18the live stream or not.

04:19Well, Mr. Kiley, I think some of your constituents

04:27have a message for you.

04:34Don't vote to give tax breaks to billionaires

04:39and cut programs that the working class of this country

04:43desperately needs.

04:48And by the way, Mr. Kiley, I have a feeling

04:52that some of your constituents would love

04:56to sit down and chat with you on that issue.

04:59Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:00Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:01Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:02Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:03Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:04Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:05Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:06Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:07Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:08Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:09Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:10Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

05:11Thank you, Mr. Kiley.

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