>>> IT’S THE EVE OF THIS PIVOTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY, A TIME
WHEN THE RACE TURNS FROM THE
CAMPAIGNING AND THE PERSUASION
TO TURNOUT.
TO TURNOUT. THE LATEST POLLING SHOWING TWO
CAMPAIGNS FOR THE MOST MOMENTUM
FOR THAT ARE BERNIE BOYNE AND
PETE BUTTIGIEG.
PETE BUTTIGIEG. WHILE MANY RIVAL CANDIDATES
AGREE, AND THAT IS CLEARLY SEEN
IN HOW MANY ARE ATTACKING BERNIE
SANDERS LIKE HE IS NOW THE
FRONT-RUNNER.
FRONT-RUNNER. >> IT IS NOT REAL, BERNIE,
BECAUSE TWO-THIRDS OF THE
DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE ARE NOT
ON YOUR BILL.
AND BECAUSE IT WOULD KICK 139
MILLION AMERICANS OFF THEIR
CURRENT HEALTH INSURANCE IN FOUR
YEARS.
YEARS. >> HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR
IT?
IT? ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT IN
THE FORM OF STILL FURTHER TAXES,
OR ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT IN
THE FORM OF BROKEN PROMISES?
>> YOU GO INTO NORTH CAROLINA,
YOU CAN WIN IN PENNSYLVANIA,
YOU’RE GOING WIN IN THOSE STATES
IN THE MIDWEST.
IT’S NOT -- I’M NOT -- I DIDN’T
PUT THE LABEL ON BERNIE.
BERNIE CALLS HIMSELF A
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST.
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST. >> AND WE ARE JOINED NOW BY
NATIONAL CO-CHAIR OF THAT VERY
SANDERS CAMPAIGN, NINA TURNER.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
>> THANKS, ARI.
>> LET’S START WITH A LITTLE BIT
OF POLICY.
OF POLICY. BERNIE SANDERS HAS AGAIN A LOT
OF ATTENTION FOR HIS ECONOMICS.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU BRIEFLY WHERE
HIS PLAN STACKS UP AGAINST
SENATOR WARREN AND NOW MIKE
BLOOMBERG.
BLOOMBERG. A WEALTH TAX FOR BILLIONAIRES BY
SANDERS IS THE HIGHEST, 8%.
WARREN HAS THAT AT 3.
BLOOMBERG DOESN’T HAVE THAT.
WHILE HIS TAX RATE IS 52, WARREN
AT 40, BLOOMBERG IS IN WITH A
RATE AT 45% AND A SUR TAX ON
PEOPLE MAKING OVER $5 MILLION.
TRANSLATION
TRANSLATION TRANSLATION, IT LOOKS LIKE EVEN
MIKE BLOOMBERG IS MOVING IN YOUR
DIRECTION.
DIRECTION. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
AND DO YOU THINK IT’S FAIR TO
SAY THAT SEVERAL CANDIDATES NOW
HAVE ECONOMIC POPULIST PROPOSALS
HERE?
HERE? >> WELL, ARI, ALL OF THE
DEMOCRATS ARE RUNNING ON SOME
VERSION OF THE PLATFORM
ACCORDING TO SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS.
SANDERS. SO IT IS VERY CLEAR THE COURAGE
AND THE CONVICTION THAT THE
SENATOR HAD IN 2016 IS
PERCOLATING THROUGHOUT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY SO THAT ANY
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE WORTH THEIR
SALT WHO IS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT HAS TO MANEUVER IN
THAT SPACE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
>> INTERESTING TO HEAR YOU PUT
IT LIKE THAT.
I WANT TO ALSO ASK YOU ABOUT A
POINT OF CRITICISM WE’VE HEARD,
AND YOU KNOW I DO THIS WITH ALL
THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES SO
PEOPLE CAN HEAR THE ANSWERS.
THIS ONE WAS SUMMARIZED BY, YOU
KNOW, YOUR FRIEND LARRY DAVID.
BUT IT’S A JOKE THAT TOUCHES ON
A CRITICISM.
A CRITICISM. TAKE A LISTEN TO THE NEW LARRY
DAVID IMPRESSION.
DAVID IMPRESSION. >> I DON’T KNOW HOW OR WHY IT
HAPPENED, BUT I AM KING OF AN
ARMY OF INTERNET TROLLS CALLED
BERNIE BROS.
BERNIE BROS. COULD I STOP THEM IN THEIR
TRACKS?
TRACKS? OF COURSE.
OF COURSE. SHOULD I?
SHOULD I? YES.
YES. WILL IT?
WILL IT? EH.
EH. >> OBVIOUSLY A JOKE, BUT THE
PUNCH LINE IS THE IDEA, THE
INSINUATION THAT SENATOR SANDERS
DOES NOT DO ENOUGH TO ADDRESS
THAT SO-CALLED QUOTE/UNQUOTE BRO
CULTURE.
CULTURE. YOUR RESPONSE?
YOUR RESPONSE? >> I MEAN, GIVE ME A BREAK.
LISTEN, THAT’S SATIRE AND I GET
IT, BUT THERE ARE TOO MANY
PEOPLE TRYING TO PUSH THAT
AGENDA.
AGENDA. IT’S VERY SIMILAR TO THE SAME
CALCULATION THAT FOLKS HAD IN
2008 WHEN THEY CALLED THE
SUPPORTERS OF THEN SENATOR
BARACK OBAMA OBAMA BOYS.
AND THE SAME FOLKS ARE PUSHING
THIS SAME KIND OF MESSAGE
AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
SENATOR HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR TO
EVERYBODY ABOUT STAYING ON THE
ISSUES, NOT TALKING AGAINST
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. BUT THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, HE
DOES NOT CONTROL WHAT COMES OUT
OF EVERYBODY’S MOUTH OR THEIR
TWEET.
TWEET. BUT IF PEOPLE ALIGN THEMSELVES,
ARI, IN THE WAY THE SENATOR
CONDUCTS HIMSELF, YOU KNOW AND
EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY KNOWS
THAT THE SENATOR STAYS ON THE
ISSUES AND NOT ON PEOPLE.
FURTHERMORE, OTHER CANDIDATES
HAVE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THEM WHO
HAVE BEEN VERY VILE AND
NEGATIVE.
NEGATIVE. AND I DON’T HEAR THE MEDIA OR
OTHER PEOPLE AMONG THE ELITES
LABELING THEIR SUPPORTERS AS
SUCH.
SUCH. >> AND LAST THING I WANT TO ASK
YOU, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
TALK HERE ABOUT THE IDEA THAT
BERNIE SANDERS COULD DO VERY
WELL TOMORROW, COULD DO WELL IN
THE UPCOMING STATES, AND HAS A
FINANCIAL EDGE OVER EVERY OTHER
DEMOCRAT RUNNING RIGHT NOW WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF FORMER
REPUBLICAN MAYOR MIKE BLOOMBERG.
IF THIS GETS OUT IN A COUPLE OF
WEEKS TO A RACE, ONE-ON-ONE
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, DO YOU
LIKE THAT?
LIKE THAT? DO YOU WELCOME THEM THAT?
DO YOU THINK IT’S A RACE YOU WIN
EVEN HOW IT’S SPENT?
>> I DO, ARI, BECAUSE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SENATOR
SANDERS AND MAYOR BLOOMBERG IS
THAT HE HAS A MOVEMENT BEHIND
HIM.
HIM. HE WENT TO THE PEOPLE TO LAY OUT
HIS VISION AN HIS MESSAGE,
UNLIKE THE BILLIONAIRE THAT’S
BUYING THE ELECTIONS.
AS YOU KNOW, HE SKIPPED IOWA.
HE IS SKIPPING NEW HAMPSHIRE,
SKIPPING NEVADA, SKIPPING SOUTH
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA. SO INSTEAD OF BRINGING A MESSAGE
TO THE PEOPLE AND HELPING PEOPLE
TO SEE A VISION THAT HE DOES NOT
HAVE, HE IS FLAT-OUT TRYING TO
BUY THE WHITE HOUSE.
ALSO, THE PEOPLE WHO DONATE TO
OUR CAMPAIGN CAN DONATE OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THEY
ARE MOTIVATED TO CONTINUE TO
FUEL A PEOPLE POWERED MOVEMENT
TO CATAPULT SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS TO BE THE 46th PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND THAT’S HOW WE SHOULD WANT
IT, ARI, WHETHER WE’RE
REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.
WE SHOULD NOT WANT THE OLIGARCHS
OR THE PLUTOCRACY OF THIS
NATION --
NATION -- >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> -- TO BE ABLE TO BUY
ELECTIONS.
ELECTIONS. SHOULD IT BE FUELED BY THE TEAM
AND THAT’S HOW WE’RE RUNNING AND
THAT’S HOW WE’RE GOING TO WIN.
>> I SEE YOU WITH THE O WORD.
I KNOW YOU GUYS LIKE THAT WORD.
>> OH, YEAH, I’M SAYING IT.
I’M SAYING IT.
>> CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP,
OLIGARCH.
OLIGARCH. WE HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT
CANDIDATES ON THE SHOW.
WE HAVE BLOOMBERG THE OTHER DAY.
WE’LL KEEP ASKING EVERYBODY THE