 So I originally wasn't going to talk about this because I generally tend to avoid engaging in or endorsing celebrity worship However, Bernie Sanders received a really really awesome endorsement that you know wasn't just from someone who is powerful and influential But this endorsement was actually really meaningful and just well said So the Incredible Hulk has decided to endorse Bernie Sanders Of course, I'm talking about Mark Ruffalo and this is the video that he released and I'm hoping that this will actually help Bernie Sanders because what he says here the case that he makes for Bernie Sanders is just so fantastic and People listen to what celebrities like Mark Ruffalo say which is why I think this matters and why I'm hoping this does actually have a Huge impact. Nevertheless, let's watch it and then I'll talk about it a little bit when we come back The one person that that just keeps coming up to me and popping out to me is Bernie Sanders The key issues that that most of the leaders in the field are either espousing or working around the edges are health care not taking money from big corporations and packs fighting climate change some sort of Debt relief for college students free education people considered those things to be pie in the sky in 2016 right now they are the norm because Bernie stood and walked into those Into those issues that he knew were the right issues for the American working class So I proudly and humbly throw my support to Bernie Sanders He will make an excellent and historic president in the very moment. We are ready for it and need it most He is the original progressive in my humble opinion. He has earned it. We need a movement leader We need a movement organizer. We need a leader who's actually one of us and Bernie's one of us and he's always been one of us Of course, you know, I go way back with Bernie Sanders And I still love the guy and I love what he's doing. I grew up in In a factory town what was probably one of the biggest industrial hubs in the United States at the turn of the century Which is Kenosha, Wisconsin. I'm a Second-generation Italian-American. I grew up in those working-class neighborhoods where my neighbors worked at American motors or Anchor-hawking or and a kind of brass I saw those companies closed down and I saw my community devastated I think about the working-class people that I grew up with was they had a real kind of moral center to them I think that's partially why Bernie Resonates with me because he feels he feels like those people I believe in him And he is the people that I grew up with he is those working-class people And I know that he's got their backs because that's who he is. That's where he came from. I had five hundred thousand dollars in debt I had an acoustic neuroma Which was a benign cancerous growth that sits On the base of the brain in the ear canal auditory canal and I lost my hearing and I Was in the hospital Next to people who had much worse things than me who The nurses were coming in and making sure that they could pay For their hospital stay. I saw firsthand How devastating That is if I wasn't lucky I'd be I'd be doomed health care is an absolute who'd been right especially if we're living in The richest country in the world Bernie's ethos is us not me He knows that his power is derived from us He'll be the first to tell you that this is not about me It's about you and he's not gonna leave us on the White House lawn once he's in that office He's gonna take this momentum to push through the changes that he all know that need to be made. He's the original progressive. He's OP So listen if you endorse someone who you know is going to raise your taxes That says a lot about your character like I actually have a lot of respect for Mark Ruffalo because a lot of celebrities They like to seem like they are woke for lack of a better word and you know, they're not they're concerned About their own bottom line. They want to increase their wealth You know, they love the comfortable lives that they live and they don't want anyone to eat into you know The wealth that they have so for someone like Mark Ruffalo to endorse Bernie Sanders You know, I respect that I really respect that now He makes phenomenal points He says that all of the policies that politicians are running on now to basically prove to people that they're progressive These were ideas that were popularized by Bernie Sanders in 2016 He's the OP as Mark Ruffalo put it now on top of that. He says if I wasn't lucky I'd be doomed with regard to healthcare Understanding that he's in a really privileged position But even if he's in that position where he has money and he'll never go bankrupt due to a lack of health care I mean, he was able to see firsthand How people who were in the same room as him in the same hospital were asked about whether or not they would be able to pay the bill So, I mean some people just have empathy that others don't have Mark Ruffalo is clearly someone with human empathy But I mean if you don't have empathy if that lacks and it's just not something that's instinctual for you Then you do have to see this first hand like you have to experience this level of suffering in order to understand why people need things and Why we should put money and resources into helping people get those things even if you never are going to benefit from that, right? And this is something that I think the left has that the right never has when it comes to, you know particular issues such as LGBTQ rights, they don't ever talk about You know expanding civil rights unless it affects them personally a Dick Cheney He is basically one of the worst human beings on the planet But he was in favor of LGBTQ rights because his daughter is a lesbian and there's countless other examples, you know conservatives Unlike liberals don't have that empathy automatically. So unless they experience some type of adversity They're never going to endorse a policy that isn't going to benefit them because that's against their worldview It's about, you know, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and making sure that you take care of yourself And don't let the government give you anything yada yada yada So if you you know fuck up or if life gives you a bad deck then, you know, it doesn't matter You're on your own But the progressive mantra is we are in this together yo-yo versus wit we're in this together versus you're on your own And if you're going to live in a society then why should we allow people to fall through the cracks? It's just it shouldn't happen. That's the thing. It shouldn't happen. So in a long-winded way I'm saying I'm really thankful that people like, you know, Mark Ruffalo and other celebrities like Cardi B They use their life experience, you know as working-class Americans to acknowledge that Other people are still struggling in spite of the fact that they made it And yes, even though they made it and they're now millionaires that doesn't necessarily mean that that is going to be the same story that, you know Will happen to everyone else. That's not realistic The American dream is dead and we need to acknowledge that reality and stop living in fantasy world that one day We're gonna be billionaires. So we shouldn't tax billionaires. You're not gonna be a billionaire You're probably never even going to be anywhere close to being a millionaire You'd be lucky if you make a hundred thousand dollars in a year in your life So acknowledge that increasing taxes on the wealthy is good and it's not going to impact 99% of the population. So I'm glad that there are people who kind of put their own self-interest aside and They acknowledge, you know what? We need to implement social safety net programs for the greater good. That's fantastic Now because I feel like the tone of the show as of late has become increasingly negative I want to take some time to kind of go over some Things that will put a smile on your face, hopefully I want to look at Mark Ruffalo and Bernie Sanders memes. So this is probably my all-time favorite Find someone who looks at you the way Mark Ruffalo looks at Bernie Sanders. This is like my all-time favorite meme I think it's just it's so wholesome and is genuinely hardwarming Another one here noticing something is wrong with our political system being angry about our political system Organizing for Bernie. Absolutely. You have Hulk Bernie crushing capitalism and then you have this one Mark Ruffalo fervently endorses Bernie Sanders. So let's make sure Bernie wins because you wouldn't like Mark when he's angry It's so wholesome and I love it. So Look if one of the people who were instrumental in defeating Thanos is Saying that Bernie Sanders is the fighter that we need, you know, I think that we should listen to his judgment here He knows what he's talking about the Hulk endorsed Bernie Sanders and I'm gonna trust the incredible Hulk