 So it's been a while, but I want to take some time to talk about Pete Buttigieg You know at the beginning of this race I actually Surprisingly praised him because his rhetoric when it comes to progressive issues was actually pretty refreshing So in an interview with morning Joe when the issue of health care and Medicare for all came up He said that it's not a radical idea Contrary to popular belief and that Medicare for all actually if you think about it is the real compromise policy between you know a capitalist Obama care type system and a National health care system like the UK has so single pair is Really the logical choice between those two extremes and I thought that it was such a phenomenal point to make and he really did seem To want to appeal to progressives But fast forward, you know about six or so months later And now he's having these private fundraisers in the Hamptons now Billionaires are flocking to his campaign and contributing and now he's going out of his way to lie about progressive policy proposals Like Medicare for all and he absolutely needs to be called out because it's one thing to say that you know You're not part of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party But to go out of your way and actively spread misinformation presumably at the behest of special interests that is Uniquely evil and yes I'm using the word evil because that's what that is if you are shilling for a system that Allows people to die or go bankrupt Because they don't have health insurance or maybe they have health insurance But they still can't afford a particular procedure that their insurance company won't cover. That's just pure evil I don't know what else to say how to be more charitable with that So one thing that has really stuck with me that has really got on gotten under my skin and I don't know if I talked about this in my debate analysis video is What he said about Medicare for all and this is what he said in response to Bernie Sanders talking about Medicare for all the problem Senator Sanders with that damn bill that you wrote and that senator Warren backs is that it doesn't trust the American people I Trust you to choose what makes the most sense for you Not my way or the highway now look I Think we do have to go far beyond tinkering with the ACA I propose Medicare for all who want it We take a version of Medicare We make it available for the American people and if we're right as Progressives that that public alternative is better than the American people will figure that out for themselves I trust the American people to make the right choice for them. Why don't you spoken like a true neoliberal nitwit? What he said there is Dissingenuous horseshit because to suggest that eliminating private health insurance companies somehow isn't Putting trust in the American people It's idiotic and you're framing this in a way that Conspicuously benefits the health insurance industry because Bernie Sanders has a Medicare for all bill that is so robust That it would effectively get rid of private insurance companies because if you ban duplicative care and you offer a comprehensive benefits You're not leaving any room for these health insurance companies So what does Pete Buttigieg say to that? Well, you are not trusting the American people to make their choice between a public system and A private system. Why should we remove quote-unquote choice from Americans? Why shouldn't we trust them? I trust the American people to make the right choice for them. Why won't you trust them? And that is where I call bullshit on that rhetoric and talking points because here's the thing to suggest that Wanting to get rid of these for-profit health insurance vultures means we don't trust the Americans to make their own decision is Absolutely nonsensical because of course we trust the American people to make their own decisions when it comes to health care But you see what he is proposing here is a false dichotomy of choice It's the illusion of choice that the choice when it comes to health care is between a public or private option But that's not the choice that we're looking for the choice comes into play When Americans have the ability to choose whatever doctor they want to go to whatever hospital They want because America becomes one big network because if I have the choice to see any doctor in the country That is true choice. That's giving me the freedom to do whatever I want to take my own Health care into my own hands and that's really what matters Choosing between private insurance and you know a public Medicare system That's not where the choice comes in. I don't want to worry about that Do you think that people are excited to fill out the paperwork and pay their monthly health insurance premiums? Of course, they're not so to say Bernie Sanders isn't trust the American people as someone who Claims he formally supported Medicare for all now. You're just lying now. You've become the enemy Pete now another thing that he said he followed up his attack on Medicare for all in an interview with CNN and What he said was also Nonsensical take a look as the youngest candidate in the field. I am obviously a believer in the power of generational change I also believe that a candidate at any age depending who they are can be a great president What we got to talk about right now is vision my concern about the vision from the Sanders Warren approach is that It can polarize Americans when we have other ways to deliver bold solutions Without dividing the American people further. So that right there shows exactly why he is not positioned to take on Donald Trump because what Democrats are failing to realize is that Polarization is a reality in American politics. It's an inescapable reality that you have to deal with Polarization will not be going away anytime soon so what makes more sense to try to bring those two polarized halves together during the process of an election or Actually craft a strategy Taylor made for polarization and then once you get elected try to bring people together by passing popular policy proposals You see if you try to pretend like America isn't polarized and that you know Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are Furthering that divide you're being a useful idiot because we're already polarized. That's not gonna change so capitalize on that polarization and Actually show the base that they have a reason to come out and support you because Republicans are so bad They're already energized to come out and support Donald Trump. Okay, he's not trying to appeal to moderate Democrats He's not appealing to the left in any way shape or form. So why should Democrats appeal to moderates that don't really exist anymore in a polarized environment when they could excite the base go after Non-voters and perhaps win larger than they've ever won before I mean think about this if you're worried about polarization and trying to reach out to Moderates, we already saw how that strategy plays out at the national level. It leads to Republicans winning Hilary loss. She tried that she picked a VP that was to her right when she was already a center-right politician So what do you want? What are you going after you honestly think that Medicare for all is polarizing then explain Why some polls show that a majority of Republicans support it explain why it's overwhelmingly popular with the Democratic Party base? See, I'm preaching to the choir Pete Buddha judge is smart enough to know that everything I'm saying is true But he's choosing to lie and be disingenuous because this is a political tactic You see when you start going down in the polls and you kind of lose that status as being one of the front runners What you have to do an electoral strategy is to attack the front runner It makes sense. So I get it. But you see if he wants to criticize Bernie Sanders You can do that in a way where you're not lying about Medicare for all because Bernie Sanders is not above criticism I personally have criticisms of Bernie Sanders from the left the problem though is that Pete Buddha judge is a Centrist he is to the right of Bernie Sanders So he can't actually come across as a progressive and Criticized Bernie Sanders from the left because he is to Bernie Sanders right. So what does he do what everyone else does? He lies about Bernie Sanders policies and that doesn't just hurt Bernie That hurts everyone that hurts grassroots activists who have been fighting for Medicare for all for years So shame on Pete Buddha judge. This individual is Disgusting he is a disgrace to American politics and really he should be ashamed of himself But like all of his predecessors Obama Hillary Clinton, he's proving that he doesn't actually care about policy He's hollow. He's vapid and he just cares about his own career. He's not fighting for the people He's looking out for himself. He's an opportunist and that's why he's in the race period