 Bernie Sanders and near-attending faced off once again, perhaps for the final time He was questioning her during her confirmation hearings and thankfully he brought up things that she said not just about him But progressives in general that are just deeply Disgusting and if Joe Biden is serious about trying to unite the country He shouldn't just be trying to unite Democrats with Republicans He should be trying to unite with progressives as well because like it or not We are a very large portion of the electorate So if you want true unity you can't spit in the eyes of Progressives people who the Democratic Party needs and just expect us to forget about it So these things they have to be addressed They can be swept under the rug and Bernie Sanders did bring this up and here is his questions The line of questioning that he gave to near-attended. I'm really glad that he decided to speak on this I have a letter in front of me from as I'm sure you have seen a number of Republican members of the house Concerned about some of the things you said is The head of CAPS, but of course Your attacks were not just made against Republicans. There were vicious attacks made against progressives People who I have worked with me personally So as you Come before this committee To assume a very important role in the United States government At a time when we need serious work on serious issues and not personal attacks on anybody whether they're on the left or the right Can you reflect a little bit about some of your decisions and the Personal statements that you have made in recent years. Yes, senator I really appreciate that question and I recognize that my language and my Expressions on social media, you know Caused her to people and I feel badly about that and I really read it and I recognize this It's really important for me to demonstrate that I can work with others And I look forward to taking that burden and I apologize to people on either the left or right who are hurt by what I've said And as you know, it's not a question of being hurt. We're all big boys and I don't see too many girls here but big boys Who get attacked all the time, but it's important that we make the attacks Expressing our differences on policy that we don't need to make personal attacks no matter what View somebody may hold so can we assume that is the director of the OMB. We're gonna see a different approach if you are Appointed then you have taken at the cap Absolutely, and I would say, you know social media does Um lead to too many personal comments and my approach will be radically different I'm really really thankful that he brought that up, but her answer was just it was so fake so disingenuous She's not sorry for anything She doesn't regret anything like she like all of us is a shit poster the difference is that like in the events This were to come up for me or you It would be a lot bigger deal But because she has so much sway and influence in the Democratic Party They're choosing to kind of just like dismiss all of her bad behavior online And not just online, but her physically assaulting a journalist who was technically an employee of hers Outing one of her own staffers who was the victim of sexual harassment at cap It's just it's really frustrating that they allow this to happen like they they pretend to be you know The individuals who take the high road they say well when Republicans go low we go high But that's not true like your actions don't indicate that that's actually the case So it's it's deeply frustrating and even Nina Turner spoke up and said she has viciously attacked the progressive movement She has also lied and attacked me too So it's like every single person who did not unequivocally and Loyalty support Hillary Clinton or whoever the Democratic Party establishment was like trying to shove down our throats near a tandem attacked them Everyone is the victim of her wrath And so all of this I'm sorry back peddling bullshit like who's buying this and it's funny because we saw how disingenuous and fake She was there, but I want to play another clip with a senator Kennedy He's asking her a very basic question And even though she was fake and disingenuous throughout the entire confirmation hearings like she couldn't answer the most Simple question ever. I have to tell you. I'm very disturbed about your personal comments about people Um You know, it's not just one or two. I think you deleted About a thousand tweets and it wasn't just about Republicans and I don't mind disagreements and policy I think that's great. I love the dialectic But the comments were personal. I mean You call senator Sanders everything but an ignorant slut that is not that is not true And when you when you said these things, did you mean them? I would have said ignorant Senator I have to say I deeply regret my comments understand that Did you mean them? Understand you you've taken them back, but did you mean them? I'd say the discourse over the last four years on all sides has been incredibly polar I'm asking about yours. Did you mean them? I really feel badly about them senator. Did you mean I feel badly about them? Did you mean them when you said them? I mean, I would say social media is a is is I did you mean them when you said them I feel terribly about them. Did you mean them when you said them or were you not telling the truth? I I mean, I feel badly. I look back at them. I'm I said them. I feel badly about them I deleted tweets everyone. Are you saying that because you want to be confirmed? No, I felt badly about them And did you mean them when you said them? Senator, I must have meant them, but I really regret them. I Want the record to reflect that I did not call senator Sanders an ignorant slut Okay, thank you. I Don't know how I should take that senator Kennedy, but Senator came first of all that was just a weird clip and I'm assuming that Kennedy just watched This scene from the office Second of all she has lied so much. I don't understand why she couldn't just say No, I didn't mean all of those mean things that I said It was you know the heat of the moment and I was battling with folks online It was Bernie Sanders versus Hillary Clinton and then Bernie Sanders versus Kamala and people to judge and I felt defensive And you know, I didn't like Bernie Sanders So I said some really horrible things that I didn't actually mean like you could have just said something like that You're already lying and faking it. So why can't you just answer that question? Like I don't think she realizes how ridiculous it looks now Perhaps she was anticipating that he was going to like follow up if she says she didn't mean it with something else Like why did you say it? I don't know some gotcha, but still I mean you are so fake I don't understand How you don't just like answer a simple question like this isn't rocket science He's just asking you did you mean the things that you say and it's kind of a stupid question to begin with But I mean just give him a fucking answer So look, I think that more than enough has been demonstrated over the past week That just proves she is not capable of leading an agency. She's incapable of working with others Like look at the way that she led Cap if you literally docks sexual harassment survivors or Punch members of your staff Technically she punched fochik here Bernie's campaign Manager in 2020 when he was working for think progress, which is part of cap Like if you do things like that you should never get a job in government again But the Democratic Party establishment loves her Now all of these issues that were brought up about her personality It is far less important than what I think is addressed here and that is the corruption at cap All right, let me get to another issue that concerns me very much. I happen to believe That big money interests have an undue influence over the economic and political life of our country that Too often campaign Contributions are what determines policy rather than the needs of ordinary Americans and according to the Washington Post Since 2014 the Center for American Progress Has received roughly five and a half million dollars from Walmart a Company that pays its workers starvation wages $900,000 from the Bank of America 550,000 from JP Morgan Chase $550,000 from Amazon 200,000 from Wells Fargo 800,000 from Facebook and up to 1.4 million from Google in other words Cap has received money for some of the most powerful special interests in our country How will your relationship with those very powerful special interests impact your decision-making if you are Appointed to be the head of OMB Senator I thank you for that question. It will have zero impact on my on my decision-making I'm actually Captic a number of positions that disagreed vigorously with the policy positions of those institutions, but I appreciate this question and And it is my role. It will be my role to ensure that I am only serving the interests of the American people the administration and its agenda to address Rising inequality and address the needs of working families Oh, I can assure you that all of this money that I took from large multinational corporations This is gonna have zero impact on the way that I act as director of the OMB So I'm like literally the one human being on the planet who is not influenced when Entities and individuals do good things for me and are kind to me that doesn't have any impact on my behavior whatsoever I'm immune to it Who believes this? Who buys this? I know Bernie Sanders doesn't believe it and anyone who thinks money in politics is an issue Shouldn't believe it because you wouldn't be concerned with money in politics in general if you weren't actually Cognizant of the influence that it has over lawmakers and people in influential positions such as the leader of cap So, I mean we know exactly that near attending is terrible And whoever else Biden would nominate wouldn't be great, but I think you can do better than near attending Joe Biden I think that there's someone else out there who's less divisive less hateful towards members of your own party Someone who just is actually capable of working with others Like an adult so why why are you nominating her? It's just it's really irritating to me that Democrats have these select figures like Rahm Emanuel Near attend in Tom Perez and they just shuffle them around in different positions and it's irritating. It's obnoxious Like you always complain about how all well young people don't come out and vote for us Maybe it's because you completely shut out younger folks. You don't put them in positions of power You don't want to actually hear their voices. I Mean if this is easy, so I hope that Bernie Sanders doesn't vote for near attending if he does I will be extremely disappointed I hope that His knowledge of money in politics and it's corrupting influences enough to persuade him to do the right thing I don't want Bernie Sanders to just like go along to get along like I'm glad he brought up these questions But now, you know, put those words into action do the right thing vote against her now I think this is probably all a foregone conclusion. She'll most likely be confirmed Perhaps by the time you see this video, but nonetheless, she should not be confirmed She is a smear merchant for the Democratic Party establishment and she absolutely is not qualified to hold a position of power not at that level