 So last week we talked about how Joe Biden was lying about progressive policy proposals like Medicare for all and this week He is continuing with that same trend. He's lying and now he is Name-dropping other progressives in the race who support policies like Medicare for all So we're gonna get to what Biden said and then I'm gonna tell you Bernie Sanders response because finally Bernie Sanders is beginning to take off the gloves and that is long Overdue because if you're going to sit here and lie about Medicare for all Then you deserve to be attacked because you are propping up a system that incentivizes profit over people and that's immoral that makes you a bad person But Joe Biden is rich. So he doesn't have to worry about losing health insurance. This is just about Maintaining the status quo. That's why he's running He's saying if I become elected nothing will fundamentally change He says this to rich elites in a closed-door meeting So he is the status quo candidate and he continues to attack these new bold progressive policy proposals That he was too chicken to fight for when he was in power So here's what he said specifically according to Kate Gluck of the New York Times He said quote I admire the rest of the field from Bernie to Elizabeth to Kamala who want, you know Medicare for all But let me tell you I think one of the most Significant things we've done in our administration is past the Affordable Care Act Mr. Biden said to applause here's Saturday morning Referencing the signature healthcare measure passed under the Obama administration He said that he wanted to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and to add a public option Something he acknowledged could come with a significant price tag But it doesn't cost three trillion and it can be done quickly He continued when asked about differences among the Democratic candidates quote I don't know why we'd get rid of what in fact is working and move to something totally new and So there are differences Bernie's been very honest about it. He said of Medicare for all He said you're going to have to raise taxes in the middle class. He says it's going to end all private insurance I mean, he's been straightforward about it and he's making his case So here Joe Biden is being a disingenuous smear merchant He's saying Bernie Sanders wants to raise your taxes The implication is Bernie Sanders is trying to harm you but what he's leaving out conveniently So is that if we raise taxes to pay for health care You're no longer going to be paying your monthly health insurance premium Co-pays deductibles and overall you end up saving thousands of dollars per year if you are the average American So he's lying. This is a lie. Joe Biden, even though he's a dumb guy He's intelligent enough to know the policy details He knows that Medicare for all is better for people But he's trying to frame it as something that's radical and new when the Affordable Care Act Was something that was new It was a new idea cooked up by the Heritage Foundation and was implemented by Mitt Romney And it was a response originally to the support that was emerging for single payer and Bernie is the one who's saying look Let's take our existing system and let's tweak it Let's improve Medicare first close all the gaps and then we'll just expand what we already have That's simple and then everyone will have health care It'll be free at the point of service and then nobody will die if they can't afford insurance But Joe Biden's lying now Bernie responded and Thankfully he's starting to get a little bit more forceful in pushing back because these are lies and You need to treat them very seriously because this is harmful So here's what Bernie said in an interview Mr. Sanders who introduced the Medicare for all act in the Senate and sometimes comes in Second to Mr. Biden in early polls Bristled at mr. Biden's remarks as he stressed that he too had been committed to passing and protecting the Affordable Care Act Even as he now advocates for something more far-reaching He also took issue with what he perceived as mr. Biden's Suggestion that the transition to Medicare for all could leave people with gaps in medical care calling such an implication Totally absurd Obviously what Biden was doing mr. Sanders said is what the insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industries Republicans do Ignoring the fact that people will save money on their health care because they will no longer have to pay premiums or out-of-pocket Expenses, they will no longer have high deductibles and high co-payments Asked whether it was fair to put mr. Biden in the same category as the insurance and pharmaceutical industries given his role in advancing the Affordable Care Act In the first place mr. Sanders replied the charge that he's making is exactly what the Republicans are saying and this is Exactly what Bernie Sanders needs to do take the fucking gloves off Don't preface any criticism you have of Joe Biden with well, you know Joe Biden is a friend of mine, but Take the gloves off Start really saying what Joe Biden is about he's propping up a system where people are dying People are dying because of our current system Joe Biden has blood on his hands Because he refuses to challenge the for-profit health care industry that profits off of ripping people off Who need health care take the gloves off? And he's finally starting to realize that this is what you have to do no more playing nice No more playing nice with people who don't care about human beings and they're suffering He only cares about getting elected and he knows Joe Biden knows that part of getting elected means you have to take lots of money from the pharmaceutical industry from the health care industry and That means you also have to do their bidding no more playing nice Take the gloves off and rip him a new fucking asshole because that's what's warranted Because if you're gonna prop up a pro-death system then that's what you should be called Someone who is advocating on behalf of a pro-death system where we don't prioritize health care Reprioritize profit, which means there's gonna be a lot of casualties as a result Thousands of people will die every single year if we keep the current system in place And even if we get a public option with which I don't believe that Joe Biden actually supports because he didn't even push for it When him and Obama had power when they had a supermajority So even if we got that though people would still be left out because if you don't have a penny to your name and you need health care You still can't afford it. You can't afford a public option a Public option that will inevitably be watered down by the for-profit market forces that you are leaving Intact under your bullshit incrementalist approach now Bernie also tweeted a little bit more about this saying human lives are more important than corporate profits Period hashtag Medicare for all our dysfunctional system is designed not to provide health care in the most cost-effective way But to make as much money as possible for insurance and drug companies investment banks and real estate firms. That's wrong That's a moral and we are going to change it under Medicare for all you will never lose coverage Even if you change jobs turn 26 move to another state have a pre-existing condition start a business get laid off get Divorced retire early not crazy passing Medicare for all and guaranteeing health care like every other major country Actually crazy a health care system designed to make as much profit for corporations as possible While letting ordinary people die now He also talked about how he campaigned for and defended the Affordable Care Act and I love everything that he's saying here But he's got to go a step further. He's got to tie Joe Biden's name to it attack him hit him hard Bernie because this is what you have to do to win Other people are starting to creep up on you Elizabeth Warren Kamala Harris They're getting close to you in the polls and Joe Biden even though he's coming down. He's not coming down fast enough So take the gloves off Put Joe Biden on defense because what Kamala Harris showed was that he doesn't know how to defend himself He doesn't know how to defend himself call him a shill because he is a shill like Bernie has got to start getting tough Like this is your last shot. This is your last chance to become president. I Mean I think that Bernie Sanders largely is running a good campaign He knows what he's doing and he's not wrong to stay issues focused, but he's got to take the gloves off He's got to attack. There's a reason why people like Kamala Harris are gaining in the polls It's because they've taken the gloves off and they are attacking Joe Biden and exposing him for the fraud that he is If you want to also climb in the polls Bernie, you've got to do that, too He's calling out your signature policy So you have every right to respond and attack it as viciously as he's attacking Medicare for all So, I mean Bernie Sanders has got to take the gloves off and he started to do that here But take it a step further call him out by name Call out the donations that he has received from the health insurance industry put him on the defensive Because if you really want him to shut up about Medicare for all and stop attacking it That's what you've got to do because once Kamala went after him for talking about how wonderful these Segregationists were in Congress that he worked with he stopped talking about it So he's someone who doesn't respond well to criticism because he's a narcissist So attack him and watch him unravel. It's that simple You've got to take the gloves off you didn't draw first blood if you respond to an attack that he loved against you initially You're just responding to criticism. It's that simple. So keep this up Bernie But go harder because that's the only way you're gonna win