 Bernard sat down for a nearly hour-long interview with Robert Costa of the Washington Post and I Thoroughly enjoyed this interview Bernie Sanders was really at his best and the entire thing was phenomenal I'll link to it down below if you want to watch it but I want to show you some highlights here and What I found to just be great because not only did he make some great points about the state of the 2020 race as well As what his presidency would look like But he didn't hesitate to take some some pretty bold shots at the venue itself, which I found the most entertaining Thanks so much for being here Bank of America really sponsoring this Let's just get into the interview The awkwardness that you can hear in The interviewer's voice Robert Costa it was palpable and I thoroughly enjoyed that This is why I love Bernard. He's at his best when he's outspoken when he doesn't hold back You can tell when Bernie is pulling punches, but when he just you know is himself It comes across as organic and it's just he shines and he really shined throughout this entire interview But I've got two more really short Less substantive clips here. So Bernie was asked about what Joe Biden said in the event he was the nominee and he went up against Donald Trump and His response was that he would consider challenging Donald Trump to a push-up competition or something along those lines in the event Donald Trump question if Joe Biden was weak or something along those lines Bernie's response here was perfect This president Biden said in terms of fighting president Trump beating president Trump on morning Joe this morning He may challenge the president to push-ups I'm no comment on that That was the best response ever. It was short but sweet But effective because look that level of stupidity It really shouldn't be dignified with a thoughtful response What Joe Biden is going to do if he becomes the nominee, which I hope he doesn't but in the event He's the nominee it's going to be a gigantic pissing contest between him and Donald Trump Whereas if Bernie Sanders was the nominee, we know that it would be about the policy substance Donald Trump would inevitably call him crazy Bernie tweet about him attack him But Bernie Sanders would remain glued to the policy agenda and that's how you win So you can't really dignify these things that Joe Biden says because he also has this kind of I'm a tough guy persona Which is just it's insufferable to me It's insufferable like who does that play to does that really play to members of the Democratic Party? Is that gonna excite them to come out and vote for you? I think Joe Biden thinks so because he's a narcissist like Donald Trump and it's insufferable So Bernie's response there was absolutely perfect But one last thing I want to touch on here before we started getting into the policy details is A question about busing came up The interviewer was trying to frame it as if Bernie Sanders made an anti busing statement So Bernie would be technically in the same camp as Joe Biden Bernie Sanders shut that shit down in a beautiful way in 1974 You said that busing policies were well-meaning in theory, but sometimes result in quote racial hostility. What else did I say in that? Tell me no you got it there read Read the whole book. I don't have the whole quote. The whole quote is the federal government doesn't give a shit about Africa That is true. That's why I didn't include it. Sure. Yeah, that's definitely why you didn't want to include it Because you know, it was a curse word even though Bernie Sanders said the curse word and you didn't Sensor what he said. There was no bleep So you see this is what the media tries to do. They try to take Bernie Sanders out of context So people will hear what he's saying and Interpret his words in a different way than they are intended to be interpreted I mean the same thing thing happens when it comes to raising taxes to pay for Medicare for all They'll often ask Bernie Do you think that Medicare for all would require you to raise taxes on the middle class? Bernie Sanders gives a thoughtful answer and he says yes, but they'll be saving money, but they don't actually report The main point they bury the lead intentionally So people just read the headline and think oh Bernie wants to raise my taxes fuck Bernie So they know what they're doing and Bernie knows what they're doing And I think he's become savvy enough to call it out Of course Bernie Sanders was not in the same league as Joe Biden while Joe Biden was teaming up with Segregationists to do segregation Bernie Sanders was leading the fight to desegregate college campuses So I mean how dare you even try to portray Bernie Sanders in that same light? How despicable, but I mean it's it's not surprising This is the Washington Post and as you're gonna see here Bernie Sanders did not hesitate to take even more shots at them And it was amazing So what we're gonna see now is Bernie Sanders will explain what we can expect if he is the president because we have this idea of The legislative process, you know Somebody will propose a policy and then it'll be debated between Republicans and Democrats and then they'll ultimately be a Watered-down version of said policy, but what Bernie Sanders is going to do here is explain look my Presidency is not gonna be a normal presidency We're not gonna continue to do politics as usual I'm going to make the case that we are not executing my agenda as president We're executing the agenda of the American people and he has a very specific plan To name and shame people who actually don't want to get on board with policies like Medicare for all And I loved everything he said here because he alluded to it in the past But he was very specific here about what that would look like in practice President Obama had to make concessions on the ACA. Would you be willing to make concessions as president on Medicare for all? I think one of the points that I want to make is a Bernie Sanders presidency would be a different type of presidency In other words, I hold the radical vision that maybe just Maybe a president and a Congress should do what the American people want them to do. I Know that's a radical idea In reality Mitch leader McConnell doesn't Doesn't seem to pay a political price for not taking up the House Democrats bill. Let me talk about reality. All right, and again I you know what we are trying to do is something a bit different than other presidents. That's my history politically and What I believe is that right now you have a Congress That is heavily done. We especially the Republican Party. You tell me I maybe the Washington Post might want to do a poll on this And that is to ask the American people whether they think we should give huge tax breaks to billionaires greatly expand military spending and then cut back on Social Security Medicare Medicaid and education Now if you did a poll how many what percentage of the American people would think that's a good idea But that's exactly what Mitch McConnell believes. All right way out of touch with the people of Kentucky with the people of America What we need is presidential leadership that goes to Kentucky by the way a very poor state and says that Stand up and tell your senators that health care is a human right that you will save money by moving toward Medicare program Right now in my campaign for president the thing I'm most proud of is that we have over one million Volunteers the reason I believe we're gonna win the Democratic nomination and defeat Trump is because of our grassroots Movement and as president what I will do is expand that movement and create a process where people all over this country Become engaged in the political process working-class people young people in a way that we have never seen before and put pressure on Republicans that I will do everything I can to make sure by the way that the Republicans do not continue to control the Senate What put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to move this country forward in a way that reflects the needs of the working class of this Country what does that mean? It means raising the minimum wage to a living wage It means rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure and creating many millions of decent paying jobs It means expanding the trade union movement making it easier for workers to join unions It means demanding that the wealthiest people in this country start paying their fair share of taxes So I know we're in Jeff Bezos building But Amazon last year made over ten billion dollars a profit. What are they paying taxes? Not a nickel in federal income taxes. Does anyone think that that is vaguely saying? Okay, first of all, I loved that jab that he took at Jeff Bezos there at the end second of all This right here tells you everything you need to know about the entirety of the Democratic Party primary in 2020 There's one candidate who's truly Fighting for you and actually has a plan to get your agenda implemented legislatively It's Bernie Sanders. He's saying here. I am not fighting from my agenda. My agenda is what the American people want He says what we need is presidential leadership that goes to Kentucky Mitch McConnell's state a very poor state and Says stand up and tell your senators that healthcare is a human right He'd put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to move this country forward in a way that reflects the needs of the working class in this country Understand what he's saying and why this is so unprecedented He's saying I am gearing up to go to war with the special interests with Republicans with members of my own party If I'm president because I know that I will be opposed by all types of forces if I'm elected So what we're going to do is fight tooth and nail and we know that we're going to have to do this in order To get what we want Implemented all campaign in Kentucky if Mitch McConnell is still the Senate majority leader I will go to the districts of Congress members who are in the Democratic Party and tell their constituents Why they're siding with the health insurance industry as opposed to them This is what you have to do you play politics and you fucking crack skulls Bernie Sanders is the only person who's explicitly saying I will not be doing politics as usual And no, this isn't you know the Obama promise of hope and change. We're gonna change the way we do politics He's saying yes, we're gonna change the way we do politics, but here's my plan This is specifically what I will do to make sure that your agenda is implemented. It's amazing to see somebody say this I mean, how could you not vote for them? If you plug your ears and ignore Bernie Sanders Then you have no reason to complain because you have a candidate who's willing to do your bidding unequivocally uncompromisingly Do you expect any other presidential candidate to go to the home state of a different lawmaker and Campaign against them in such a brazen way. I mean who would do that? He knows to be attacked by the mainstream media He knows that this would invite, you know in intraparty warfare perhaps Democrats would attack him the DNC would attack him They would try to primary him in 2024 But he doesn't care because he knows that there's no other way that you get something like Medicare for all you don't have a choice if you genuinely believe that we should have Medicare for all and You know that that's what the American people want You have no choice if you're not willing to do this you're not gonna get Medicare for all So all these other candidates like Elizabeth Warren she could say look I you know, I support abolishing private insurance, but at the end of the day Who do you want battling for you? Elizabeth Warren who oftentimes kowtows to the establishment or Bernie Sanders who says I don't give a fuck what they have to say about me. This is such a fascinating interview Bernie Sanders truly is one of a kind like I would be surprised if we see another Politician like him who's this strategically savvy in our lifetimes now moving on Bernie Sanders hasn't been accused of being too consistent And that's apparently a negative. He has the same exact message as he did in 2016 But what's interesting is that there are so many swagger jacking Santrists who are copying his message. They're plagiarizing him But yet he's being accused of being a one-trick pony so he was asked how he distinguishes himself in a primary where there's a lot of fake Bernie Sanders who are running to be Bernie Sanders light and This is his response, which I thought was just great And there's a real choice as you outlined today between Vice President Biden's view of the world and your view of the world But you have a crowded lane this time a lot of people echo in your views stuff you talked about in 2016 How do you persuade voters that they should side with you? It's crowded this time around I think I would ask people to look at the record you're on the record No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, that's no I think it is fair to look at the record I mean anybody can come up with any position today or they can do a poll I said, well, boy, I bet it's about Medicare for all. It's popular among Democrats. You think some Democrats have Well, you can make that determination all that I'm saying is find out, you know You talked about other people saying what I'm saying four years ago was not so easy Because I got condemned by the Washington Post and everybody else about talking about raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour Talk about Medicare for all single-payer system talking about making public colleges and universities tuition free and dealing with student debt Talked about a trillion dollar investment to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure talked about criminal justice reform and comprehensive immigration reform I was there. I did it first enough this time. No, it's not enough But it should tell the average voter that I am prepared to lead in a different type of way that I am prepared to take on the political establishment to take on the corporate Establishment and stand up for the working class of this country one He took another jab at the Washington Post, which I loved and to he made a phenomenal point I mean, you're running to be president because you believe that you have leadership Qualities that are necessary for that position. So he says look I led on these issues. It was politically Not expedient for me to be talking about Medicare for all or you know It was promoted this idea that you shouldn't talk about these policy ideas that are too progressive or too radical But he said I just ran on what I thought was, you know, the right policies I led the charge and now everyone else is following behind me. Nobody talked about Medicare for all Even people who are deemed progressive Elizabeth Warren. She didn't talk about Medicare for all until I talked about Medicare for all Why because I'm a leader. They're following me. I'm the one leading on these issues So do you want diet Bernie Sanders or do you want the real deal? And that's exactly the point he needs to hammer home He was the leader while everyone else was too afraid playing politics to talk about these issues that we all have been wanting For decades. I mean single-payer healthcare is not some new idea. This is what liberals have been wanting Left-wing and progressive people. They've been wanting this for decades. I've always wanted single-payer So the fact that Bernie is just the only politician who capitalized on this policy You know, that shows not only that he's politically savvy, but he's also brave because you know Strategists in DC would say, you know, you just can't take a stance on an issue until it pulls out above 50% once it reaches 51% you can endorse it But you know, if it's below 50% Stay away from that policy Bernie isn't a focus group driven poll-minded politician He speaks authentically from the heart And that's why people like him because when he says I'm going to fight for Medicare for all We can believe him because there's no conflict of interest that suggests He's going to you know, uh, not do what he's saying He's going to do when he gets elected because the people who helped get him in power Are not the industries who would benefit by killing off a plan like Medicare for all So again, I will link you to the full interview. It's absolutely Phenomenal, I would encourage you to watch the entire thing Bernie was really at his best here. He was snappy. He was charming. I loved it Um, we need to share this interview because we need people to see Bernie Sanders, you know, uh in his best uh in his best light, right? He's phenomenal here and he explains very clearly How he's going to be fighting for people if he's elected and people need to see this because they need to see That there's one person in this race. Who's the real deal? It's Bernie Sanders and he makes that crystal clear. I think in this interview Mike is a total loser. So don't hit the subscribe button, okay And whatever you do folks do not hit the notification bell either Mike treats me so unfairly