 As many of you know last week Bernie Sanders was hospitalized and we now know that he suffered a heart attack Now thankfully, he's okay. He was released. We were told that there was a stent that was put in and He already is Ready to get back on the campaign trail now after He was released from the hospital the Sanders family put out this video Hello, everybody. We're in Las Vegas. I just got out of the hospital a few hours ago, and I'm feeling so much better I just want to thank all of you for the love and warm wishes that you sent to me See you soon on the campaign trail Thank you all so much. It really made a difference Now on top of that reporters saw him and Jane taking a walk and Bernie had this to say about when he would be Getting back on the campaign trail Thank you. When can we see you back on the trail? Getting back to work a little bit right now Mostly what I'm trying to do is I used to walk a good distance every day and I got out of that habit I'm trying to get back into it. So that's what I'm gonna do right now All right He's gonna be okay Bernie Sanders is going to be okay hearing him speak there and assuring us that he's not done That tells me that we have nothing to be worried about now. Initially. I didn't make a video about this I talked about this a little bit on Twitter, but I didn't address this in video form because I just I wanted to take some time to kind of Digest this information It it admittedly had me pretty depressed like I was really feeling down like this really affected me personally Because even if I knew that Bernie Sanders would be okay Even though it was really nice to see that video that he put up, you know, just knowing that someone Who's so kind-hearted, you know had to deal with a heart attack how Scary that must have been for him and his family, you know, it it really just had me down It had me down So I really felt like there was no sense in me putting out a video because I had nothing to Contribute to this conversation. I was feeling the same that everyone else was feeling you know that I was worried but Optimistic and just hoping that he would be okay, but now seeing Bernie Sanders already taking this issue and Using it as a means of getting us towards Medicare for all as justification for why we need Medicare for all because if this was Just a normal person in this predicament They could have died if they didn't have medical insurance They could have gone bankrupt as a result of this, you know It shows me that he's not going anywhere anytime soon And I really wanted to make this video letting people know that This is not something that we need to be worried about if Bernie Sanders says that he's okay then Believe him. He's okay because if somebody is genuinely not able to Run or occupy the White House if they were, you know, physically or mentally incapable of doing that You would see greater signs of deterioration and Bernie Sanders, you know up until this point has been a beast He's energetic. He You know, he's gonna be okay Now what I want to emphasize is that Even if you're still worried even if seeing him and hearing me doesn't assure you let me just say this We don't get to choose. We don't get to dictate when other people are done fighting If Bernie Sanders says that he's still in this fight, he's still in this fight Just because he had a heart attack, that doesn't mean that we get to say he's done That doesn't mean that reporters get to say, you know what Bernie Sanders is toast This is not a death sentence. Having a heart attack does not mean that His life is nearing its end. That's not what that means. Hell even a death sentence isn't always a death sentence Back in 2015. My dad was given six months to a year to live He's still with us. He's not going anywhere and he lived long enough to get a procedure I believe it was a sten actually that prolonged his life, you know, additional years So the point is we don't get to dictate when people are done fighting and I want to stress that now I have no idea. This will actually hurt Bernie Sanders politically It may I don't know. I don't know But if you are a Bernie Sanders supporter Understand that if Bernie Sanders tells you he's okay Then we should just accept that and accept that it's good enough Because I believe him and I can see him if you know, he wasn't going to be able to continue this fight We would we would see, you know that Maybe he wasn't so sure Of the fact that he's ready to continue But he looks really good for someone who just had a heart attack He looks really good. Um, so I'm encouraged but still even though I knew he would be okay This really affected me and I just wanted to take some time to like Not speak on it, you know, let let me digest the situation Um, not just put out a video where I make you guys feel depressed And again, it wasn't like I was like, oh god, he's gonna die, you know, I wasn't feeling that way But you know, sometimes you just have to give things time And I think that that was uh, that was important But nonetheless Politics is politics, right? And we are in in American political climate Where politics is as toxic as it can possibly be So of course people are using this as a reason to essentially discount Bernie Sanders And what's weird to me is that they're not making the argument that I assumed they would make they're not saying Well, maybe this shows that you know, he's not in good health What they're saying is maybe Bernie Sanders Isn't qualified because he's dishonest because here's the thing he was admitted To the hospital and we knew that he had a stent put in They didn't tell us that he had a heart attack until three days later I don't see an issue with that. They've been incredibly transparent But you know people within the democratic party for political purposes. I'm assuming are saying That's an issue the fact that he wasn't upfront The fact that we didn't get minute to minute updates That says something about whether or not we can trust Bernie Sanders and that Is what I find absolutely egregious So as Holly Otterbean and David Siders of Politico, right? It's one of those things where the cover-up is worse than the crime said Andres Ramirez Nevada-based democratic strategist and former vice chairman of the democratic national committees hispanic caucus I don't think anybody would have cared if they said he had a heart attack got out a few days later And then everything's good instead. He said there seemed to be a refusal or hesitance to say Bernie Sanders had a heart attack. I think it's less of an issue about his age and more of an issue of hey, Bernie, you're supposed to be the transparent candidate It's better to be upfront as you can as quickly as you can Said Karen Finney a former spokeswoman for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign Adding that there may have been a medical reason that Sanders team did not disclose his heart attack earlier Because to some degree it becomes a trust issue and that I say these people are absolutely disgusting Fuck all the way off. There was no cover-up. He wasn't hiding anything. They told you You had to wait three days to give the family a little bit of time to digest that news Fuck off. That's what I have to say about that the fact that this is what they're using They're trying to flip this into an issue about oh, maybe we can't really trust Bernie because he's not transparent It's just it's egregious But it's totally unsurprising Of course, this is what they do. I'm actually surprised that they're not trying to You know fearmonger about his health more but the fact that they're trying to say well, you know, maybe we should be a little bit If you about Bernie Sanders and maybe question what else is he not telling us about his health That's disgusting. That's egregious You can see him. You can hear him. That's all you need. They told us That's it. Why do you have to Start cooking up these conspiracies about well, maybe there's other things he's not telling us. That's what they were essentially implying Why do you have to suggest that he's a liar? They just needed some time Why is that so difficult for you to comprehend? They needed some time Maybe they didn't want a million different questions from the press. They're running a campaign. He's a frontrunner He's one of three front runners. I mean I could understand if they needed some time Like sometimes when you get news that is really scary You just need time to digest that I needed time to digest this news and I'm not even in the sanders family So for them to say this it's disrespectful and you know, I don't know what to say about it. All I know is this Again Bernie is going to be okay Bernie Sanders is going to be okay And I feel confident in that just by seeing him. Okay, and if he wasn't going to be okay I don't think that he would continue to run this campaign. I think that he believes Um, he's gonna be fine and he is in this for the long haul And so long as he assures us that that's the case Then nobody else Can really say that Bernie's time is up, you know, that's just talk You can see him. He has his mental faculties in order Physically he can still, you know, he can campaign and even if he was in a wheelchair if he said he's still willing to fight That's up to him. That's not up to me. That's not up to you. That's not up to reporters So, you know, it's disrespectful for them to suggest that He was being shady here in this situation. Can you just give them maybe a week? Before you start trying to smear him just a week even in this, you know circumstance. I just I mean Jesus Christ these people are absolutely relentless And they don't care. They just want to attack Bernie Sanders because political agenda Is, you know, more important than everything else to these people But, you know, Bernie Sanders, he's going to use this opportunity To explain how, you know what? Now I'm going to fight even harder for Medicare for all because guess what I have health insurance I can afford this, right? I don't have to worry about getting a medical bill. Others wouldn't be so lucky So he's going to use this To legitimize himself as a fighter for the people And explain why we need Medicare for all why we need progressive policies So I'll leave that there, you know, I was feeling down about this not necessarily because I thought that, you know, Bernie Was in trouble or that this was a death sentence. It's just, you know, it's difficult to Uh to digest bad news about people that we admire and love Just the fact that he had to worry for a minute that he was in trouble or, you know, that his family had to deal with You know, him having a heart attack. That's really scary. You know, it's scary I've been there personally so I can empathize and, you know, my thoughts go out to the Sanders family Bernie Sanders is a fighter and I have no doubt that he's not going anywhere anytime soon And he's in this for the long haul because he cares about the American people And, um, he's not going to stop fighting