Bernie Sanders: This Is What The Democratic Party Must Do Going Forward

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At a "Fighting Oligarchy" rally in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) offered advice for the Democratic Party.

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00:00There are millions of working people whose families used to vote Democratic and they

00:20look and they say, why do we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major

00:26country? Why is it that I'm working longer hours for lower wages? Why is it that I can't

00:31afford health care? Why is it that I can't afford my rent or my mortgage? Why is it that

00:37I can't afford to send my kid to college? And the Democratic Party is finally going to

00:43have to say, we stand with those people. We are prepared to take on the greed of corporate

00:49America. But when we talk about the Democratic Party, it is not just domestic issues, and

01:06I'm going to get into that in a moment. It is also foreign policy as well. Donald Trump believes

01:16that Ukraine started the war with Russia. Well, Mr. Trump, get your history correct. It

01:29was Russia and that terrible dictator Vladimir Putin that began that war. And we will stand

01:38with democracy and not with authoritarian people all over the world.

01:50But it's not just the Ukraine. I strongly oppose Biden's continued military support to the horrific

01:59Netanyahu war against the people of Gaza.

02:06that war. Since that war began, over 50,000 people have been killed, over 110,000 people have

02:33been killed, over 110,000 wounded, and the entire infrastructure of Gaza has been destroyed.

02:40Right now, as bad as that, and I want you to hear this, because this is important, as bad

02:47as what Biden has did, and what Trump is now doing, Trump has another idea, which is so crazy,

02:55so unimaginable, that you can't really believe they are seriously talking about it. But what they are

03:01talking about today is forcibly expelling 2.2 million Palestinians from their own place of living.

03:16And converting Gaza into a playground for the rich, a new riviera for Trump and his friends.

03:28We will never, never allow that to happen.

03:43Now, I work in the U.S. Senate, so I am around people who are able to talk more and say less

03:51than any group of human beings in the history of the world.

03:55So when we talk about where we want to go as a nation, we have got to talk with some specificity,

04:03not in general terms. And what I am begging of you is when you hear candidates who want your vote,

04:09be tough on them. Ask them hard questions. Are they unequivocally prepared to reject corporate PAC funding?

04:28At a time when billionaires have enormous power in both parties, are they prepared to work vigorously

04:41to overturn Citizens United?

04:43Today in America, the top wealthiest person in this country, if you can believe it,

04:59owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of households. Got that?

05:05One guy. Top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%.

05:17CEOs now make 350 times more than their average workers.

05:27So these people on top, they are very religious people.

05:34But it's a strange kind of religion.

05:38You know, all of the major religions on earth speak in one way or another about doing unto others

05:47as you would like them to do unto you, right?

05:50Christianity, Judaism, Islam, whatever.

05:54Kind of that's the heart and soul of many major religions.

05:58What the religion of these oligarchs are is greed, greed, and more greed.

06:05And that greed is destroying our country. We've got to stand up to it and end it.

06:13So it is not just about not giving them massive tax breaks that Trump wants.

06:32It's about telling these large corporations and billionaires they are going to start paying their fair share of taxes.

06:41All over America, workers want to join unions.

06:54And they want to join unions because they know that when you're in a union, you can negotiate decent wages, working conditions, and benefits.

07:06But employers know that too.

07:11And they're making it harder and harder for workers to join unions.

07:15That's why we need to pass legislation that punishes any employer who denies workers the constitutional right to form a union.

07:24Here in Pennsylvania and in many parts of this country, there are workers earning starvation.

07:39Don't you think theyissez Vatican and religion?

07:40I need to check on them in the United Nations.

07:41I need to discuss legislation, because it's a

07:55abonnementsailleurs of war.

07:56History 1.

07:58And we think we do what we know about in this community, and we, that means we do.

08:00We're at capabilities of God's power.

08:02Virginia 7.

08:03Box commitment and incrementality isucharist.

08:05While the church of righteousness does not exist, we know who we need.

08:06We wonder the narrative may不 уп morgen.

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