SO, IT TURNS OUT THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AFTER LOSING
TO DONALD TRUMP ñ AT A 37% APPROVAL RATING AT THE DAY OF
THE ELECTION ñ REALIZED, OOPS!
WE MAY BE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
WE ALSO LOST THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, WE ARE A TOTAL
MISERABLE FAILURE.
LET'S FIND OUT WHY?
IT'S NOT A REAL EARNEST EFFORT, BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL TO
DO WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, "DEMOCRATS THINK OF THEMSELVES
AS THE PARTY OF WORKING PEOPLE, AND WERE SURPRISED WHEN
DONALD TRUMP WAS ABLE TO STEAL WORKING-CLASS VOTERS FROM THEM.
BASICALLY FIGURED OUT THAT VOTERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
PARTY STANDS FOR, AND THE NEW EFFORT IS GEARED TOWARDS
CHANGING THAT."
SO, YOU WERE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT YOU WORK FOR YOUR
DONORS, AND THE VOTERS DON'T LIKE THAT.
OKAY, WELL, WE TOLD YOU, AND YOU TOLD US TO SHUT UP, AND GO
AWAY, AND THAT WE SHOULD JUST BOW OUR HEADS TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND HILLARY CLINTON.
OKAY, WELL I'M GLAD YOU FOUND OUT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO ABOUT IT?
LET'S GO TO CHUCK SCHUMER.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TOMORROW A VERY NOVEL IDEA, HOW TO CREATE
10 MILLION JOBS.
THERE ARE 10 MILLION AMERICANS LOOKING FOR GOOD PAYING JOBS,
AND WE ARE TO SHOW THEM HOW TO FIND THEM, AND THAT IS JUST THE
BEGINNING; WEEK AFTER WEEK, WHAT ñ MONTH AFTER MONTH, WE ARE TO
ROLL OUT SPECIFIC PACKAGES HERE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
DEMOCRATS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.
THIS IS START, BOLD, AND WITH ñ WILL APPEAL TO BOTH THE OLD
OBAMA COALITION ñ LET'S JUST SAY THE YOUNG LADY WAS JUST GETTING
OUT OF COLLEGE, AND THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WHO DESERTED
US FOR DONALD TRUMP.
THE WORKING-CLASS.
THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 10
MILLION PEOPLE MORE WORKING.
DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.
SO, ARE YOU GOING TO FIGHT FOR $15 MINIMUM WAGE?
THAT'S A LAYUP.
THAT'S SUPER EASY.
AT THIS POINT, THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE PLAN.
I MIGHT'VE MISSED IT, BUT WATCHING THE PRESS CONFERENCE IT
WAS JUST LIKE, WE ARE GOING TO GET YOU TRAINING, GET YOU HELP,
BLAH BLAH BLAH.
NO NO, TELL US HOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE JOBS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S FIND OUT ABOUT HEALTHCARE.
SOMETHING ELSE, THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE OFTEN SUPPORTED, WHICH IS
REINSURANCE PROPOSED BY TOM COPPER AND TIM KAINE, AND ALSO
SOMETHING PROPOSED IN THE BARE COUNTIES, IF YOU CAN'T GET
INSURANCE IN THOSE COUNTIES YOU GET THE SAME ASSURANCE THAT
WE GET.
THEN WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT BROADER THINGS, SINGLE
PAYER IS ONE OF THEM.
SO THAT IS ON THE TABLE?
NO - SURE, MANY THINGS ARE ON THE TABLE.
BUY INTO MEDICARE IS ON THE TABLE, BUY INTO MEDICAID IS
ON THE TABLE.
ON THE BROADER ISSUES, WE WILL START EXAMINING THEM, ONCE
WE STABILIZE THE SYSTEM.
MIXED NEWS HERE, I LOVE HOW HE IS TALKING ABOUT A MEDICAID
BUYOUT, MEDICARE BRINGING IT DOWN FROM 65 TO 55
SEEKING GUYS ñ THEY COULD BE PART OF IT.
I LOVE THAT WE GOT CHUCK SCHUMER TO SAY THE WORD
SINGLE-PAYER ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
WELL DONE, THAT'S YOU GUYS.
I WANT TO EXPLAIN IN A SECOND HOW THAT IS YOU GUYS, AND
HOW YOU GOT THAT DONE, BECAUSE THERE IS A REAL STORY THERE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, ON THE TABLE DOESN'T REALLY MEAN, I
SUPPORT IT.
LET'S KEEP IT REAL.
HE SAYS AT THE END, "DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, WHO WILL
HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS, SHOULD SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE
CAN IMPROVE THE SYSTEM."
NO, NOT INTERESTED.
WHAT WOULD YOU AGREE ON WITH THE REPUBLICANS?
I HAVE SEEN ALL OF THEIR HEALTHCARE PROPOSALS.
ALL I'VE SEEN IS MORE TAXPAYERS FOR THE WEALTHY, OR MORE
PREMIUMS.
WHAT YOU TALKING TO THE REPUBLICANS FOR?
DO YOU THINK THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU ON
SINGLE-PAYER, OR MEDICARE FOR ALL?
THEY ARE GOING TO AGREE TO ANY OF THAT.
SO YOU SAY ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU WANT TO DO, AND
THEN AT THE EDGE ñ I HOPE HE IS SAYING IT AS A TALKING
POINT, THAT HE IS BIPARTISAN ñ
BUT IF AT THE END YOU GOING COPPER LIES WITH DONALD TRUMP ON
HEALTHCARE, THAT IS SO FAR FROM SINGLE-PAYER, IT'S PREPOSTEROUS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE LEARNING ANY LESSONS.
SO, I HAVE A SIMPLE IDEA: LET US BUY INTO MEDICARE.
FOR GOD SAKE, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IT'S THE MOST
POPULAR IDEA.
A POLL ASKED, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF FEDERALLY INFANT ñ A
FEDERALLY FUNDED GOVERNMENT RUN INSURANCE COMPANY FOR AMERICA.
61% SAY THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF THAT.
61% WANT FEDERALLY FUNDED HEALTH INSURANCE.
HOW EASY IS IT, CHUCK, TO GO ON TV AND SAY, WE ARE IN FAVOR
OF WHAT 61% OF AMERICANS WANT.
THAT'S A LAYUP.
KIND OF, BUT I'LL NEGOTIATE WITH DONALD TRUMP.
HOW ABOUT MEDICARE FOR ALL?
THE VERY SPECIFIC PROPOSAL THAT BERNIE SANDERS HAS, JOHN CONYERS
HAS IN THE HOUSE.
AGAIN, THE REPUBLICANS SAY PEOPLE DON'T WANT THAT.
WRONG.
60% SAY, YES, WE WANT MEDICARE FOR ALL, WITH A LOT OF THEM
BEING STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT MEDICARE PULLS AT?
IF IT SUCKS, THEN WE WOULDN'T WANTED.
IT TURNS OUT THAT IT WORKS PRETTY WELL.
IT POLLS AT 77%.
77%.
LET US IN!
YOU GOT A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THAT IS INCREDIBLY POPULAR, THAT
IS WORKING WELL, WHILE KEEPING COSTS LOW; IN FACT, IF YOU LET
US GO SHE DRUG PRICES, WHICH TO BE FAIR TO THE DEMOCRATS,
THEY SAID WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR
ñ ONE OF THEIR BEST PROPOSALS, MEDICARE WOULD BE EVEN CHEAPER.
LET US IN!
THE DEMOCRATS, HE TALKS ABOUT NOT
BEING NAMBY PAMBY, AND THEN HE DID A TINY LITTLE STEP
TOWARDS, MAYBE SINGLE-PAYER WILL BE ON THE TABLE.
SO, I TOLD YOU, THERE ARE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE MUCH BOLDER.
JOHN CONYERS INTO GREASED ñ INTRODUCED MEDICARE FOR ALL IN
THE HOUSE, AND THEN JUSTICE DEMOCRATS JUMPED IN, AND SO DID
THE NURSES UNION, AND WE SHOT UP THE NUMBER OF COSPONSORS
THAT IT HAS.
HERE'S JOHN CONYERS TWEET, TAKING THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT, OUR WORK IS NOT DONE YET, AND HE
THINKS JUSTICE DEMOCRATS, AND THE NURSES THERE.
THAT WAS WHEN THEY WERE AT 80.
THEY STARTED AT 72, WENT TO 80, HE WAS VERY EXCITED.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY COSPONSORS THEY HAVE NOW?
115.
YOU GUYS DID THAT.
ALL IT IS IS YOU GUYS, JUSTICE DEMOCRATS SAID, HEY, YOU SHOULD
SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL, CONYERS BILL, AND WE DID A
PETITION ON THAT, YOU I SIGNED THE PETITION, AND WENT AND
ASKED YOUR CONGRESSMAN.
ALL OF A SUDDEN CONGRESSMEN WERE LIKE, WE ARE PUT ON THE
SPOT, WE SHOULD OBVIOUSLY BE FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL.
OKAY FINE, I'M A COSPONSOR.
WONDERFUL, WE LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
THE OTHER THING IS, ALL OF A SUDDEN JUSTICE DEMOCRATS
ARE RUNNING PRIMARIES AGAINST DEMOCRATS, AND LOOK AT
THIS, THE GUYS WHO TELL US THE PRIMARIES ARE NO GOOD, THEY
ARE LIKE, I MIGHT LOSE?
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
OF COURSE, MEDICARE FOR ALL, SURE.
YOU DID THAT.
YOU GOT CHUCK SCHUMER TO SAY SINGLE-PAYER IS ON THE
TABLE, WHICH HE HASN'T SAID BEFORE.
SO, GREAT WORK.
KEEP GOING.
JUSTICEDEMOCRATS.COM.
MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ALL THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE ON THAT
SIDE, AND IN THE SENATE THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF
SENATORS RIGHT NOW, BERNIE SANDERS, ELIZABETH WARREN,
AND SOME OTHERS ARE FLIRTING WITH IT.
WE NEED A LOT MORE COSPONSORS.
BY THE WAY, IF THE DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING FOR IDEAS, DON'T
WORRY, WE'VE GOT THEM.
GO TO JUSTICEDEMOCRATS.COM/PROGRESS.
THIS IS 17 GROUPS OVERALL.
THEY HAVE SOME VERY SPECIFIC IDEAS OF EXACTLY WHAT TO DO
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND THEY ARE NOT UNCLEAR, AND
ONE OF THEM IS DEFINITELY MEDICARE FOR ALL.
$15 MINIMUM WAGE.
NOT NAMBY-PAMBY TALK, SPECIFIC TALK.
17 KICK ASS GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER, SAYING THESE ARE
OUR IDEAS.
SO GO CHECK OUT WHAT THOSE IDEAS ARE, SIGN THE PETITION, AND
SEND A MESSAGE TO THE REST OF THE DEMOCRATS: STAND UP.
STANDUP.
IN FACT, LASTING FOR YOU GUYS, THIS THURSDAY, IF YOU ARE IN
WASHINGTON DC, THERE IS A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT JOHN CONYERS IS
GOING TO, JUSTICE DEMOCRATS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER.
HERE'S THE ADDRESS.
IT'S AT 11 AM EASTERN, THIS THURSDAY.
GO THERE, SHOW YOUR SUPPORT HIM OR PUT PRESSURE ON
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND TO SUPPORT
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
LET US INTO MEDICARE.
FINAL WORD GOES TO RO KHANNA.
"YOU KNOW AS WELL AS WE KNOW THAT THE ANSWER IS SINGLE-PAYER.
SO WHY ARE YOU NOT SUPPORTING MEDICARE FOR ALL?
IS A GREAT ATTACK, AND A GREAT MESSAGE."
AND AS I SHOWED YOU, THE POLLING INDICATES THAT HIS
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
SO, DEMOCRATS, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IDEAS, WE'VE
GOT PLENTY OF THEM, SO LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER AND FIGHT FOR
THE RIGHT CAUSES, AND SPECIFIC CAUSES.
NO MORE LOOSE TALK.
GET REAL, AND STEP ONE IS STAND UP FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL.
LET US IN.
YOUNG TURKS.