Bernie Sanders' Perfect Reaction To Trump's Universal Health Care Gaffe

DONALD TRUMP MET WITH
THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA AND ADMITTED THAT THERE
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS BETTER THAN THE ONE HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
HE SAID IT'S A GOOD BILL RIGHT NOW, IN RESPONSE TO THE
AMERICAN HEALTHCARE ACT --
HE ALSO SAID --
THAT WAS HIS STATEMENT, KEEP IN MIND THAT AUSTRALIA DOES HAVE
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, THEY CALL IT MEDICARE AND THEY DO COVER
QUITE A BIT FOR MOST CITIZENS.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH BERNIE
SANDERS DID CAPITALIZE, OR AT LEAST TOOK ADVANTAGE OF, THIS
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AND
HOW IMPORTANT UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE REALLY IS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
THEY HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE.
WAIT A MINUTE, CHRIS.
THE PRESIDENT HAS JUST SET IT.
THAT'S GREAT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM AND LET'S MOVE, MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CANADIAN
SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT EUROPE.
THANK YOU MISS YOUR
PRESIDENT, LET US MOVE TO A MEDICARE FOR ALL SYSTEM THAT
DOES WHAT EVERY OTHER MAJOR COUNTRY ON EARTH DOES,
GUARANTEES HEALTH CARE TO ALL PEOPLE AT A FRACTION OF THE COST
PER CAPITA THAT WE SPEND.
THANK YOU, MISSED HER PRESIDENT, WE
WILL QUOTE YOU ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE.
I HOPE THEY DO.
A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS NOW UNDERSTAND WHAT SINGLE-PAYER
MEANS, AND NOW THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT MEDICARE FOR ALL MEANS, TO
THE POINT WHERE CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WROTE AN EDITORIAL
WHERE HE SAYS HE BELIEVES SINGLE-PAYER IS NOW INEVITABLE.
THEN HE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.
HE SAID THERE'S NO PLACE
FOR ME IN AMERICA, I'M OUT.
IT IS COMING, AND BERNIE SANDERS, HIS UNITY TOUR, WAS
ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE A MEDICARE FOR ALL TOUR WHICH GOT
HIJACKED BY TOM PEREZ BECAUSE HE COULDN'T HAVE BERNIE GETTING
WORKED UP FOR MEDICARE BECAUSE CORPORATE DEMOCRATS ARE AGAINST
MEDICARE FOR ALL, THEY ARE FOR ROMNEYCARE WHICH IS WHAT WE
HAVE NOW.
I LOVE THE PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING,
BECAUSE AS DISCOURAGING IS THAT HOUSEBOAT WAS, I THINK THE
RESPONSE IS A SILVER LINING.
IT SHOWS THAT NOW MORE THAN EVER
AMERICANS ON BOTH SIDES ARE VERY AWARE, VERY ENGAGED, THEY ARE
PAYING ATTENTION, BECAUSE WHETHER THEY WANT TO BELIEVE IT
OR NOT, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT, THEY ENJOYED CERTAIN
ASPECTS OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
THEY ENJOYED CERTAIN
PROTECTIONS.
I KNOW I'M LIBERAL BUT MY MOM CALLED ME YESTERDAY
AND SHE WAS SCARED AND SHE WAS LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
ME?
ARE THEY GOING TO KICK ME OFF MY INSURANCE?
BECAUSE SHE
HAD A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.
AND IT WAS TERRIFYING.
I EXPLAINED TO
HER THIS IS JUST THE HOUSE VOTING, IT'S UNLIKELY TO PASS IN
THE SENATE BUT WE HAVE TO FIGHT -- THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF
CONVERSATIONS THAT AMERICANS REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
OR HAVING NOW, THEY ARE SCARED.
I THINK THE POLITICAL ACTIVISM
IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO, I LOVE THE PEOPLE LIKE
BERNIE GO OUT AND SPREAD THE MESSAGE AND THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT
HEALTHCARE REALLY IS.
LIKE THE UPSIDE OF UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE,
THE DOWNSIDE OF THE SYSTEM WE HAVE NOW.
WHAT THE GOP IS REALLY
DOING BEHIND-THE-SCENES AS THEY LIE TO OUR FACES AND TELL US WE
WILL STILL HAVE THOSE PROTECTIONS WE ARE ENJOYING
UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
YOU MENTIONED DEMOCRATS AND CORPORATE DEMOCRATS NOT WANTING
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE -- BY THE WAY, YOUR MOM, MAYBE DON'T
HAVE THE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.
I'M JUST SAYING.
IT'S HER FAULT FOR HAVING THE TRANSPLANT.
I LIKE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR ORIGINAL KIDNEYS.
HEY, I'M BEN,
THOSE TWO KIDNEYS, ARE THEY YOURS?
LET'S GO TO LUNCH.
I JUST WOULDN'T HANG OUT WITH YOUR MOM, NO BIG DEAL.
YOU ARE THE WORST.
EVEN IF SHE HAD GREAT HAIR?
I DRAW THE LINE AT KIDNEYS.
YOU ARE CORRECT, CORPORATE
DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE.
I DON'T THINK, IT'S
OVERLY SIMPLISTIC, THAT THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY DEMOCRATS
WHO ARGUED FOR YEARS FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE NOW DON'T
SUPPORT IT OR THINK IT'S RIGHT POLITICALLY, I'M USING NANCY
PELOSI AS AN EXAMPLE.
I THINK THEY ARE WRONG, BUT THERE IS A
POLITICAL COMPONENT TO IT WHERE THEY THINK THAT ARGUING FOR
UNIVERSAL -- WE KNOW THAT AT THE MOMENT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT THAT UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE WOULD HAVE KILLED THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT.
AT THAT MOMENT YOU COULD ARGUE THAT 20 YEARS OF
SCREAMING FOR IT WOULD PUT THEM AT A DIFFERENT POINT, I WOULD
MAKE THE SAME ARGUMENT, BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME IS, IS
THIS A TURNING POINT AS YOU SAY?
MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS NOW
KNOW WHAT SINGLE-PAYER IS?
THAT'S AMAZING, I DIDN'T KNOW
THAT ABOUT CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER.
ARE WE AT A TURNING POINT WHERE
NOW DEMOCRATS, WHO AREN'T TOTALLY, SIMPLISTICALLY BEHOLDEN
TO CORPORATE POWER STRUCTURES, AND THERE ARE PLENTY, MIGHT BE
ABLE TO RECOGNIZE, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS IS A POLITICAL
MOMENT TO SEIZE ON?
YES.
YOU SENSE SOMEHOW THAT RATHER THAN THINKING IF THE ALTERNATIVE
TO TRUMPCARE WAS A SINGLE-PAYER, THERE WAS AN OLD WAY OF LOOKING
AT THAT WHICH WOULD SAY JESUS, THAT WILL MEAN THEY WILL VOTE
FOR TRUMPCARE SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ACA BECAUSE
WE WILL LOSE -- THERE HAS TO BE A MOMENT YOU HOPE WERE ENOUGH
DEMOCRATS AND SOME REPUBLICANS AND SANE PEOPLE SAY, WAIT, WE
WILL WIN THAT SINGLE-PAYER VERSUS TRUMPCARE ARGUMENT.
I'M
SURE THAT THERE ARE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE TERRIFIED THAT IF THAT
IS THE CHOICE GIVEN WE WILL GO WITH TRUMPCARE BECAUSE THERE
WILL BE A DETERMINATIVE AD AND MEDIA BLITZ SUGGESTING THAT
THAT'S COMMUNIST, AND ALL THAT GOES WITH THAT.
BUT I THINK WE
MIGHT BE AT A MOMENT WHERE THE RIGHT --
WHERE THE POLITICS SWING IN OUR FAVOR.
I AGREE, BUT --
A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT CORPORATE DEMOCRATS, I AGREE
THAT EXIST AND IT'S INFURIATING THAT THEY DO, AND YOU HAVE TO
ASK YOURSELF WHY YOU HAVE CORPORATE DEMOCRATS?
IT IS
BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO LISTEN TO THOSE THAT ARE FUNDING
THEIR CAMPAIGNS AND GIVING THEM THEIR MONEY.
OR MEMBER, A LOT OF
TIMES LAWMAKERS DON'T EVEN READ THE LEGISLATION AND THEY HAVE
STAFFERS DO IT FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT FUNDRAISING.
THAT'S
WHAT THEY DO WITH MOST OF THEIR TIME.
THE EMPHASIS IS WHO IS
GIVING ME MONEY, I WILL REPRESENT THEM MORE.
IF WE HAVE
MORE POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND WE SHOW THAT IT'S A LIABILITY FOR
THEM TO VOTE IN A CORPORATIST WAY IN REGARD TO HEALTHCARE WE
CAN FIGHT, WE CAN BE MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN MONEY IN
POLITICS, WE JUST NEED AMERICANS TO BE ENGAGED.
AND I THINK RIGHT
NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT TREND, AND THE QUESTION IS, ARE DEMOCRATS
GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND TAKE IT MANAGE OF THAT TO VOTE
THE RIGHT WAY?

Bernie Sanders' Perfect Reaction To Trump's Universal Health Care Gaffe

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