 Don't have to convince you guys. I love Bernie Sanders everyone who watches this channel knows I love Bernie Sanders I mean he has single-handedly Transformed American politics for the better. He created a movement around progressive policies I mean we owe him a debt of gratitude for that forever because of what he managed to do However that being said he is an imperfect person. He's not infallible and as a human being He's gonna make mistakes from time to time and lately. He's been making a lot of mistakes and one in particular It really has bothered me and I didn't have time to talk about this last week on the program But it's been weighing on my conscience and over the weekend. This really bugged me He missed a really key vote that I think was crucial something That pertains to the Fourth Amendment which has been a great concern to him He's spoken out against the Patriot Act and you know warrantless surveillance on Americans We needed him and he wasn't there and the worst part I think is that he's been silent like we haven't gotten an explanation as to why he wasn't there for us and You know as his supporters I think it's especially incumbent on us to call him out because he knows this is a good faith criticism It comes from a place of love not you know an opportunistic attempt to attack him and take him down as we see what the mainstream media But um before I go any deeper into telling you how I feel about this Let's get to the story itself as Slate's Jim Newell reports the Senate on Thursday took up a key bill to Reauthorized domestic surveillance programs while making changes to the foreign intelligence surveillance act with several substantial amendments on the line One of the amendments introduced by Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and Republican Senator Steve Danes Would have required authorities to obtain a warrant to access internet users search histories and browsing information Yes past that the amendment however met an extremely Senate grave It failed with 59 yeas to 37 nays one short of the 60 vote threshold It needed to overcome the streamlined vestigial filibuster the splits didn't fall neatly along partisan lines 24 Republicans voted for it while 10 Democrats voted against it Would you like to see the names of the Democrats who voted against it? Their names are Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Diane Feinstein, Maggie Hassan, Doug Jones, Tim Cain, Joe Manchin, Gene Shaheen, Mark Warner and Sheldon White House Four senators meanwhile didn't vote when any one of them could theoretically have saved the amendment by showing up Senator Lamar Alexander is self-quarantined in Tennessee after a staffer tested positive for COVID-19 We don't know where Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse was and do not care But where was Democratic Senator Patty Murray ranking member of the help committee and assistant Democratic leader or Senator Bernie Sanders? Independent who caucuses with the Democrats and also constantly comes in second place for the Democrats presidential nomination Murray a spokeswoman told me after the vote was flying back to DC from Washington State today She isn't in quarantine She's just been working remotely an aide confirmed separately to Politico that Murray would have supported the widened Danes amendment Had she been there a standard spokesman has not responded to our request for comment about the senator's whereabouts The Vermonter was last heat on Tuesday participating remotely in a help committee hearing from a room decorated with music-related campaign paraphernalia He has not cast a vote since the Senate returned to session on May 4th. So the question is where was he I? Don't know you let us down Bernie with this action or inaction more specifically and at a minimum You owe us an explanation people who have supported you Donated hundreds of dollars to your campaign phone banked for you Canvas for you voted for you caucused for you you at least owe us an explanation Maybe he has a good explanation Or maybe he doesn't maybe he's just too focused on these task forces with Joe Biden Which I think is completely a waste of time and energy because that doesn't matter That's not gonna change anything at the end of the day But his work as a United States senator, which is a very powerful position actually will make a difference So the fact that he didn't show up. I just I don't know what to say this this bothered me It's not like Bernie to do something like this and no he's not a sellout No, he is not you know a bad person because of this from time to time People are gonna let us down because at the end of the day. We're all human beings including progressive leaders But he's got to do better lately Bernie just has not been making good choices and He's got to do better. This is unacceptable. And sure, you know, Patty Murray is as equally responsible for this as Bernie Sanders, but I mean Nobody expected the milk toast senator from Washington state to come through for us But Bernie Sanders, it's really disappointing You know, it's disheartening because if you're not gonna be a leader when we need you the most That's hurtful. That's gonna leave a mark and you know, it doesn't give me any pleasure to criticize Bernie Sanders And I feel like I've been dog piling on him, you know with everyone else lately, but I don't I don't want to do that I don't want to give you the impression that you know He's useless to our movement and we don't need them anymore. No, that's wrong I think he's he's a crucial ally that we definitely need But from time to time as I stated people who we trust and admire are going to make Decisions that disappoint us. They're not always going to be there for us And the last time I was this disappointed with Bernie Sanders was in 2014 when I Saw a video of one of his town halls from Vermont Whereas somebody had asked him about Israel's incursion into Gaza where they were basically Indiscriminately killing Palestinian civilians and he gave a horrible response. He said, you know Israel has a right to defend themselves and I found that appalling and Uncharacteristic of Bernie Sanders now he's improved on that issue, but it just goes to show you that he's not perfect, right? He's not always going to be right. He's not always going to be there for us And at times when he's not there for us at times when he lets us down and says a brazen way as this as he did here We have to call him out. We can't give him a pass because he's Bernie Sanders No, nobody's perfect and everything that you did is great But you're still a leader you're still in a position of power and influence And if you're not trying to make a difference then we have to call you out We have to tell you to refocus what you're doing and actually, you know Pay attention to the things that matters like we needed you on this We needed you and you let us down and this hurts. It hurts really fucking bad