 So anyone who was watching this debate expected to see some type of clash between Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg and There were fireworks, but I mean Pete Buttigieg you can tell was a little bit apprehensive about really going directly after Bernie Sanders He did but Bernie Sanders was the one who decided to drag him and he dragged him for being basically the errand boy of elites and he once again called up people to judge for Begging rich people for money and having 40 billionaires donors. This was absolutely golden Unlike some of the folks up here. I don't have 40 billionaires Pete contributing to my campaign Pharmaceutical industry coming from Wall Street and all the big money interest what we do have is we have now over six million Contributions from one and a half million people Averaging $18 and 50 cents a contribution that is unprecedented in the history of American politics If we want to change America, you're not going to do it By electing candidates Who are going out to rich people's homes? Begging for money The way we're gonna do it is build a mass movement of working people who are prepared to stand up not take money from these Billionaires not take money from Wall Street, but stand up to the drug companies in Wall Street And if you want to be part of that political revolution Bernie Sanders Get his ass Bernie That was absolutely phenomenal Like the reason why nothing gets done is because all of these politicians They take money from special interests from billionaires from large multinational corporations And then they get elected and they do the bidding of the donors that help them get into office So Americans recognize that there's too much money in politics Like this is an issue that even the least astute political observer will be able to see So what Bernie Sanders is doing is he's drawing attention to this conflict of interest Like Pete Buttigieg has raised money from every single industry in the country basically in the world So for him to basically try to try to play that off as oh well I have momentum I'm raising money No, you're being propped up by elites because you're selling out Like you're changing your position as a result of these financial contributions Let's remember when Pete Buttigieg entered this race, he supported Medicare for all But then he starts taking money from big pharma and guess what? He changes his position to accommodate them and probably farm more donations from them So this individual is a fraud He is the 2020 version of Hillary Clinton So in the event he were to go up against Donald Trump, what is Donald Trump going to do? He's going to weaponize that corruption Now of course Donald Trump is corrupt as well But Donald Trump, he is going to run to the left of Pete Buttigieg And he's going to try to position himself as an anti-establishment candidate And guess what? It's going to land Nobody's going to take Pete seriously These types of focus group driven, you know, pole-minded, rehearsed politicians who at some point That's not going to work In an anti-establishment era, you have got to make sure that you communicate to people That you are aware of the issues that they have One of the main issues, money in politics It's making you out of touch All politicians out of touch And I think that Pete Buttigieg, as much as he wants to bemoan this DC establishment You're part of that, buddy You're part of the problem by selling out Now the best part about all this is that when Bernie Sanders called him out Pete Buttigieg had no idea how to respond And it really further demonstrates why he's incapable of being a nominee who can take on Donald Trump Because you have to be able to absorb blows You have to be able to withstand even a little bit of attacks But Pete Buttigieg had no defense This is what he said It includes raising wages and raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy And as the only person on this stage who is not a millionaire or a billionaire I know a thing or two about building a movement Because Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is not exactly an establishment fundraising powerhouse We are here We are here without the involvement of any corporate PACs Because hundreds of thousands of people went to YesPeteForAmerica.com Contributed to this campaign And let me say something else If we want to bring about any of the changes that everyone is talking about so elegantly up here We need to put together the majority that can decisively defeat Donald Trump And in order to do that We need a politics that is defined not by who we reject But how we bring everybody into the fold And if you are low income or if you're able to contribute a lot If you've always voted Democrat or if you're an independent or even a Republican Is just sick of looking your kids in the eye and trying to explain this White House We need you to join us right now I will not pursue politics by telling people they can't be at our side If they're not with us 100% of the time This is a time for addition, not rejection, for belonging, not exclusion That was terrible I mean, contrast that with Bernie Sanders When he talks about building a coalition to take on Donald Trump Who does he cite? He cites non-voters, disaffected voters, the working class, people of color, women, young people But Pete Buttigieg is literally basically saying Well, you know, billionaires have to be included as well What about billionaires? You can't exclude them Well, somebody think of the billionaires Like, I don't know what he's thinking Do you honestly believe this is going to land with anyone? Who believes that people are going to give you a pass if you explain that? I mean, Jonathan Chait does because online he said You know, I kind of like this idea of Pete Buttigieg, you know, taking as much money as possible I'm paraphrasing in order to beat Donald Trump Except once again, look at what happened in 2016 Hillary Clinton outraced Trump by what, a two-to-one margin? And she still lost So voters will see right through you if you sell them out Pete Buttigieg has gone above and beyond He's already appointing people, former Goldman Sachs executives to his campaign So he is one of the biggest sellouts in America One of the worst politicians on that stage He may be worse than Biden Like, after this week what he's tried to do And all of the policies, like we're finding out that his Medicare for all who wants it Isn't just a straightforward public option It's worse than that Like, he may be worse than Joe Biden He may be the worst person on that stage So, I mean, this defense was absolutely horrible It showed that he doesn't know how to read the room He doesn't realize that we're in this anti-establishment era But it was great because it showed, you know, the people who were tuning in To see who, you know, who's this Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders Who just came out of Iowa on top Like, it showed people that one of them is serious And one of them is an inexperienced clown Who is not substantive at all Like, whenever Pete Buttigieg talked It was very difficult to pay attention And it's not just because I don't want to look at his ratty fucking face But it's because what he's saying is meaningless It's platitudes, it's hollow He says a lot of words, like, noise comes out of his mouth But there's no meaning to anything that he says It's all just rehearsed scripted lines And it's astonishing to me that he hasn't learned from Hillary Clinton Like, he still thinks that this If you can emulate Obama, then you're gonna do a great job Except you can't emulate Obama Obama had something that Pete Buttigieg lacks And that is charisma Now, don't get me wrong, Pete Buttigieg is relatively charismatic But the problem with Pete Buttigieg is that he's so fake Like, Obama had a way of delivering lines more smoothly So even though they were platitudes and rehearsed He still made it seem like he was authentic Pete Buttigieg lacks all of that authenticity As much as he wants to be the next Obama So, I mean, this was great for Bernie to call out Pete Buttigieg's billionaires He did it this morning as well To keep hammering this point home Make people realize that Pete Buttigieg is the candidate of billionaires And, you know, you don't even really have to do that much Because he doesn't have a real path to the nomination at this point in time But make sure people know He is the errand boy of elites And he will serve no one but his donors If he's elected