 Let's talk about this piece from the New York Times. I find this incredibly fascinating So what they did was they sat down all 21 Democratic Party presidential contenders and they asked each of them the same questions There are 18 questions in total and I think this is Incredibly fascinating. Some of these questions are great. However, not all the questions are As substantive as I'd like so for example How many hours of sleep do you get a night? Don't give a shit couldn't care less like if you are getting each of the presidential candidates in a room And you're gonna ask them these questions Why would that be one of the questions you asked? But with that being said, I don't want to gripe too much because I think overall this is fascinating now Keep in mind that I haven't actually watched these videos ahead of time So you're seeing my genuine first-time reaction Although I do kind of have an idea as to how some of these candidates performed based on the reactions I saw on Twitter, so I know that I'm gonna be disappointed when it comes to Israel I know I'm gonna be disappointed when it comes to healthcare with that being said, let's go ahead and jump into it I sound like Philip DeFranco. So and let's just jump into but um so what they do for each of these questions you click on it and And it'll give you a summary of their answers But if you want more context if you want to know more about their statement here You can watch each of the candidates individual videos I don't think we're gonna get to all of these because I don't want this to be a super long video But let's just go ahead and we'll start with healthcare because that's something that's incredibly important to me On healthcare, would you be focused on improving Obamacare or on replacing it with a single-payer system? Yes Both Yes, I think both I don't see in any way that those two are mutually exclusive I don't think we have to accept That false choice my focus would be building on the affordable care act My focus would be building off of the affordable care We can begin by Improving the affordable care act, but we have to go far beyond that my focus it would be On replacing it with Medicare for all I believe in Medicare for all I support Medicare for all I think the wisest thing for us to do is to have a Medicare for all type plan as a public option Nope a coverage for all system universal coverage universal health care in the United States We need to move to a universal health care system. I think we need to move towards single-payer We need to move towards a single-payer system I want to make sure that Medicare is there for everybody in this country I believe in a Medicare for all single-payer program Um, okay lots to say there first of all Elizabeth Warren Expectedly disappointed me What would you prefer to focus on improving the affordable care act or replacing it? Yes So do you understand how weak and just Bizarre that answer is Elizabeth Warren, what is your plan for health care? Yes, that's not an answer war And I mean Jesus Christ just for once in your life Have a spine and take a stand on something. I mean each and every single week. She's proposing these phenomenal policies, but On health care for whatever reason she's weak. She's weaker than Kirsten Gillibrand. She's weaker than Kamala Harris How of all people you'd expect Elizabeth Warren to be the one to come out on top and say look I'm standing with Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard. We've got to move to Medicare for all Immediately, but she's not doing that. So that's disappointing. I expected her to disappoint me there Um, a couple things I want to touch on so when they say would your focus be on improving the affordable care act They said that basically verbatim like four candidates said it and even if the question was worded that way Understand that this is a talking point by the Democratic Party establishment How many town halls have we seen where they're asked if they support Medicare for all and they immediately jump to well I think we should improve the affordable care act Okay, but that's not really a clear cut answer. How do you want to improve it? There's couple there's a couple of people towards the end like what's his name Jay Inslee for example Who said we need to move towards a universal health care system now ten years ago I would have assumed that that meant they support single-payer where health care is free at the point of service but Nowadays when a Democrat uses the word single-payer or excuse me when they use the word universal health care That doesn't necessarily mean that they support single-payer that just could mean well, you know I support universal health care in the sense that I want to expand the affordable care act So it covers like a hundred percent of people. That's what it could mean. So that doesn't mean single-payer Now the one that I think I found the most egregious was Marianne Williamson's answer because she was Obviously trying to do double-speak. Oh, well, I support Medicare for all as a public option Do you support Medicare for all or a public option? Those are two different policies. Which one is it? You can't have it both ways either you support a public option or Medicare for all now you can support a public option That's fine. I disagree with you but if you're gonna be disingenuous and Say Medicare for all because you know that that's what we want to hear when you support a public option in actuality I find that maddening so public option or Medicare for all You don't get to sit on the fence here Marianne Williamson pick a side now The one that surprised me honestly was Andrew Yang because when I had him on my show I asked him this very question because he's been waffling back and forth between a public option and Medicare for all And here he said very clearly Medicare for all so Yeah, I think that Cory Booker and Kamala Harris they had the right sense to say I don't think we should you know Be forced to choose between what is a false dichotomy But I really want them to explicitly say Medicare for all um, but overall I think that this was disappointing. I love how bed. Oh here he says Oh, well, I think we have to start by improving the affordable care act and then we just go beyond that But you can just jump straight to Medicare for all and then You improve Health care for everyone. It's like they're clinging to the affordable care act specifically because This is something that the last president who was a Democrat did and they just want to preserve his legacy I don't care about Obama's legacy when I care about his health care and they should do so I'm not surprised by Bernie Sanders dance. Of course. He's strong here What I want to get to is the people who we've been following on this issue Kamala Harris for the most part has been strong She kind of reversed course when it comes to whether or not you'd get rid of public health insurance or private health insurers But let's hear what she has to say here. Well, I don't think we have to accept That false choice. I mean, let's first agree that The affordable care act took us to a place where tens of millions of people just get to the front had access to health care And it was revolutionary frankly What they were able to achieve in terms of improving and in reforming the health care system I think we now need to take it to the next step because still in our country So many people do not have access to affordable health care my goal and I think the best place that we could be is to have Medicare for all and I support Medicare for all And you know the other part of it is that we have to have policies in our country that recognize that one of the biggest Barriers in fact the biggest barrier to everyone having access to to health care is cost Okay, and we got to be focused on the right answer reducing in some situations. Okay, John Delaney is gonna be disappointing Let's hear from Tulsi Gabbard. I support Medicare for all I think the current system that we have Continues to be broken even with the advances made in the affordable care act There are still far too many people in this country who are uninsured or who are under insured and ultimately are not able to get The care that they need Good short, but sweet that's exactly what I want to hear. I Think the wisest thing for us to do is to have a Medicare for all type plan as a public option And then to give people the opportunity also to keep their private insurance insurance I hate this this is probably the worst because she's being so disingenuous like she's clearly trying to have it both ways I hate these types of answers. Just tell me if you're for or against something. Don't try to gaslight me. I Believe in Medicare for all because I think health care is a right and not a privilege And one of the challenges we've had with the ACA is we never got to universal coverage that was affordable So I think the best way to do that is through Medicare for all and ultimately having a single payer That is an earned benefit just like social security today Good where everyone buys in at a price they can afford matched by their employer and you buy in your whole life Okay, the buy-in Gave me public option vibes, but for the most part it was good up until that point But I mean she's co-sponsoring Bernie Sanders bill. Hopefully, you know She means what she says but Kamala did better in that regard as did Tulsi Gabbard. Let's hear from Warren. Yes Look and in fact, I focused on three things the first is we need to defend the affordable No, we don't we could just go straight to Medicare for all lawsuit down in Texas HHS is doing everything they can to take the legs out of this is a long meandering answer We need to pick off the things that are easy reduce the cost of prescription you don't have to take this Why waste energy and political capital when you could just jump right to the policy insurance private insurance so that people Don't private insurance same kind of deal. I set up for credit card companies That's part two and part three. We got to keep moving us to a place Where everybody is covered at the lowest possible cost? Nope And there are a lot of different ways to get there Medicare. No has a lot of different nope No, it doesn't Medicare for all has one path you pass it boom. You're done. It's that simple Hate this answer from Elizabeth Warren. I mean you'd expect better from someone who's a self-proclaimed Progressive, but that's a terrible answer. That's a corporate Democrat ask answer Let's hear from Pete because he hasn't been against Medicare for all He says I think we need to move towards single-payer. Oh, here it is. The proof is in the That full answer here I think we need to move towards single-payer and the way I've proposed to do it is kind of Medicare for all who want it So he supports public option See, you have to really go beyond just that basic face level rhetoric because there's so much Disingenuity here that they're trying to mislead you because they really know how much we want Medicare for all and they want to tell you What we want to hear but they don't want to say it in a direct way because they know that that'll piss off progressive So they do it in this roundabout sneaky way saying well, you know, I support Medicare They emphasize that word for all who want it, you know, it it's so frustrating. Let's go to Andrew Yang my focus it would be on replacing it with Medicare for all System that provides health care to all Americans I think that the Affordable Care Act was a tremendous step forward, but to not go quite far enough Okay, that's good. It seems like he is coming back around to Medicare for all it still gives me pause because He's waffled on it before but I mean, this is a step in the right direction I'm not gonna bother watching Bernie's because Bernie Hitted out of the park. He does this every time. He's the best on this Okay Next we will go to do you think Israel meets international standards of human rights? This is a really easy answer. It's no it should be no across the board, but I have this Sinking feeling that they're all gonna fuck this up Come on. Do you think Israel meets international standards of human rights? I have great concerns about the role that Netanyahu is playing. You know, I think no I do Yes, yes overall I think Israel often does but not always when you're addressing the issues around Israel one has to look at their evolution I believe that we can get back to kind of policies that affirm that two-state solution affirm human rights I do think that by and large Israel meets the standards of human rights. What a joke Israel does work to What a fucking joke. I think there's more that could be done I believe that Israel like a lot of other that side at the beginning told you everything He's gonna try to bullshit wants to do the right thing Israel want to do the right thing, but they're not needs to work with the Palestinian people to find a two-state Work with the Palestinians. There are some challenges with Israel. Oh come on Tulsi You're the foreign policy candidate enormous challenge. Oh They are strong Liberal democracy I know that Israel attempts to meet no they don't they're brazenly violating human I know that they could do a better job. Well, I think they could do a better job I think that all countries can improve in all respects I think that there are many countries including the United States that behaves in ways that do not always meet International standards of human rights certainly some of the actions that are being taken there are deeply problematic I think Israel's human rights record is problematic and moving in the wrong direction So they all fucked this question up royally. I Guess the best I use the word best very loosely was Pete Buttigieg But it's funny. He answers this question Still shittily but better than everyone else But this week we got word that he would not move the embassy Back so I mean this is all around each and every single one of them shit the bed including our favorites Bernie Tulsi Lauren This isn't hard. It's a yes or no answer and objectively speaking According to human rights watchdogs. The answer is no you don't need to go You know on this long tangent and give us this long-winded response. Just be concise No, so Kamal is wrong here Let's see basically everyone was wrong. Let's go to Elizabeth Warren. I Think that Israel is In a really tough neighborhood. I understand that this is enormous challenges What about the Palestinians? They are our strong ally We need a liberal democracy in that region and to work with that are they a liberal democracy if Palestinians Ally the way we would any good friend To come to the table with the Palestinians and to work toward this is so we solution I Strongly support a two-state solution and I believe that a good friend Says to the Palestinians Careful with her words here come to the table is the word friend The United States cannot dictate the terms of a long-term settlement with the Palestinians and the Israelis But what it can do is urge both of them to go there and To stay out of the way to let them negotiate the pieces that are most important to them for a lasting peace the current enough this is Not adequate. Let's hear Bernie. I Have great concerns about the role that Netanyahu is playing in Israel and their relationship with the Palestinians As I've said many times. I believe 100% in the right For Israel not only to exist, but you don't have this in peace and security course Everybody just accepts the role of the United States is to work with all of the entities in the region including the Palestinians And to do that in an even-handed way That was such a milk toast weak weak answer Bernie. I mean even the best progressive in the race Can't just even hit anywhere near the target on this Let's go to Tulsi because Tulsi she is the foreign policy candidate the fact that you know She's having a difficult time here is so frustrating. I think that there are some challenges with Israel That that need to be addressed Could you expand on that? I think that ongoing issues that we continue to see in the conflict between Israel and Palestine are complicated But there need to be product there needs to be progress made Ultimately to make sure that both the Israeli people and the Palestinian people are able to live in peace and securely Tulsi it is so obvious that you're avoiding the question and you're sitting on the fence How are the progressives even fucking this question up? It's an easy question It's an easy question You can say look if you're afraid to say anything that would you know give off the perception that maybe you're anti-Israel You can say look I believe in Israel. However, I Go by what the international organizations are saying I go by what the UN says And it's obvious that they're in violation of international law. They are violating international standards of human rights That's not my opinion. That's a fact. That's what international organizations are saying. This is easy, but progressives can't even get it Right. They're all fucking it up So so disappointing every single one of them I'm good I don't want to hear anything else because it's just gonna piss me off They're all bad every single one of them. That was um, they all get an f. Sorry, they all get an f Wow, okay, so That really pissed me off Do you think president trump has committed crimes in office? Let's go with this one because I think Again, this is another easy one just objectively speaking. He violated campaign finance laws He's in violation of the emoluments clause 10 different acts of obstruction of justice according to the Mueller report should be easy You think do you think president trump has committed crimes in office? I believe this president Mr. Trump believes himself to be above the law. It looks to me like president trump's committed crimes in office I do. I think he's violated the emoluments clause Oh, I don't think there's any question that he obstructed justice I don't know. I would love to see the Mueller report and maybe we can talk about it after that I think it is likely that donald trump has committed before the Mueller report. Yes, I do I think he may well have perhaps that could be true and I think congress is continuing its oversight duties What Mueller did not opine on is whether or not there was obstruction of justice Uh, and was unwilling to reach a conclusion. I'd like to see the full report Does it seem to me that there's a very very good case for the obstruction of justice? Absolutely Does it seem to me that there's a very very good case for other crimes as well? Certainly For indictment, absolutely. Certainly, there's a lot of evidence and Discussion that that that he might have I can't say that you know I haven't seen the either the full Mueller report or others that crimes per se I think it's very likely that president trump has sealed indictments waiting for him I don't think it's my job to determine whether he committed crimes. I think it's congress's job There's evidence that the president has directed people to lie to congress I believe president trump has committed crimes while in office. I think that if you read the Mueller report Um and with any objective eye It is deeply disturbing and alarming I don't know how anybody reads the 448 pages of the Mueller report And arrives at any conclusion other than we need to start impeachment proceedings against donald trump I believe the president has committed impeachable offenses and I think there needs to be a congressional investigation to draw out the facts The Mueller report was not the end of the story. It was really just part of the beginning So I think elizabeth warren Was probably the strongest here Although i'm a little bit confused as to the timeline here because it seems like They all recorded at different periods of time. So clearly kamala Harris recorded this when They hadn't seen the full Mueller report, but elizabeth warren did So I mean, I think we should kind of give kamala the benefit of the doubt But I think that anyone who doesn't at least say, you know, oh, well, you certainly in violation of the emoluments clause That's obvious because He didn't put his businesses in a blind trust I mean, if you can't at a minimum say that and you're writing the fence here Then I find your answer disappointing Okay, so Let's see. What else do we want to click on here? Does anyone deserve a billion dollars? This is easy No, they do not let's see what they say Do you think anyone deserves to have a billion dollars? I mean if they earn it How do you earn a billion kamala sure this is america sure if you earn it fairly sure sure nope Yes, there are people who deserve to have a billion dollars. Who no no one deserves to have a billion dollars I don't know that anyone deserves to have a billion dollars deserves got nothing to do with it I don't think anybody deserves to have a billion dollars. There are people that are lucky to have a billion dollars Like do I think that there's something intrinsically wrong with there being billionaires in the world? No, I do not What troubles me is the fact that the federal government so often favors the wealthy overworking people I got a lot of problem With billionaires who are not paying a fair share. Yeah, I mean, oh, that was a fencing answer That's a high class luxury. I think they should certainly pay more in taxes. Is there not some obligation that they should help? Create opportunity or enhance the opportunity for others I'm not sure anybody cosmically or morally deserves to have a billion dollars, but I don't hold it against them You should I think that people deserve to work hard and make money How does our country make sure that there's shared prosperity if they worked hard How do you work hard enough to get a billion? That's the point. You can't work hard enough to get a billion Our system. Ah, they're so frustrating to me The real question is do we deserve to live in a country where half of the population can't afford 500 dollars? I think that we make a mistake in this country when we Confuse wealth with worth. We need a tax system Which demands that the wealthiest people in this country start paying their fair share of taxes And my guess is when you have that you're not going to have too many billionaires left Okay Bernie and Warren dodged the question Tulsi Gabbard at least she answered it her answer was completely wrong The answer is no because you can't possibly earn a billion dollars and quite frankly, you don't need more Than a couple million. So in my ideal society, we have a marginal tax rate of a hundred percent Anything above five million per year You don't need more than that. I'm sorry. Um, and maybe that's a little bit too harsh in some people's views But um until we start actually really reducing wealth and income inequality and solving the homelessness crisis and uh Poverty in America. We need those funds more than these millionaires need that Let me go to Tulsi's answer because I feel like There is more than a one word answer. There had to be Look those those who uh who work and and earn Money in this country is is not a bad thing. It's how they do that and what they do with it I think matters. I think the fact that we have had such an imbalance in our country with Vast income inequality where our laws benefit the very few making it easy for The richest to get even richer While the middle class and the poor continue to struggle is what's wrong And that's what we need to fix So she basically said the same thing that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren said, oh, well, you know, it's not necessarily billionaires But it's you know, they're not paying their fair share. Um No billionaires are the problem. Nobody can earn that much wealth Um, let's see here describe the last time you were embarrassed. I don't care about that um Let's see. What do we want to click on? I don't want this video to be too long. It's already getting pretty long Would there be american troops in afghanistan at the end of your first term? This is a good one Would there be american troops in afghanistan at the end of your first term? No, no No, no, uh, there were not there would not. Uh, I suspect not There will not be american troops in afghanistan at the end of my first term Not in any sizable number. Well, I'd have to look at bad the circumstances But it'd probably be you know very limited if there were troops there There'd be very no if there were they'd be there with a clear mission wrong answer Terror attacks and that's it if there is a responsible way for us to get our troops out of afghanistan in that time frame There would not be any troops horrible answer andrew no ideal, of course would be to remove all us troops But even if we could get a more stable situation that would allow for fewer troops to be there That would be a huge step forward I will seek to pull out american troops from afghanistan who are not there to train and equip or provide security at our embassy as president of the united states I would make no move in afghanistan until first i spoke to afghan women So i'm like most americans. I want to get our troops out of afghanistan. I Believe we should bring back our troops from afghanistan. No, we need to bring our american troops home We cannot have forever wars in this nation So most of them got that right the answer is um, we bring the troops home Um, let me see what marianne williamson said because her answer didn't make sense So there's got to be more context here that makes as president of the united states I would make no move in afghanistan until first i spoke to afghan women I want to hear from the afghani women. I'm very aware of the history of the taliban in relationship to women and so Nothing happens. No first. I talked to them See this is an answer that gives me pause because Here's the thing There are human rights atrocities going on everywhere around the world the government in miyanmar is carrying out a genocide against the rahingya There are numerous human rights violations in sudan So what i think she's missing here is that she still Believes that there's such thing as a humanitarian war She is fundamentally misunderstanding why we're there. We're not there because we care about human rights We're there because we want the the minerals that are in afghanistan. So her Her heart is in the right place with that being said. I don't think she is understanding Why we intervene in the first place and that worries me Because as president she could be misled by generals that oh, well, there's this human rights violation here. Let's invade There's this human rights violation here. Let's invade And I don't like that. So, um, I'm not impressed with maryanne williamson. Um In these talks here Let's see Do you support or oppose the death penalty? Um, this is an easy answer. It's cruel and unusual punishment And um, they shouldn't support this Do you support or oppose the death penalty? I oppose the death penalty and I have long held that view. I'm personally opposed to the death penalty I always have been I've always opposed the death penalty. I oppose the death penalty. I oppose the death penalty I oppose the death penalty. I oppose the death penalty. I oppose the death penalty. I supported the limited circumstances Okay, so um, that was a bad answer. Um But I mean this is actually pretty encouraging. I wish that joe biden was included in this um I'm realizing now because he's so forgettable that he's not here because I would like to hear his His responses to some of these. Um, okay I think I'm gonna do one more And um, we'll call it quits here because this is getting super long Let's see. Do you think immigration is a major problem in the united states? It's between that and should tech giants like facebook amazon and google be broken up. Which one do I choose? Um, because I can already kind of predict what they're going to say about illegal immigration. Um, they're going to give a standard, you know answer Maybe we'll do both. So let's see what they say about tech giants because I hope the answer is to break them up Should tech giants like facebook amazon and google be broken up the answer in general is yes. Yes, I do Yeah, I have no problem with the idea of breaking some of these companies up Perhaps in some instances we must have far stronger Regulations. No, but I do think the antitrust division at the department of justice Could be You know better used. I think we need to look at breaking them up. They may well be broken up I don't think we need to break them up right now, but we've got to regulate them more effectively Significantly increase the regulation of they need far more oversight and accountability and regulation These tech giants need to be regulated to protect our privacy We have to address the size and the power and the concentration Of power that now exists. It's not healthy for our country I think the ftc needs to be empowered to prevent and in some cases reverse The mergers of some of these companies not just in tech, but across the american economy My first priority is going to be that that we ensure that privacy is something that is intact I think it's we should actually absolutely examine whether they should be broken up But we have processes in place to to examine that and and and look at it just as Teddy Roosevelt did just as Franklin Roosevelt did the temptation though is to say break them up Which is frankly a 20th century solution into a 21st century I think tech giants first ought to have a lot more obligations I worry about any presidential candidate that's making broad brush determinations Oh, do you know because running for president means you're going to have to make some Pretty substantial decisions and come out with really bold policies, but we all know that uh, Cory Booker is He's spineless. All right, let's do the immigration one and we'll end on a positive note with one of the stupid questions I guess I don't think it's a major Do you think illegal immigration is a major problem for the u.s? I think we have challenges with uh Undocumented immigrants in our country and a lot of those challenges is by forcing them into the shadows Illegal immigration is an issue and democrats have to admit that it's something that we have to confront Republicans have to be honest about the facts That we need immigrants that we're a country of immigrants that we've got to give a Fence sitting answer here to dreamers and others. I want to help the dreamers We want to encourage new streams of talent into america undocumented immigrants need a path to citizenship I think even the languaging of illegal immigration is a problem in the united states Yeah, I do not think illegal immigration is a major problem in the united states I don't think it's a major problem, but I do think we need to fix our broken immigration system I think it's a broken system our broken immigration system is a major problem in this country I think it is a problem Is certainly not the kind of problem that donald trump makes it out to be it's not as much of a problem in a In a country right now where we have 3.8 unemployment But that being said we need a system where everyone plays by the rules I think we have in this country An immigration crisis that's self-created. I think the big problem in the united states a major problem for the united states Is that we need to pass comprehensive immigration reform comprehensive immigration reform? I think that we have done nothing about immigration for so long This keeps growing down to figure out a smart way to bring people that are in our country to citizenship We have over 12 million Undocumented immigrants here in america and that is a major problem. Yes That's a bad answer and immigration is an opportunity. It's an opportunity for us to rewrite our laws We need to be doing more When it comes to immigration reform, I think the biggest problem we've got right now Starts down in central america Uh, the united states has withdrawn a lot of support in central america It's a destabilized government gangs have taken over And people are forced to flee for their lives And as a consequence, they end up at the american border Whether that's what they really wanted to do or not Illegal immigration Is an issue that this Administration has drummed up to cause fear and paranoia Let me go to andrew yang's answer because that was like Really bad if you're saying that the people who are here now Who are paying taxes and contributing to our economy? If you think that that's a problem, then that's very trumpian So we have over 12 million people who are here in this country that are undocumented That we know of I mean it could be an even larger number And we should not pretend that it is possible to somehow deport 12 million people it would collapse regional economies and separate families. It's Essentially a non-starter So right now the status quo is we don't know who everyone is and then we have problems with that And many of these people will show up in our emergency rooms or get into car accidents or other things where Not knowing who they are is immensely problematic and many of them are operating in an informal Shadow economy where we aren't having them integrated into the greater whole And so i'm for a long term path to citizenship for people who are in here and undocumented We need to create a path forward for people to see that they have a future here In this country and it's particularly true because many of them have kids who've known no other life, but America and it would be again completely inhumane to separate families on that level So that was a little bit more thoughtful I don't like the long term path to citizenship because they're already here like what are we waiting for I don't like the path towards citizenship top talk. I mean just give them citizenship give them amnesty like I hate how everything has to be incrementalist and it can't be bold We have to make sure that we take the least offensive answer on everything. It drives me nuts. So, um, okay Now I know why they included some of these really just Anna died like Stupid questions because after you see the rest of the responses You're going to be disappointed and I know that they probably planned these before they got the answers but they're here for a reason because um Yeah, these were pretty disappointing. Um, do I want to look at the court packing plan? This video is already pretty long. So, um I kind of want to end I keep saying we're gonna end Let me look at the court packing one really quick And then we'll end on a stupid question Are you open to expanding the size of the supreme court? I am open to that discussion expanding the size of the supreme court is something I am thinking about right now It would make total sense To institute a time a term limit of 18 years and it also would make total sense to increase the number of justices on the supreme court I believe we need to reform the supreme court, but it's not just about the number of justices I don't know that expanding the size of the supreme court is the best way to address legitimate concerns we have With its objectivity. I'm open to any idea that can make sure a woman's right of choice is protected I am open to it. I'm open to it. I am open to that. I'm open I don't think that expanding the size of the supreme court solves the problem I don't believe that expanding the size of the supreme court is the answer I am not. I do not think expanding the supreme court makes sense. No, no, no Where does that stop? Is a race to the bottom? I'm not convinced that expanding the size of the supreme court is going to fix anything Roosevelt tried that in the 1930s then works so well expanding the size of it. I think would Require a national discussion. You know, I would be open to giving Merrick garland a seat because I think what happened to him was terrible I think what mitch mcconnell did was unpatriotic and in many ways an attack on the constitution Let me see what tulsi and bernie said in the uh expanded answer here um Because I don't like bernie's answer. I don't um The point of threatening them with the court packing plan Was to get them to stop undoing all of the new deal reforms Like we call it the lochner era because the supreme court was essentially rogue And he was threatening to pack the courts to scare the shit out of them So bernie isn't looking at that as a strategy. That's super disappointing I think the roosevelt tried that in the 1930s then works so well for him packing the courts Is a great idea when you're in power not such a great idea when your political opponents are in power and so, you know, uh, if you Go from nine to 13 and go 13 from seven to 17 It never ends, but I I am open To the idea of rotating judges, uh out of the supreme court Into courts of appeals for example to allow them to get a new Look at at the real world that is that is out there, but I'm not in favor of packing the courts Yeah, that's that's not a really, um Good answer from bernie in my opinion. I get what he's saying about oh Well, you know if democrats when they expand the court then republicans will expand the court Well, once you expand expand the court, then you Try to stop republicans from doing the same thing like you have to fight dirty and fight fire with fire They stole a supreme court seat from president obama. So now all bets are off civility is gone. Now you just um You take back the court if they're going to be Just doing the bidding of corporate america and letting capitalism infiltrate in our democracy like something has to be done So the idea that he's open to like rotating them between the circuit courts and whatnot. That's the step in the right direction But Something has to be done like we can't allow the supreme court To fuck up the country For a generation. That's just completely unacceptable. Let's go to tulsi here I don't think that expanding the size of the supreme court solves the problem that we're facing Where the court has increasingly become a partisan political Entity, that's true. Even if you add more numbers to the supreme court, you're still not going to solve the problem How unfortunately Those who are appointed are largely appointed on partisan reasons Rather than making sure our supreme court justices Are chosen based on their commitment to upholding our and defending our constitution Yeah, um, I would have liked To know how you de-politicize the court then but you know, um It's not my number one issue. All right. That's it. I'm not gonna do anymore. Let me just go ahead and we'll get to a stupid Question here What's your comfort food on the campaign trail and then we'll end there so that way we're leaving on at least a somewhat positive note unless they fuck this question up to Then I don't know what to say. What's the comfort food on the campaign trail? When you're a vegan that means uh, lots of veggies on the go I try to stay away from it But vegan cupcakes is is probably a real threat on the trail Any kind of fast food? I love a good hamburger. I mean, you can't beat a burger for a quick classic american meal Real chicken sandwich from mcdonald's no sauce two of them A baked potato italian sausage sandwich at paschi in pueblo colorado I think if I've got one go to it's like pulled pork kind bars are my comfort food I do have a sweet tooth and I will look for those little bowls of You know m&m's or mince it was m&m's But I've taken an oath now to lay off of the m&m's to maintain built the security last time out We did a trip to the west coast and I gained three pounds in four days. So uh, there's too much comfort food I have no comfort food the word got out that I like beef jerky and so uh, uh, people have been kind enough to Give that to me on the road sometimes. I'm an ice cream guy I don't have a comfort food. I have a comfort drink, which is uh, iced tea. It's really comfort coffee Um, my favorite coffee is a mocha glass of whiskey at the end of the night Probably chips and guacamole french fries I love a good french fry Or a few or many or just the whole thing now. This just made me hungry. So now I'm angry and I'm hungry Um, but that's it. Let's stop the video. This is like three and a half hours long Um, you know, I'll link to this down below if you want to check it out yourself If you want to see the other uh questions, some of these might be interesting Like do you think that it's possible for the next president to stop climate change? Um, I already know what they're going to say, which is why I didn't click it I think it's possible for us to kind of lead the way and get the rest of the world to come to the table And get us on that trajectory. They're going to say something like that in an ideal world with anyone own handguns They're all going to say yes So I've I've got the main questions that I wanted to see answered out of the way But you know, I I like that the new york times did this Hopefully they continue to release these because I think these are really helpful in Getting to know where the candidates stand on a range of issues by and large the ones that were really important Um, I was super disappointed like the israel palestine I hope that they all see this and they reflect because each and every single one of them give an absolutely atrocious Response even our favorites even bernie even tolsi even warren Um, even yang they need to do better here. But with that being said, uh, this is this is Insightful, so I'm glad that they released this You could support the humanist report at patreon.com Slashed humanist report But trust me, I'd have way more supporters at patreon if that was my podcast said