 So over the weekend the K-Dem's convention took place and even though Joe Biden was conspicuously absent I believe that pretty much every other presidential candidate attended and there were some really exciting moments some of them were incredibly heartwarming and you know It really made me feel good and no I'm not talking about that hug between Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard because even if I think that was adorable What was really heartwarming to me was seeing some of these centrist Democrats face plant and face plant Hard so the first one I want to show you is a video of the guy who watched porn with his mom John Hickenlooper. This is what happened When he thought it'd be a good idea to denounce socialism in front of a crowd of liberal voters Now I don't know about you guys But whenever a Democrat tells me what we can't do and what we can't have there's nothing that makes me feel more inspired than that I mean learn how to read a rude a room that you're talking about how horrible socialism is in Front of a crowd of a liberal voters who know exactly how capitalism has not just devastated our country But literally devastated the planet Learn how to read a room John Hickenlooper, but he can't hence why he's polling at 0% now speaking of another candidate who's pulling at 0% John Delaney we're gonna spend some time on him because at this convention He literally thought it would be a good idea to take to the stage and denounce Medicare for all a policy that is overwhelmingly popular not just among voters but among Republicans and especially popular among people in that crowd Here's what happened when he tried to tell them that Medicare for all is bad He just kept going was getting booed and he still continued to talk about how horrible Medicare for all is I Don't think they agree John. I don't think they agree now for those of you not counting He was literally booed for over a minute. That is Insane it goes to show you that the base of the Democratic Party They are progressive really Americans in general are progressive because when you look at public opinion polls They support the Green New Deal. They support a federal jobs guarantee. They support raising the minimum wage They support Medicare for all they support legalizing marijuana So when you tell them that their ideas and the policies that they support are bad What do you think's gonna happen? He says Medicare for all may sound good, but it isn't good policy nor is it good politics Except it is good policy Medicare for all is designed to function Very much like Canada's health care system functions and it has a high approval rating and not only is it good policy It's good politics because guess what? People like it. So good politics is doing things that are supported by the overwhelming majority of the electorate So by definition it's good politics, but it's also good policy because it's policy that stops medical bankruptcies It stops people who die Because they don't have health insurance or maybe they do have health insurance But they're under insured and they need a particular medical procedure that isn't covered by their insurance provider So it's both good policy and good politics. So you're wrong and they were telling you that you're wrong by booing you Additionally, he says quote we should have universal health care, but it shouldn't be a kind of health care that kicks 150 million Americans off their health care. That's not smart policy So I need you to understand that he's being Intentionally disingenuous here. He's framing Medicare for all which expands Healthcare to 100% of the population. He's saying that that is kicking people off I mean, what a deceitful liar you are and the reason why he's doing this is because he's a shill for the health insurance industry He said multiple times look I am in support of a universal health care plan, but I'm in favor of keeping the health insurance companies Oh, okay. So you're not in favor of universal health care. You're not because so long as you don't Eliminate that profit motive guess what's gonna happen people will continue to die and go bankrupt because if we have to depend on these profit-driven health care companies, that's what will keep happening and We know that he's being disingenuous because he was actually confronted about this lie that people lose insurance By getting Medicare for all in an interview with Jank Eugre of the Young Turks where Jank Eugre pressed him on this Look at his response. I just think if we run on taking health care away from 150 million Americans I think you're not taking health care away, right? Nor are you even taking insurance away? We're taking their health care in 70% giving them a better one What is that? That's him not knowing how to respond when he's called out for his bullshit Because to literally say that giving people Medicare for all is them losing health insurance You're just being a disingenuous liar and guess what the good news is people see through it Hence why you were booed now he has been disingenuous when it comes to this issue in a number of other areas So I want to show you another quick clip of Jank Eugre's interview with him Which I'll link to the full thing because Jank did a phenomenal job at pressing him on this He revealed how ignorant he is But he explains why we shouldn't do Medicare for all this is reason number two why he thinks it's a bad idea You acknowledge though that Medicare is incredibly popular Medicare is popular But remember one of the reasons Medicare is popular is because Medicare beneficiaries the overwhelming majority of them by supplemental plans No, no, no, no, no, no that is completely Backwards Medicare is popular in spite of the fact that people have to buy supplemental insurance Why do people get Medicare Advantage plans in the first place? It's because Medicare in its current state in spite of it being popular still does have some gaps Hence why when we talk about Medicare for all we say expand and improve Medicare for all because we can't expand it in its current state because that won't be Sufficient so the reason why people buy these supplemental plans is not because they want to they would prefer to not have to do that John but they do that because they have to Imagine like this line of thinking someone who buys Medicare Advantage But they do it because they like it Oh, I just love that. There's these gaps that forced me to buy Medicare Advantage. I like that. Don't close those gaps I want to keep paying extra money for this supplemental care. Who who thinks like that who would want that? like you'd have to be delusional to accept John Delaney's argument here and This is what we hear from Democrats. Oh, well people on Medicare currently they buy these supplemental plans that they don't want to lose They buy them because they don't have a choice Nobody wants supplemental care Ten times out of ten if you ask these people on Medicare, hey, would you like those gaps and Medicare to be closed? So you don't have to buy supplemental care. They're going to tell you yes because that's Rational that's reasonable. That's what a self-interested individual wants So by you saying that they somehow enjoy the fact that they have to go out of their way to buy supplemental care is Borderline just idiotic and I'm trying to refrain from calling him names But you make it hard John because you're lying you're just straight up lying. You know better You're a smart guy, but you're lying You're being intentionally deceitful because you want to protect the health insurance companies now someone else who saw right through him Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and I love what she tweeted out She said since there's so many people running for president and not enough for Senate instead of obsessing over who's a front-runner Maybe we can start with some general eliminations. This awful untrue line got booed for a full minute John Delaney, thank you, but please sashay away. I Mean you're pulling at zero percent nobody likes you you're getting booed by Democrats the people who you have to win over What are you still doing in the race? You're not gonna win nobody likes you You're lying about Medicare for all something that is overwhelmingly popular. She's got a point Now she followed up by saying Medicare for all is sound policy One may disagree with it But plenty of other countries have single-payer and better outcomes than the United States Medicare for all is good politics. It pulls very well in swing states third way aka Lobbyist backed Democrats will lose the presidency to Donald Trump And she's exactly right because guess what we tried running a centrist against Donald Trump Do you remember what happened? He won So you've got to do things that excite the base and the base is very explicit in telling you I don't like when you attack Medicare for all. I'm booing you For attacking Medicare for all now. Can you guess what his? Response was we call him a centrist to be polite but really he's more of a right-winger because if you are a Centrist and you're if you're in between Democrats and Republicans to right-wing parties You're just a right-winger if you are to the right of Tories in the UK on health care You're just a right-winger. Now his response was basically Debate me in Typical right-wing fashion. He says hey AOC. We have the same goal universal health care for everyone No, you don't we just have different ways of getting there health care is the number one issue for voters So let's debate the way forward any show of your choosing health care is too important for tweets We need real discussion Now he followed up with some more tweets about this because he was clearly irritated that he was booed and each time he tweeted He got ratio'd sometimes ratio'd into oblivion He says intolerance to alternative points of view is not what the Democratic Party should be about Don't we get enough of that from Trump? So he's comparing people who booed him and who don't like what he's saying to Trump when you're actually closer to Trump John because ideologically speaking if you're in favor of the same policy that Donald Trump supports Not in favor of Medicare for all your closer to him were the furthest from him And I love how he says oh you're being intolerant. So he's playing the victim I mean, he's basically a right-winger just run as a Republican wait for years. You're young enough run as a Republican You could be a moderate Republican you could be John Kasich 2.0 Like what are you doing running in a Democratic Party that you're clearly not aligned with? He also says another point if you are booing Democrats Do you really expect the country to trust what you have to say if you can't listen respectfully to people in your own party? Let's raise the discourse and not fall down to the level of the president except the great thing about this is We're not the ones running for president the people booing you they're not the ones running for president You are so they don't have to win over anybody's trust. They don't have to win over your trust They don't have to win over the rest of the electorate's trust You are the one who has to win over their trust not the other way around Not the other way around so to even bring up this point is Absurd hey, don't you know that if you boo people you're not gonna be able to win them over you're not gonna win over their trust Okay, do I need to So, I mean this KDM's convention was certainly interesting I'm gonna get to what Bernie Sanders said in a speech that I really like But I just I had to shine a spotlight on the Democrats polling at 0% Because they got the exact reception that they deserve and that they should have expected You're not gonna win anyone who's liberal over by shitting on socialism and talking about how horrible Medicare for all is That's not gonna work. Maybe a couple years earlier back in 2016 You know, you would have had some sway but progressives are surging and we've won people over So now you don't get to just shit on our policy that we've been fighting for and shit on the policy that grassroots activists Have been fighting for and think that they're going to welcome you with open arms No, they're gonna boo you because you deserve to be booed because you're a liar Subscribe if you like this video folks Mike's tremendous and he's doing a really really good job Many people are telling me about how wonderful the humanist report is bigly