>>> ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA. POLLS HAVE CLOSED AND WE CAN NOW
REPORT THAT SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS HAS WON THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY FOR VERMONT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR VICTORY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> IT WAS A NAIL BITER.
I THINK YOU GOT 94% OF THE VOTE.
>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> YOU WON THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY, BUT YOU DON’T RUN AS A
DEMOCRAT.
DEMOCRAT. >> I DEFEATED REPUBLICANS.
I ALWAYS RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT.
AND I THINK PEOPLE IN VERMONT
UNDERSTAND THAT.
UNDERSTAND THAT. WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
I SUSPECT THAT THIS COMING
CAMPAIGN WILL BE PUTTING MORE
MONEY INTO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
>> SO YOU WILL DECLINE THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. >> YES.
>> YES. >> AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE VOTERS OF VERMONT.
BUT NOW YOU HAVE A PROFILE
NATIONALLY WHERE A LOT OF
DEMOCRATS SAYING THIS IS NOT A
GOOD TIME FOR BERNIE SANDERS TO
BE SEPARATE AND APART.
>> I AM NOT SEPARATE AND APART.
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE
TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE NOW WHO
ARE INDEPENDENTS.
ARE INDEPENDENTS. I DON’T WANT TO BREAK THE BAD
NEWS TO ANYBODY.
TWO PARTY SYSTEM IS NOT HELD IN
WIDE ESTEEM.
WIDE ESTEEM. WHAT I AM DOING IS BRINGING
WORKING PEOPLE AND YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE
PARTY.
PARTY. CLEARLY THAT IS A FAR BETTER
ALTERNATIVE THAN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY AND WE ARE TRYING TO
REFORM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
MAKE
MAKE MAKING IT A PARTY OF WORKING
PEOPLE AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
PUSHING AN AGGRESSIVE AGENDA.
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL.
RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE.
DEMANDING THE WEALTHY START PAY
THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES.
THOSE IDEAS SEEM TO BE RADICAL
IDEAS SUPPORTED BY THE MAJORITY
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TWEET.
IN RACES WHERE INSURGENT
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS ARE
RUNNING AGAINST PARTY BACKED
NOMINEESES.
NOMINEESES. THE STABMENT DEMOCRAT IS WINNING
80
80 % OF THE TIME.
>> HOW MUCH MONEY DID THE
ESTABLISHMENT HAVE.
ESTABLISHMENT HAVE. WE ARE WINNING THE IDEOLOGICAL
STRUGGLE.
STRUGGLE. IDEAS THAT SEEM RADICAL ARE NOW
SEEMING MAINSTREAM.
SEEMING MAINSTREAM. ARE WE GOING TO WIN EVERY
ELECTION?
ELECTION? OF COURSE NOT.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, IF
YOU LOOK AT RACES FROM THE
SCHOOL BOARD, MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, WE ARE WINNING GOOD
RACES.
RACES. >> IN THIS INSTANCE, IN THIS
TIME THAT WE ARE NOW AS DONALD
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT, IS THE
WINNING OF THE LONGER TERM
BATTLE OF MAINSTREAMING SOME OF
YOUR IDEAS IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY BETTER OR MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THE SHORTER TERM?
>> DONALD TRUMP HAS GOT TO BE
DEFEATED AND I INTEND TO DO
EVERYTHING I CAN MAKING SURE
THAT HAPPENS.
THAT HAPPENS. YOU WILL RECALL, THOUGH, THAT
FOUR YEARS AGO IN THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS, WE HAD THE LOWEST
VOTER TURNOUT.
VOTER TURNOUT. TWO-THIRDS OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE DIDN’T VOTE.
OUR JOB, AND I THINK WE ARE
SUCCEEDING.
SUCCEEDING. IS GET PEOPLE EXCITED, TO RUN
FOR OFFICE, GETTING PEOPLE TO
VOTE.
VOTE. CANDIDATES WHO STAND FOR WORKING
FAMILIES, THE DEMOCRATS ARE
GOING TO DO FINE.
>> THE COMPLAINTS WAS NOT
DISSIMILAR TO A LOT OF THOSE WHO
SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP.
THE DISTRUST OF THE POLITICAL
SYSTEM, OF WALL STREET AND THE
BANKS OF TRADE AGREEMENTS WHO
HAVE LEFT THEM OUT.
AND THEY ARE MANY OF THE SAME
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. HOW DO DEMOCRATS GET THOSE
PEOPLE BACK?
PEOPLE BACK? >> YOU TALK TO THE ISSUE THAT
IMPACT.
IMPACT. WE DEMAND THE MEDIA TALK ABOUT
THESE AS WELL.
WHY IS UNITED STATES NOT TO
GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE LET’S TALK
ABOUT.
ABOUT. >> SO YOU PUSH THE IDEA OF
MEDICARE TO ALL WHICH IS A
SIMILAR SYSTEM WHICH I GREW UP
UNDER.
UNDER. IS THAT THE WINNING STRATEGY?
>> I THINK IT IS PART OF IT.
NOT JUST ONE THING.
RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE.
WHETHER THEY ARE WORKING PEOPLE,
WORKING CLASS.
WORKING CLASS. YOU GOT ONE GUY, JEFF BEZOS
WHOSE WEALTH INCREASES EVERY
SINGLE DAY BY $250 MILLION BUT
DOESN’T PAY HIS WORKERS ENOUGH
MONEY TO KEEP THEM OFF FOOD
STAMPS AND MEDICAID.
>> PEOPLE WHO DO NOT BENEFIT
FROM HIS POLICIES.
>> WE HAVE TO DO HECK OF A LOT
BETTER.
BETTER. I AM NOT GOING TO DENY THAT SOME
OF THOSE SUPPORTERS ARE RACIST,
SEXISTS HOMOPHOBES.
SEXISTS HOMOPHOBES. AND THAT IS NOT THE MAJORITY.
WHAT TRUMP WAS ABLE TO DO WAS
PICK UP ON THE FAILURES OF THE
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO SEND
THEIR KIDS TO COLLEGE OR AFFORD
CHILD CARE OR HOUSING THAT THEY
NEED.
NEED. SO I THINK THE FUTURE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS GOT TO BE
THE FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF
WORKING FAMILIES TO DEMAND THAT
WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT
REPRESENTS ALL OF US.
YOU TALK TO REPUBLICANS AND ASK
THEM HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT CITIZEN
UNITED.
UNITED. >> SO AT THIS POINT, THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE GOT TO GET OUT
THERE WITH THE MESSAGE.
YOU HAVE BEEN CROSSING THE
COUNTRY CAMPAIGNING FOR PEOPLE.
WHO WILL THE LEADERS BE?
A NUMBER OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST
CANDIDATES WHO HAVE RUN.
AND THERE ARE BACK TO THIS NATE
SILVER TWEET.
SILVER TWEET. >> THAT IS -- THAT IS A
TROUBLESOME TWEET.
TROUBLESOME TWEET. BECAUSE I CAN’T PRE -- I CAN
BACK 100%.
BACK 100%. >> THE NUMBER TROUBLESOME TO
YOU?
YOU? 89% OF WHAT HE IS CALLING
ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS.
ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS. >> IT DOESN’T MEAN ANYTHING UNTO
ITSELF BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS THAT
ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY WE ARE
SEEING WORKING PEOPLE AND YOUNG
PEOPLE OFTEN FOR THE FIRST TIME
GETTING INVOLVE IN POLITICS.
>> SOME OF THESE RURAL MORE
CONSERVATIVE CONSTITUENT CIES, Y
THINK IT IS GOOD TO GET IN THERE
WITH A CONSISTENT MESSAGE, A
PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE.
PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE. ONES WHO HAVE BEEN WINNING ARE
PEOPLE WHO --
>> I DIDN’T KNOW THAT WAS THE
SITUATION OUT HERE IN NEW YORK.
>> YOU HAVE DRAWN THE CLEAREST
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE. >> OR JOHN FEDDERMAN’S VICTORY
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
IN PENNSYLVANIA. >> BUT YOU GET THE POINT.
THERE ARE SOME.
>> PEOPLE ARE GOING RUN THEIR
OWN CAMPAIGNS BASED ON THEIR OWN
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. IT IS NOT ONLY GOOD POLICIES, IT
IS GOOD POLITICS TO TALK ABOUT
ISSUES RELEVANCE TO WORKING
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. YOU ASK PEOPLE DO THEY WANT
MEDICARE FOR ALL?
YEAH.
YEAH. SHOULD THE RICH PAY THEIR FAIR
SHARE OF TAXES.
YEAH.
YEAH. SHOULD WE DEAL WITH CLIMATE
CHANGE.
CHANGE. >> YEAH, LET’S DO IT.
>> AND YET WE HAVE USED IN THE