 So does anyone remember Joe Biden? I think that's his name Joe Biden. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in 2020. He was the centrist clown that Obama pushed through Got everyone to drop out and back him when he won one state. Yeah, apparently he's still around I'll tell you that the strategy of hiding him away is definitely effective But he you know popped up he probably didn't even make this tweet in particular but he put out a tweet that got under my skin and It's it's unacceptable. So let me read to you what he said on Twitter He wrote health care is a right for all not a privilege for the few now You might think Mike doesn't that sound like a victory doesn't that sound like a win? Doesn't that sound as if he's adopting the policy that you want? Well, no, it's not a victory. It's not me not taking yes for an answer What he's doing is is he's stealing the rhetoric of Bernie Sanders and in particular Medicare for all proponents But he's not stealing the policy. You see, I'm okay if you want to steal the policy If you want to adopt Medicare for all great I wouldn't necessarily believe you but I think that's a step in the right direction Just adopting it. I think would shift the Overton window to the left But he's not adopting Medicare for all This is the individual who said if Congress were able to in some, you know, historic feat Pass Medicare for all and send it to his desk. He would veto Medicare for all This is the individual who prior to the Democratic primary The health industry was betting on to save their asses This is the individual who literally used his dead son To make it seem as if Medicare for all would be an insult to his legacy So Joe Biden does not support Medicare for all But yet he's co-opted the language that activists of Medicare for all use And that's a problem. That's disingenuous. You see, believing that Medicare for all Is the right policy and believing that healthcare is a right These are ideas that are inextricably linked. You can't disaggregate them They go together. They go hand in hand. Now, Joe Biden isn't the first Democrat Who has used the healthcare is a right language But here's why they're wrong If you don't believe that 100% of the population should have healthcare Not access to healthcare, not access to affordable healthcare, but just healthcare period If you don't believe that 100% of the population is guaranteed that Then functionally speaking, you don't believe it's a right Do we believe that we should all have access to affordable free speech rights? Do we all believe that we should have access to You know affordable second amendment rights like these things don't make sense, right? Because when we're talking about things that Americans perceive to be rights We don't put a price tag on them That means that if you put a price tag on this right, you're automatically excluding people Because if you believe that you have to purchase something, even if it's a public option Well, that is going to exclude people. That means you have to have money That means that affordability is going to be something that the government dictates So that's going to leave some people out. So you don't get to say healthcare is a right If you don't support Medicare for all Now if you come around to Medicare for all then you can say healthcare is a right But you're not allowed to say that you believe healthcare is a right and not a privilege If your policy makes it a privilege It doesn't work that way So when I see this it's frustrating because you're just trying to placate us You're trying to piss on our legs and tell us that it's raining You don't support healthcare being a right if you don't support single pair Medicare for all Because something that's a right is guaranteed to us You can't exclude people on the basis of their income level Or their health insurance provider So, you know This has got to stop and I see other Democrats saying the same thing They have completely stolen the language that we use to talk about Medicare for all And they've stolen everything with regard to the way that we speak about this policy with the exception of the policy itself You can't use the language if you don't adopt the policy Now you are absolutely within your rights to adopt the policy I encourage you all if you're a Democrat to adopt the policy But you can't do that if you don't actually believe In the policy that makes healthcare a right So when I see this it pisses me off and I think Go back in your basement hide away because you're just going to remind everyone That you are a terrible candidate you stand for nothing And it's deeply insulting you're insulting our intelligence It's a slap in the face to Medicare for all activists who quite literally want to make healthcare a right But you say no, I agree with you. I want to make healthcare a right But the response isn't to actually make it a right functionally You just want to make it a privilege Make it cheaper and affordable which is subjective And look the affordable care act was a step in the right direction Of course, I think that everyone who is a proponent of Medicare for all will admit this But the problem with the affordable care act is that what is affordable is highly highly subjective And even if it is technically affordable that doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to be robust healthcare So when we talk about healthcare being a right as Medicare for all proponents What we're saying is every single american should have access to health care not health insurance They should have health care and they are entitled to all types of health care mental health care I care dental care. We're not going to limit what they are able to get We're not going to place, you know restrictions on whether or not, you know, they can get into this doctor based on their network No, it's a right a right is a right That means you can't deny it to people on the basis of income. So for him to say this, um, I find it highly insulting You don't get to say this unless you actually support Medicare for all now if you're going to endorse Medicare for all I wouldn't necessarily believe you as I alluded to earlier, but then You are allowed to say that you believe health care is a right, but until then Shut up about this like you don't get to say health care is a right No, that's nonsense. It's insulting and just just stop How are we gonna pay for it?