 So the question of democratic socialism inevitably came up at last night's debate and Look, I've long maintained that I don't actually think this is going to hurt Bernie Sanders as bad as mainstream pundits Believe it will or are saying that it will because I mean it doesn't matter who the nominee is It could be Joe Biden named the club a sharp he would a judge whoever wins Donald Trump is going to say that they're socialist. This is what Republicans do This is what they've always done and John McCain back in 2008. Can you guess what he called Obama a socialist? So it doesn't matter who the nominee is They're automatically going to be labeled a socialist because that's what Republicans do But an advantage in actually Identifying as a democratic socialist is being able to control the narrative not saying no I'm not because voters who are worried about socialism they're not going to believe you if they're gonna vote Republican and They truly believe the lies about you being socialist So if you actually are a socialist you can control the narrative to an extent and take it back and say well I'm a socialist, but this is what I mean by socialism. It's not that scary. Is it but tonight? I'm willing to say that Bernie Sanders being a democratic socialist Is actually going to be an advantage for him possibly because the way that he handled that tonight was so masterful so brilliant that If he's successful here if he could be the nominee and beat Donald Trump like we could possibly see other Democrats Called themselves democratic socialists going forward because this is how you do it So he was asked about democratic socialism watch the way that he handled this question like a boss Senator Sanders our latest NBC News Wall Street Journal poll released yesterday two-thirds of all voters said they were Uncomfortable with a socialist candidate for president. What do you say to those voters sir? What was the result of that poll? Who was winning And questions questions to you well the question was that I was winning and I think by a fairly comfortable margin might mention that But here is the point. Let's talk about democratic socialism not communism. Mr. Bloomberg. That's a cheap shot Let's talk about democratic. Let's talk about what goes on in countries like Denmark repeat correctly pointed out They have a much higher quality of life in many respects than we do. What are we talking about? We are living in many ways in a socialist society right now Problem is as dr. Martin Luther King reminded us we have socialism for the very rich rugged individualism for the poor When Donald Trump gets eight hundred million dollars in tax breaks and subsidies to build link to build luxury Condominiums that's socialism for the rich Wait Wal-Mart we have to subsidize Wal-Mart's workers who are on Medicaid and food stamps Because the wealthiest family in America pays starvation wages that socialism for the rich business I believe in democratic socialism for working people not billionaires healthcare for all We have the best known socialist in the country happens to be a millionaire with three houses what I miss here Well, you'll miss that I work in Washington house wash the first problem live in Burlington house, too That's good and like thousands of other remote as I do have a suburb cap forgive me for that But where is your home? Which tax which tax haven New York New York City? Thank you very much And I pay all my taxes and I'm happy to do it because I get something for it and let me say I thought the Senator next to me was half right. I agree. We should raise taxes on the Disagree with the senator on the wealth tax, but I do agree with her that the rich aren't paying their fair share We should raise taxes on the rich. I did that as mayor in New York City I raised taxes and if you take a look at my plans the first thing I would do It's try to convince Congress because they've got to do it. We can't just order it to roll back the tax cuts that they'll bought that the Trump administration put in with the Through Congress now, let me just say that Mike Bloomberg is a stupid person because he pointed to the senators on the stage as if They were the ones responsible for Trump's tax cut. They didn't vote for that dummy try to keep up Like what are you trying to say here? Very stupid very stupid And he's a liar by the way because he said before that raising taxes on the wealthy is a bad idea or a stupid idea I'm paraphrasing of course But this is a new position that he's taking for purposes of political expediency. So I don't believe him He's stupid, but when it comes to Bernie Sanders responding to that question. Oh That was brilliant like the look on his face the command that he took Who's winning? Who's winning in that poll? Tell me so you cite that poll But you don't cite the most important part we're in that same poll where people claim that they don't like socialism Bernie's winning It's Bernie so you can say that that generic Democratic socialist label may be a disadvantage to a generic Democrat on These ballots that polls use but when you put a face to the label and people know what he's talking about It actually makes a difference and the way that Bernie Sanders explained what he means by socialism like if you argue against this Then you're not gonna vote Democrat anyway, like this is just things that good people support He claimed we're living in a socialist society now The problem is we have socialism for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor channeling Martin Luther King Jr I mean brilliant just brilliant to bring up Dr. MLK Jr When you're talking about socialism that is really important and it matters because people are familiar with MLK Even Republicans claim that you know, they love MLK Jr Even though we know that that wouldn't be the case if he were alive today But you know, they all know who MLK Jr is So if you quote him and you explain that that's the vision that you have for America It suddenly becomes a little bit less scary and Bernie Sanders also said I believe in democratic socialism for working people Not for billionaires healthcare for all educational opportunity for all creating a government that works for all of us Not just mr. Bloomberg exactly So when you educate people and you explain that we effectively have socialism for large multinational corporations with all of these corporate subsidies But you don't get any benefits. You don't get any handouts Handouts for lack of a better word. I mean, we have to change that we need Democratic socialism that doesn't just benefit wealthy but benefits everyone else like that's gonna land and let's say Hypothetically speaking it doesn't land Young people don't care about socialism people are Enthusiastic about supporting a socialist war millennials and zoomers. Why because capitalism is killing them Literally, it's killing the planet. So you can't possibly Say with a straight face that that's not gonna land in a general election and anyone who concern trolls about socialism and they will after this debate Like they're not serious about defeating Donald Trump like on that debate stage tonight What we saw was that there's one person who is strong enough to take on Donald Trump? Who's popular enough was an answer for everything who can actually beat Donald Trump and that's Bernie Sanders Look, Elizabeth Warren had a great performance and I think that she could hold her own on a debate stage But if you really want to win, I mean Bernie Sanders is demonstrated tonight Why he's the best person and why he's the frontrunner what he's saying is resonating with voters. That's why He's winning now the last thing that I want to touch on there is Bloomberg tried to attack him and said that you know He's the socialist with three houses and he tweeted about this as well because he's really proud of that attack But Bernie Sanders came in with just a death blow and he said which tax haven do you have as your home? Bernie's a beast that was absolutely brilliant so kudos to Bernie Sanders that was Phenomenal and if you're worried about socialism Hurting Bernie Sanders and you know you are considering voting for Joe Biden only because you think he's more electable because he doesn't have that Socialist baggage if you will show them that debate clip You don't have to show them my video but just show them that debate clip of Bernie Sanders And if they have time if they're interested in learning more back in 2019 Bernie Sanders did I think it was like a 45 minute long speech where he talked about democratic socialism And it was probably one of the best speeches that I've ever heard if not one of the best and we have to educate people and Let them know that if we truly want to win We need someone who represents the people and democratic socialists are not Bernie Sanders has all the right policies And if you educate them about those policies and what he means when he says he's a democratic socialist It's no longer scary, you know It's no longer something that seems foreign or communist. They just get it because what he's saying makes sense It's gonna land it's gonna resonate with people and it already is