WE HAVE AN INTERESTING PHENOMENON IN THIS COUNTRY
WHERE WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES IN TWO DIFFERENT PARTIES WHO ARE
BOTH SURGING SIGNIFICANTLY.
ONE IS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND GETS NONSTOP COVERAGE.
HE SAYS SUCH OUTRAGEOUS THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE HAVE BERNIE SANDERS WHO IS
SURGING ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
WHO HAS LOOKED INTO WHY THAT IS HAPPENING?
WHERE'S THE COVERAGE ON THAT?
I BELIEVE THE COVERAGE IS SUMMARIZED IN THIS AUDIO CLIP.
CRICKETS.
PERHAPS SOME OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA FOLKS
DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHY HE IS SURGING.
IF YOU LOOKED INTO IT YOU WOULD FIND OUT THAT HE HAS REALLY
REASONABLE POSITIONS THAT RESONATE WITH A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF THE COUNTRY.
CERTAINLY A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
IF HE WAS SAYING CRAZY THINGS, THE MEDIA WOULD BE ALL OVER IT.
BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THEY WILL SAY HE IS A RADICAL OR
HE IS THIS OR THAT.
REALLY, WHAT HAS HE SAID THAT IS EXTREME?
OH RIGHT, NOTHING.
THE REASON YOU ARE NOT COVERING HIM ñ
HERE IS ANOTHER POSITION HE JUST TOOK TODAY WHICH THE
MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY AGREES WITH.
ANYONE WITH A MIND AGREES WITH THIS.
WE HAVE PRIVATE PRISONS IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE HAVE PEOPLE MAKING A BUCK OFF OF PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL.
AND THEN THEY GET TO CONTRIBUTE TO POLITICIANS?
I WONDER HOW THAT WILL TURN OUT.
THAT IS GOING TO TURN OUT WITH THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION
RATE IN THE WORLD.
"TODAY VERMONT SENATOR AND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE BERNIE SANDERS SAID TUESDAY THAT HE WILL
INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ABOLISH PRIVATE PRISONS, ONE PIECE
OF HIS COMPETENCE OF RACIAL JUSTICE REFORM PACKAGE."
THIS IS ABOUT JUSTICE FOR ALL AMERICANS.
IF SOMEONE IS GETTING PAID TO THE PEOPLE IN JAIL, THEY
ARE GOING TO PUT MORE PEOPLE IN JAIL.
I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU IF YOU'RE A WHITE PERSON,
SOON ENOUGH THEY WILL RUN OUT OF BLACK PEOPLE TO PUT IN
JAIL, SO THEY WILL TAKE WHITE PEOPLE.
BERNIE SANDERS SAYS HE WILL END PRIVATE PRISONS.
"CURRENTLY 16
PERCENT OF FEDERAL PRISONERS ARE HOUSED IN PRIVATE PRISONS.
THE TWO LARGEST PRISON CORPORATIONS, GEO GROUP
AND CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, TOGETHER TAKE IN
$3.3 BILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE AND THE INDUSTRY DOUBLED IN
SIZE BETWEEN 2000 AND 2010.
LET'S GO TO OTHER FACTS.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MONEY IN POLITICS FOUND THAT GEO
CONTRIBUTED 6 MILLION TO REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRATIC AND
THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATES OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS.
GEO AND CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA TOGETHER
HAVE SPENT NEARLY $25 MILLION ON LOBBYING EFFORTS SINCE 1989."
DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THEY DID THAT OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF
THEIR HEART?
DO YOU THINK THE GOOD FOLKS, THE CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF
AMERICA THINK, WHAT'S A GOOD CHARITY?
OH I GOT IT, LET'S GIVE IT TO A POLITICIAN, THAT WILL BE A
CHARITABLE THING TO DO.
NO, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
IF THEY GIVE POLITICIANS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, WHAT
DO THEY GIVE YOU IN RETURN?
OH, MORE PRIVATE PRISONS.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
PRIVATE PRISONS NEED MORE PRISONERS.
"A RECENT REPORT FOUND THAT PRIVATE PRISON CORPORATIONS
SPENT $11 MILLION OVER SIX YEARS TO LOBBY CONGRESS TO KEEP
IMMIGRANTS IN DETENTION CENTERS."
SO IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT LET'S BUILD MORE PRISONS.
YOU SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING?
YOU SEE HOW THEY ARE ALL RAPISTS AND CRIMINALS, RIGHT?
PUT ALL THE IMMIGRANTS IN PRISON.
WE LEGALIZED BRIBERY IN THIS COUNTRY.
THOSE ARE THE GUYS WHO SHOULD BE IN PRISON.
THE PEOPLE TAKING THE BRIBES FOR PRISONS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
"BLACK AMERICANS ARE IMPRISONED AT SIX TIMES THE RATE OF
WHITES," SANDERS NOTES ON HIS CAMPAIGN WEBSITE, "AND IF
THE TREND CONTINUES, ONE IN FOUR BLACK MALES BORN TODAY
EXPECT TO SPEND TIME IN PRISON."
ONE IN FOUR MEN.
OH, I GUESS THEY ARE
COMMITTING MORE CRIMES.
I AM TELLING YOU, FORMER BALTIMORE POLICEMAN HAVE TOLD ME
THAT THEY DO NOT ARREST PEOPLE IN WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS.
CHECK OUT THE INTERVIEW I DID FOR YOURSELF.
LISTEN TO THESE FORMER COPS.
HE SAYS, YEAH, WE HAVE QUOTAS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE ARRESTS,
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S THE RIGHT OR WRONG GUY.
YOU NEED TO ARREST THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHO THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE IF YOU
DON'T HAVE COOPERATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND YOU KEEP BEATING THE PRIVATE PRISON SYSTEM WITH MORE
PRISONERS.
OF COURSE THEY DON'T TRUST YOU.
THEY GET PAID TO SELL THEM DOWN THE RIVER.
SO BERNIE SANDERS ON HIS WEBSITE SAYS,
" IT IS MORALLY REPUGNANT AND A NATIONAL TRAGEDY THAT WE HAVE
PRIVATIZED PRISONS ALL OVER AMERICA.
IN MY VIEW, CORPORATIONS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO MAKE A
PROFIT BY BUILDING MORE JAILS AND KEEPING MORE AMERICANS
BEHIND BARS."
IT'S THE MOST OBVIOUS THING IN THE WORLD, AT THIS POINT A
LOT OF REAL CONSERVATIVE ALSO AGREE.
THEY SAY WHY ARE WE WASTING OUR MONEY IN PRISON FOR THESE
PEOPLE.
YEAH, THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
YOU HAVE TO REALIZE, YOU HAVE TO UNITE BECAUSE IT IS NOT US
VERSUS EACH OTHER.
IT'S THE ESTABLISHMENT.
IT'S THE LOBBYIST.
IT'S THE DONORS.
THEY ARE ALL UNITED AGAINST US.
WHETHER IT'S BERNIE SANDERS OR SOMEONE ELSE, AND THERE ARE
OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE AGAINST PRIVATE PRISONS.
THAT TREND IS FINALLY JUST BEGINNING.
THIS IS INSANE TO MAKE A BUCK OFF A IMPRISONING YOUR
FELLOW CITIZENS.
IT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF FREEDOM AND WHAT THIS
COUNTRY IS SUPPOSED TO STAND FOR.
AND BERNIE SANDERS SAYS, "IT IS IMMORAL TO TAKE CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PRIVATE PRISON INDUSTRY OR ITS
LOBBYIST."
BY THE WAY WHO DOES THAT?
MANY OF THE CANDIDATES INCLUDING MARCO RUBIO ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE DO.
AND SHOCKINGLY IT TURNS OUT HE BELIEVES WE SHOULD BUILD
MORE PRISONS AND THAT WE NEED TO GET TOUGH ON CRIME.
THE GOOD POSITION TO GET PAID FOR.
BY THE WAY IT'S NOT JUST REPUBLICANS.
HILLARY CLINTON HAS CALLED FOR AN END TO MASS
INCARCERATION, BUT SHE ALSO RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT
FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LOBBYISTS FOR TWO MAJOR
PRIVATE PRISON CORPORATIONS.
THAT'S WHY BERNIE SANDERS IS SURGING BECAUSE HE HAS POSITIONS
THAT AMERICANS ACTUALLY LOVE ONCE THEY FIND OUT ABOUT IT.