THE REPUBLICANS LOSE BIG TIME -- BIGLY, AS SOMEONE WOULD SAY
-- ON HEALTHCARE.
THEY TRIED THEIR OWN VERSION OF HEALTHCARE
LEGISLATION, OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T WORK, IT WAS A GIANT FAILURE,
THE GUY WHO DID THE ART OF THE DEAL COULD NOT GET A DEAL DONE,
THEY FOUGHT EACH OTHER, FORMED BASICALLY A CIRCULAR FIRING
SQUAD, NOW THEY ARE ALL BLAMING ONE ANOTHER.
THIS PRESENTS A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOCRATS.
YOU COULD PUT TOGETHER AN EVEN
STRONGER VERSION OF OBAMACARE AND FIGHT FOR IT, OR YOU COULD
SAY WE CAN FIX OBAMACARE BY, FOR EXAMPLE, DOING A PUBLIC OPTION.
I THINK I HAVE A BETTER IDEA, AS DO A LOT OF PROGRESSIVES, BUT
FIRST LET ME GO TO THE LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE,
THAT IS CHUCK SCHUMER.
THAT IS HIS TECHNICAL POSITION.
HE SAYS
ABOUT TRUMP THAT HE COULD WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS --
>>NOT EXACTLY HOW I WOULD HAVE FRAMED IT -- I DON'T WANT TO GET
OVERLY CRITICAL ON THAT, IT'S BASICALLY SCHUMER GLOATING AND
HE DOESN'T REALLY INTEND TO WORK WITH HIM, AND HE IS TRYING TO
APPEAR TO BE REACHING OUT.
I THINK THERE IS REALLY NO NEED
FOR THAT AND I WOULDN'T SAY I WOULD LOOK AT HIS PROPOSALS, I
WOULD SAY HE SHOULD NOW LOOK AT OUR PROPOSALS.
THAT IS THE DIRECTION BERNIE SANDERS WENT IN, LET'S HEAR
HIM OUT.
>>WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE THE GUTS TO TAKE ON THE INSURANCE
COMPANIES AND THE DRUG COMPANIES AND MOVE FORWARD TOWARD A
MEDICARE FOR ALL SINGLE-PAYER PROGRAM, AND I WILL BE
INTRODUCING LEGISLATION SHORTLY TO DO THAT.
>>PERFECT IDEA.
WHY NOT DO IT NOW?
OF COURSE A LOT OF TIMES
WHEN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TALKS ABOUT THIS, THEY MAKE IT SEEM
LIKE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A RADICAL PROPOSAL, BERNIE, MEDICARE FOR
ALL.
ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN THE
GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER, AS REPUBLICANS WOULD CALL IT, OF
HEALTHCARE?
I WILL GET BACK TO THAT IN A SECOND BECAUSE YOU
MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT THE NUMBERS, BUT BERNIE IS NOT
ALONE.
HERE IS KEITH ELLISON, NOW THE DEPUTY CHAIR OF THE DNC.
>>WE ARE IN A POSITION, IF WE CAN FIGHT THESE PEOPLE BACK, NOT
JUST TO GET BACK TO THE STATUS QUO BUT TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW
REALITY.
DON'T JUST BE SATISFIED WITH THE FEEDING TRUMPCARE, SET
YOUR SIGHTS ON CREATING REAL MEDICARE FOR ALL.
[CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE] DON'T JUST SET YOUR SIGHTS ON BEATING THIS NASTY
PIECE OF LEGISLATION DOWN.
THINK ABOUT WHAT AMERICA COULD BE LIKE IF YOU COULD DO
SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE JUST GO TO THE DOCTOR.
>>NOW, HE IS ONE OF THE COSPONSORS OF A BILL IN THE
HOUSE THAT IS FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL, JOHN CONYERS, A PROGRESSIVE
CONGRESSMAN, PROPOSE THAT.
THERE ARE 72 DEMOCRATS ON BOARD FOR
SUPPORTING THAT, THAT IS PRETTY GOOD, BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THERE
ARE 121 DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE WHO HAVEN'T SAID A WORD ABOUT
IT.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
I KNOW DEMOCRATS IN GENERAL -- I
DON'T KNOW, WHAT IF THEY ATTACK US?
WHAT IF THEY ARE OPPOSED TO
US?
YEAH, THEY MAKE THEIR CASE, YOU MAKE YOURS.
I KNOW THAT IS A
RADICAL THOUGHT FOR A DEMOCRAT.
IN THE SENATE IT USED TO BE
BERNIE SANDERS ALONE, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN A LITTLE PICKUP,
ELIZABETH WARREN INDICATING SHE WILL GO IN THAT DIRECTION, BOTH
SENATORS FROM RHODE ISLAND -- RHODE ISLAND IS ONE OF THE MOST
LIBERAL STATES, THE FACT THAT THE TWO DEMOCRATIC SENATORS FROM
RHODE ISLAND ARE HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION IS, LIKE, BIG NEWS,
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
BUT OKAY, I WILL TAKE THE MOMENTUM AND THE
PROGRESS.
I WANT TO GO TO JEFF MERKLEY, HE'S THE ONLY SENATOR
WHO ENDORSED BERNIE SANDERS DURING THE PRIMARIES.
HE SAYS --
>>OKAY, GOOD PROGRESS, LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS.
I FOUGHT FOR THE
PUBLIC OPTION, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
DONALD TRUMP IS THE GUY WHO SAID HE WOULD PROTECT MEDICARE --
WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING IF HE EXPANDED IT?
HIS VERSION OF THE
BILL WOULD HAVE CUT MEDICAID BY $800 BILLION, ALTHOUGH HE SAID
HE WOULDN'T CUT IT AT ALL.
LOOK, DONALD, THAT'S A CHANCE FOR YOU
TO BE TRUE TO YOUR WORD.
DONALD TRUMP SAID HE WOULD NEGOTIATE
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES, BUT WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE ACTUAL
HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION IT DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, AND
DONALD TRUMP NEVER MENTIONED IT.
WHAT HAPPENED, DONALD?
HERE ARE
SOME OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE SENATORS IN THE COUNTRY GIVING
YOU A CHANCE TO DELIVER ON SOME OF YOUR AGENDA THAT THE
REPUBLICANS WOULDN'T GIVE YOU.
ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO DO
THAT, OR WERE YOU LYING DAY IN AND DAY OUT DURING THE CAMPAIGN?
NUMBER ONE, YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT POSITION IF YOU ARE A
PROGRESSIVE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION, NUMBER TWO, YOU PUT
DONALD TRUMP IN A TOUGH SPOT.
KEEP USING HIS OWN WORDS, THAT
HE WAS IN FAVOR OF THESE PROPOSALS YET HE HASN'T DONE
THEM.
AND OF COURSE DONALD TRUMP CRIED ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS DIDN'T
HELP HIM WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO DESTROY THE DEMOCRATIC VERSION
OF HEALTHCARE.
WHAT A PREPOSTEROUS STATEMENT.
AND
CABLE NEWS HAD THE TEMERITY TO DEBATE THAT.
OH, I WAS TRYING TO
KILL YOUR HEALTHCARE PLAN, WHY DID YOU KILL IT?
LET'S DEBATE
WHETHER THAT MAKES SENSE.
OF COURSE IT DOESN'T. BUT
NONETHELESS HERE ARE PROGRESSIVES REACHING OUT IN A
CONSTRUCTIVE WAY TO GET RESULTS PEOPLE WANT.
NOW SOME
PROGRESSIVE GROUPS ARE ON BOARD AS WELL, AND NOT PROGRESSIVE
TOO, PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LOOKING OUT FOR OLDER AMERICANS, FOR
WORKERS, ETC.
SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALEX
LAWSON SAID --
>>MEDICARE IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR POLICIES IN AMERICA.
IN
FACT IT'S THE SECOND MOST POPULAR, RIGHT AFTER SOCIAL
SECURITY.
IF IT IS SO POPULAR FOR PEOPLE ABOVE 65, COULD ALSO
BE POPULAR IF YOU ARE A 64-YEAR-OLD OR A 62-YEAR-OLD?
AND WHY NOT IF YOU ARE A 58-YEAR-OLD?
OF COURSE IT MAKES
SENSE, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LIKE IT.
NOW YOU WILL SAY, WHOA,
CENK, YOU AND YOUR PROGRESSIVE BUDDIES LIKE IT BUT I HEAR ALL
OF HER MORNING JOE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE CENTER-RIGHT
AND DON'T LIKE THESE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVERS.
MEDICARE FOR ALL?
NO,
I HEAR ON TV ALL THE TIME THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE IN FAVOR OF
IT.
LET'S FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK, THE KAISER FAMILY
FOUNDATION DID A POLL --
>>HMM.
WHAT HAPPENED, I THOUGHT YOU GUYS SAID MEDICARE FOR ALL
WOULDN'T WORK?
YOU KNOW WHAT 64% IS?
THAT A GIGANTIC VICTORY.
THAT IS NOT 51% OR 55%, 64%, TWO THIRDS, NEARLY 2/3 SAYING WE ARE
FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL.
HOW IS THAT A DIFFICULT POSITION FOR
THE DEMOCRATS TO GET BEHIND?
WE WILL GET TO YOUR HELP ON THAT IN
A SECOND, BUT IF YOU SAY LOOK, THEY SAY IT'S POSITIVE, WHETHER
YOU ARE USING MEDICARE FOR ALL, WHAT IF YOU USED THE TERMS
REPUBLICANS USE?
BECAUSE DEMOCRATS LOVE BEING -- SCARED,
I'M GOING TO SOFTEN IT A TAD -- THE ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS ARE
LIKE, BUT REPUBLICANS WILL RUN ADS AGAINST ASSAYING OTHER
WORDS.
REALLY?
WHAT IF YOU RUN ADS AGAINST THEM, WHAT IF YOU
INSIST ON MEDICARE FOR ALL BECAUSE NEARLY 2/3 OF AMERICANS
ARE FAVOR OF IT?
IN CASE YOU ARE STILL SKEPTICAL, LET'S GO TO A
DIFFERENTLY WORDED POLL, THAT'S FROM PEW RESEARCH CENTER --
>>NOW, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER, YET 60% OF
AMERICANS, WHICH IS AGAIN A GIANT NUMBER, SAID GODDAMN
RIGHT, LET'S HAVE THE GOVERNMENT RUN THIS THING BECAUSE IT ISN'T
WORKING, IT'S A DISASTER, AND OBAMACARE IS HALF A LOAF.
SO
LET'S GO GET THE WHOLE LOAF.
THAT NUMBER WAS 60 TO 38, THAT'S
A 22 POINT LEAD ON AN ISSUE EVEN WHEN YOU FRAME IT AS THE
GOVERNMENT RUNNING ALL OF HEALTHCARE.
AND OF COURSE THEY
DON'T, THEY RUN HEALTHCARE COVERAGE FOR AMERICANS.
WHICH IS
DIFFERENT.
THAT MEANS THEY ARE REPLACING THE MIDDLEMAN, THE
INSURANCE AGENTS.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FIGHT FOR THINGS THAT
ARE POPULAR?
AND IF YOU ARE THINKING, WAIT A MINUTE,
SHOULDN'T BOTH PARTIES BE FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS
OVERWHELMING POPULARITY IN A DEMOCRACY?
THAT THE PROBLEM,
IT'S NOT A DEMOCRACY.
REPUBLICANS HATE THIS BECAUSE
THEY WORK FOR THEIR RICH DONORS WHO WANT TAX CUTS, THEY WORK FOR
THEIR DONORS WHO ARE THE INSURANCE AND PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANIES.
BUT DEMOCRATS, THIS IS A LAYUP?
WHAT IS HOLDING YOU
UP?
IF YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT BY NOW, YES, IT IS THE SAME
DONORS.
OBVIOUSLY THE DEMOCRATS I JUST READ TO YOU ARE ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THIS.
ALL THE OTHER DEMOCRATS, WHAT IS TAKING
YOU SO LONG?
YOU THINK 64% POPULARITY IS NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU
TO PUT ASIDE HOW SCARED YOU ARE, HOW MISERABLY WEAK YOU ARE?
TO
COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND FIGHT?
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT
NOT BECAUSE OF THE FRAMING, NOT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ON YOUR SIDE, NOT BECAUSE IT ISN'T THE RIGHT
POLICY, IT IS BECAUSE YOUR DONORS TOLD YOU NOT TO DO IT.
GET REAL ABOUT IT.
THERE IS A PETITION, IT'S NOT JUST JUSTICE
DEMOCRATS, THE NURSES UNION AND OTHERS HAVE JOINED AS WELL, IN
THIS CASE GO TO JUSTICE DEMOCRATS.COM/SINGLEPAYER, THIS
PETITION IS SAYING GET YOUR ACT IN MOTION AND FIGHT, FIGHT,
FIGHT.
ASK FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL.
IT ISN'T THAT HARD TO ASK FOR,
IT'S A SIMPLE ASK, IT IS ENORMOUSLY POPULAR.
WHAT MORE DO
YOU WANT?
THE RIGHT POLICY, ALMOST ALL OTHER DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES HAVE IT, WE ARE THE UNIQUE CASE, WE ARE THE
RADICALS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, IT WORKS, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOR OF
IT.
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE?
I KNOW SOME ESTABLISHMENT
DEMOCRATS GOT CAUGHT WITH THEIR HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR ON THINGS
LIKE THE DRUG REIMPORTATION BILL, AND TURNED AROUND AND
PRETENDED TO BE COSPONSORS OF FURTHER LEGISLATION.
DRUGS FROM
CANADA, THE SAME DRUGS?
OF COURSE I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT.
AFTER I WAS CAUGHT TAKING ALL THE MONEY FROM THE DRUG
COMPANIES AND VOTING WITH THEM.
SO GUESS WHAT, ESTABLISHMENT
DEMOCRATS -- YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET CAUGHT AGAIN.
WE CAN SEE WHO
SPONSORS LEGISLATION AND WHO DOESN'T. WE CAN SEE COSPONSORS,
PEOPLE WHO VOWED TO VOTE FOR IT, PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR IT PUBLICLY,
AND PEOPLE HIDING IN THE CORNER GOING, MY GOD, DON'T SIGN THAT
PETITION!
IT WILL MAKE THE REPUBLICANS, I MEAN MY DONORS,
REALLY ANGRY.
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
IF YOU CAN'T FIGHT FOR SOMETHING
THAT HAS 64% POPULARITY AND IS THE RIGHT IDEA, THEN YOU CAN'T
FIGHT FOR ANYTHING.
SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL STEP ASIDE AND LET REAL
PROGRESSIVES RUN
THE SHOW.
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