 So the moment I found out that labor lost in the UK's general election After just being generally disappointed because I wanted to see change in the UK I was bracing myself because I already knew that insufferable centrists in the United States would use Jeremy Corbyn and labor's loss as you know more reason to beat us over the head with this idea that We can't have someone who's too far left run against Donald Trump We need to play it safe and opt for someone who's more moderate and sure enough That is exactly what they decided to do like the opportunists that they are The moment that we found out that Jeremy Corbyn's Labor Party was defeated for example in light and centrist Bill Maher tweeted the apparent beating that Jeremy Corbyn led the labor to in the UK election Should serve as a cautionary tale for the Democrats as 2020 approaches now What I find interesting about Bill Maher's take here is that he claimed he supported Bernie Sanders back in 2016 Even if he wasn't necessarily that enthusiastic about Bernie Sanders But after we nominated someone who's a moderate and she lost Donald Trump You think that that would reinforce his support of Bernie Sanders going into 2020 because of a moderate loss Then logically you can deduce that we should try the next option, which is someone who is Deemed too far left, but instead he's choosing to opt for a moderate after a moderate already lost When he previously supported Bernie Sanders like the logic makes no sense It's almost like Bill Maher isn't actually on the left and he just supports center-right policies because He's really rich Now I've already talked about this with Connor of the cavernacle I did I think it was a 30-minute video that I posted to the channel that we did together It's also on his channel So check that out. We kind of walked through the reasons why Jeremy Corbyn lost We had our initial reactions but I want to take the time to really parse out the reasons why Jeremy Corbyn lost and why that's not some type of foreshadowing about what to expect if Bernie Sanders is the nominee I believe that Bernie Sanders is our best bet if we want to defeat Donald Trump now That doesn't mean that it is a guaranteed victory regardless of who wins the nomination. It's going to be tough to beat Donald Trump We're not going to underestimate him like we did in 2016 because Donald Trump now has that incumbency Advantage right and he delivered tax cuts to elites. So regardless of how unorthodox he is How much he makes them feel uncomfortable. He delivers politically and for that reason they like him, right? So it's going to be harder to beat him But if we truly want the best bet at beating Donald Trump We need to opt for Bernie Sanders and I think Bernie overall can beat Donald Trump But I want to go through why because Jeremy Corbyn and labor lost That doesn't mean that Bernie is definitely going to lose here, which is what centrists want you to believe the first And I think most obvious reason is that Jeremy Corbyn Was running on a platform that was different than Bernie Sanders It was incredibly Progressive but Bernie Sanders is running on things that they already have in the UK for example Medicare for all So we're fighting for Medicare for all because if we don't get Medicare for all Thousands of people will die or go bankrupt every single year in this country They already have that in the UK Nobody is dying or going bankrupt in the UK because they have their national health system now Health care was a huge issue in this election because Jeremy Corbyn was trying to defend against greater privatization That Boris Johnson wanted to do but regardless It's not as big of an issue if nobody's dying in that country, right? So in the US, there's a greater urgency We don't have the things that they have so these issues that are progressive that are deemed too far left They are of a greater salience here than they are in the United Kingdom when it comes to the issue of health care We are running on saving lives Jeremy Corbyn was running on expanding coverage and protecting against privatization Very different issues here now on top of that. It's not like Corbyn and Labor's defeat was a surprise I mean the polls predicted that Boris Johnson and the Tories would win and that's what happened So if we accept that polling is relatively accurate well out of more than 50 polls Bernie Sanders only loses to Donald Trump in Four of them. So if we are accepting that aggregate polling data is relatively reliable well Then polls predicted that Jeremy Corbyn and Labor would lose and polls are predicting that Bernie Sanders would win Now polls aren't always accurate. Jeremy Corbyn actually overperformed the polls in 2017 So polls maybe aren't reliable, but if they're not reliable then What we have to accept is that if he overperformed the polls back in 2017 Then maybe him being too far left isn't a huge turnoff to the electorate after all I mean these are factors that they don't want to talk about and it's incredibly frustrating now on top of that The political climate in the UK is very different than it is in the United States This election was a Brexit election unlike the 2017 general election in the UK and part of the reason why Jeremy Corbyn lost Was because his message on brexit wasn't clear while Tories and Boris Johnson staked out a clear position And they were the party of getting brexit done Corbyn tried to appeal to you know both he wanted to have it both ways He wanted to appeal to the Remainers and people who wanted to leave and that simply didn't work now in the event Jeremy Corbyn staked out a more clear position on Brexit he could have won right if the position he took was what the country wanted because again This was the brexit election but to say that he was too far left or the Labour's manifesto was just too extreme is nonsensical because the Issues that he talked about polled incredibly well. So it wasn't that he was too far left It's that he wasn't decisive enough on brexit. He wasn't leading on that issue That is the problem now another issue that Jeremy Corbyn had which actually to be fair Bernie Sanders shares is that the mainstream media hates both of them They disliked Jeremy Corbyn and because he dared to speak out in favor of Palestinian human rights They smeared him as basically Someone who was anti-semitic and this smear was repeated over and over again And the UK media gave favorable coverage to Boris Johnson even though he was the true bigot in the selection not Jeremy Corbyn Who cares about human rights who is anti-racist? But regardless he spoke out in favor of Palestinian human rights. They called him an anti-Semite You know, I don't know if it's just me, but I don't think that Bernie Sanders is going to have that problem I don't think that accusations of anti-semitism are going to stick to Bernie Sanders because He's Jewish now, of course That doesn't mean that the mainstream media in the United States won't try to replicate the success of that strategy because The day after they learned that the anti-semitism smear helped sink Jeremy Corbyn Well, they tried to use that same smear against Bernie Sanders because conservative media outlet the Washington examiner penned an article the very next day titled Bernie Sanders has an anti-semitism problem and yes that author is being serious now the Article itself was met with almost universal condemnation one because it's fucking stupid and Two because the author who wrote that doesn't actually care about bigotry because she is a fan of a fascist Like Milo Unopolis So the media can try all they want to claim that Bernie Sanders is anti-semitic or has an anti-semitic problem or gives anti-semites a pass But it's not going to work. So obviously after we go through all of these factors It's easy to see that just because labor was defeated that doesn't mean that Bernie Sanders will lose in 2020 These are two different elections with different aspects and different issues at stake, right? However, because I'm not hacky. I do believe that that election should trigger some introspection among the American left I believe that there are things we can learn from Jeremy Corbyn's loss that will make us stronger going into 2020 And apparently Michael Moore does too because he actually did talk about one really important thing that we should learn Going into 2020 not that we need to be more moderate and centrist But instead we need to be decisive and leaders Going into 2020 a week before the first brexit vote I was in the uk And I saw what was going on And in fact, um, I I called up Corbyn's office to see if he'd go have a drink with me And he did and and so we talked about this It was clear to me at the time that he was of two minds about brexit clearly. Yes That if you can't get the message clear You know, he was he was against it for all the right reasons. We can't leave europe We are europe europe would have died had we not given a million lives or so to to Keep it keep it. Yes. So there wouldn't be a europe without what without what britain did On the other hand, he didn't want to desert what he felt was a strong feeling in the working class space of the labor party of wanting to get out This is a the message here is that democrats need to lead not follow Democrats need to say, you know, this is the way it should be and this is what we're going to fight for Now look, I love Jeremy Corbyn. He is someone I respect and admire But Michael Moore is correct here if Jeremy Corbyn was more decisive when it comes to the issue of brexit He could have performed better He could have pulled this off But this was such a huge issue that it dwarfed all the other political issues Now i'm not willing to say that Jeremy Corbyn would have definitely won Had he taken a stronger stance on brexit, but I think that it's one of the main reasons why He lost. I think he probably could have overcome the media smears I mean, he almost won back in 2017. He made up a lot of ground So I think that he could have overcome that, you know, and still won in spite Of you know, everything else that was going against him But this was a brexit election period now donald trump could take a particular issue and Change the narrative use his bully pulpit to say this is the election about immigration or whatnot But that's something that could come up With a moderate as president, right? It's not just bernie sanders who has to be aware of some of these pitfalls in the general election Every individual who goes up against donald trump is going to have a huge battle on their hands Not just bernie sanders, but again if we want to improve our odds Then we know that in america the way to win is to make sure we galvanize the democratic party voting base because when turnout is high We win when turnout is low republicans win So if we have a candidate that that energizes younger people Then we have a fighting shot at beating trump in 2020. It's not guaranteed But at least we have a chance and that person is bernie sanders So instead of cow-towing to what centrists are saying and being fearful make the case for bernie sanders Let them know why they're wrong because they are wrong Jeremy corbin's loss does not mean that bernie sanders loss is guaranteed in 2020 absolutely not If we truly want to win The nominating a centrist is not the way to go because we tried that The centrist lost hillary clinton was defeated by donald trump So if you're going to reduce all of this down to political ideology, we already saw How moderation and centrism played? Now it's time to try it our way because we have the winning strategy No strategy is a guaranteed winner But if we want to be victorious if we want to win and defeat donald trump Bernie is our best bet. Don't let the centrists scare you until you otherwise We fight for what we believe in because what we believe in not only is morally justified But it is in fact the strategy that will help lead us to victory and that's all I'll say about this