The reality is that we have one of lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth because so many people have given up on the political process. Here's the reality of American economic life today. MADDOW: Senator Sanders, have you established a list of what it means to be a progressive that is unrealistic? SANDERS: No, not at all. That's what I'm offering and that's what I will do as president. That's why I am laying out a specific agenda that will make more progress, get more jobs with rising incomes, get us to universal health care coverage, get us to universal pre-k, paid family leave and the other elements of what I think will build a strong economy, that will ensure Americans keep making progress. So we could go back and forth like this, but the fact is most people watching tonight want to know what we've done and what we will do. I don't think it was progressive to vote against Ted Kennedy's immigration reform. I don't think it was progressive to vote to give gun makers and sellers immunity. But if we're going to get into labels, I don't think it was particularly progressive to vote against the Brady Bill five times. You know, we have differences and, honestly, I think we should be talk about what we want to do for the country. Even the late, great Senator Paul Wellstone would not fit this definition because he voted for DOMA. Under his definition, President Obama is not progressive because he took donations from Wall Street Vice President Biden is not progressive because she supported Keystone Senator Shaheen is not progressive because she supports the trade pact. But I've heard Senator Sanders comments, and it's really caused me to wonder who's left in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. And the root of that word, progressive, is progress. Given those policy positions, why should liberal Democrats support you and not Senator Sanders?ĬLINTON: Well because I am a progressive who gets things done. He has said that if you voted for the Iraq war, if you are in favor of the death penalty, if you wobbled on things like the Keystone Pipeline or TPP, if you said single payer health care could never happen, then you're too far to the right of the Democratic Party to be the party's standard bearer. MADDOW: Secretary Clinton, Senator Sanders is campaigning against you now, at this point in the campaign, basically arguing that you are not progressive enough to be the Democratic nominee. A progressive is someone who makes progress. Let's go down a path where we can actually tell people what we will do. That's why all of the independent experts, all of the editorial boards that have vetted both of us have concluded that it is just not achievable. But the numbers just don't add up, from what Senator Sanders has been proposing. I also want to make sure small businesses can start and grow again.Īnd of course, I believe in raising the minimum wage and equal pay for work. I have a plan to create new jobs, manufacturing, infrastructure, clean energy jobs that will make us the 21st century clean energy super power. It's not just enough about what we're against, as important as that is. What I want to do is make sure middle class kids, not Donald Trump's kids, get to be able to afford college. I also believe in affordable college, but I don't believe in free college, because every expert that I have talked to says, look, how will you ever control the costs. And I don't want to rip away the security that people finally have 18 million people now have healthcare preexisting conditions are no longer a bar. I want to build on the progress we've made got from 90 percent coverage to 100 percent coverage.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |