Bernie Sanders WALKS OUT of interview

Metatube

BREAKING #news - Bernie Sanders WALKS OUT of interview  Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txe2Zu3QbNU&list=PLOMpnzRkbFshsMWOVK3F5EZ11_zopNDpr&index=30&t=1017s&ab_channel=BrianTylerCohen https://x.com/atrupar/status/1903829985988669563?s=10  For more from Brian Tyler Cohen: Straight-news titled YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@briantylercohennews YouTube (español): https://www.youtube.com/@briantylercohenespanol Order my #1 NYT bestselling book: https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/shameless Newsletter: https://plus.briantylercohen.com Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/briantylercohen Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/36UvEHs Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0066rKCBIycIMI4os6Ec5V Twitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/briantylercohen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/briantylercohen TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@briantylercohen Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/briantylercohen.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@briantylercohen

Transcript

00:00You're out there with AOC today. Do you see her as a future of the progressive?

00:04We have one of the untold stories of what's going on in current American politics,

00:10is that in the House of Representatives, you have dozens and dozens of strong, smart,

00:18disciplined, hardworking young people in the progressive caucus. And way back when,

00:24when I first came to the Congress and the House, I helped form the progressive caucus.

00:29We had five people at that time. Now they got close to 100. So you got a whole lot of good

00:33people. Alexandria is extraordinary. I am so impressed by her work in Congress and her,

00:40just she inspires young people all over the country.

00:42Would you like to see her join in the Senate?

00:45Right now, we have, as I said, just a whole lot of people in the Congress. Okay, Jonathan,

00:49thanks.

00:49Wait, I got one more. I got one more. This is important.

00:51Well, I asked you, okay, you want to do nonsense, do nonsense.

00:55No.

00:56I don't want to talk about inside the beltway stuff. I got 32,000 people.

00:59I was just asking you about AOC because she was out there with you.

01:01Well, fine, but I don't want to talk about this. What was the last question?

01:04I was just going to ask you one more question about you. I mean, that's all.

01:06I was literally your last-

01:07What is your question?

01:09I mean, it's easier if you sit.

01:14I mean, I want to ask you about your future. This is the biggest crowd. You said you ran

01:18for president twice. This is the biggest crowd you've ever seen. Are we going to see you run

01:23again? What's your future?

01:24Right now, I am very proud that the people of the state of Vermont sent me back to the Senate

01:30with 63% of the vote. Right now, I'm a Vermont senator. That's what I do, and I'm very happy

01:35to do it. I am 83 years of age, and I'm tired.

01:40Here's what I hope we can take out of not just this interview, but this political era.

01:44Americans are tired of watching our media focus on the horse race of politics instead

01:49of the implications of it. The reason that Bernie Sanders is doing this massively successful

01:54stop-oligarchy tour is not because he wants to fuel speculation about a 2028 run, but quite

01:59literally to stop oligarchy. It is right there in the title. And yet when given the opportunity

02:04to speak with Senator Sanders, the fact that the media cannot shake its old habits is a

02:09testament to the fact that they are not willing to meet this moment with the urgency it deserves.

02:14So if you're wondering why we're in this mess in the first place, if you're wondering why

02:17Republicans and their oligarchs like Elon Musk have been able to skate by with such a broad

02:21sense of impunity, it's because our media, the folks who are supposed to be holding them

02:26to account, are so focused on the ESPNification of politics as opposed to the impact that those

02:32politics have on regular people. We're tired about hearing who may or may not run at some

02:37untold point in the future. We want to hear why. We want to know about the impacts of the policies

02:42on the people who are in power. We want to know how what's happening is going to affect our lives.

02:47The media shouldn't just be a megaphone for the party's mouthpieces. It should be the

02:51arbiter of what is true or not, and it should do so fearlessly. And yet more and more often,

02:56these news outlets have proven themselves wholly unwilling to step up. John Carl's own network,

03:01ABC News, settled a frivolous lawsuit with Donald Trump himself for 15 million dollars.

03:07They handed the guy 15 million bucks rather than fight it in court because they either

03:12didn't want to lose access or worse, they wanted to curry favor. And these are the people we're

03:17supposed to trust to report without fear or favor? This is the esteemed fourth estate literally

03:22heaping millions of dollars of cash onto a wannabe autocrat? If you're wondering why Americans are

03:28flocking away from legacy media, this is why. And look, this should go without saying, but Bernie is

03:3483 years old. He is not running for president, but he rightfully recognizes the anguish that

03:38is so present out there. He recognizes the need for leadership. He recognizes that Americans are

03:43looking for someone to fight, and he's answering the call. I'm less interested in questions about

03:48his political ambitions and more interested in other Democrats seeing what he's doing and meeting

03:53the moment with the same urgency that an 83 year old Bernie Sanders is. If you are half of Bernie's

03:58age and you're not going out there and holding town halls in your district, or better yet,

04:02holding town halls in Republican districts where they refuse to show up, then what are you doing?

04:07If you want to meet this moment, this is how you do it. You give people something and someone to

04:12believe in when they are desperate for something or someone to believe in. I had the privilege of

04:17interviewing Bernie just a couple of weeks back about exactly this topic, the dangers of oligarchy,

04:22and this is what he had to say. Because Brian, we are in literally an unprecedented moment

04:27in modern American history. When we look at Mr. Musk, everybody has got to understand this is

04:33the wealthiest guy in the world right now with over $400 billion. You talk about Trump's getting

04:42elected and inaugurated. Musk put over $270 million into Trump's campaign and guess what?

04:50He's now the most important person in government. What does that sound like to you? Does it sound

04:54like a democracy, a government of the people, by the people, or for the people, or is it really an

05:00oligarchy doing the bidding of the richest people? That's number one. Number two, what concerns me

05:05very much is the move toward authoritarianism in this country. You have Trump circumventing and

05:13bypassing Congress, deciding, hey, it doesn't matter what Congress did. Congress put money

05:17into this project. We're going to do away with it. I don't want to spend that money. It's gone.

05:21And that means programs for low-income, working-class people, it's going to be gone.

05:27Fortunately, the courts are beginning to put a stop to what he's doing, but that is what he wants

05:32to do. Well, you don't have a democracy if you circumvent the legislative body. And then he's

05:39going after the courts. You heard J.D. Vance saying, well, the courts don't have a right to

05:43stop what the president is doing. No, really? I mean, that's what 100 plus years of American

05:49jurisprudence has been about. So you got oligarchy, and then you have this movement

05:56toward authoritarianism. Now, to answer your question, what is the goal? What is the end

06:00goal here? The end goal of oligarchy is to make the richest people who are already phenomenally

06:05rich even richer. So how do you do that? Well, you do that through massive tax breaks.

06:11Well, where do you get the money to provide trillions of dollars in tax breaks? You cut

06:15programs that working people need. Just today, the House brought forth their budget reconciliation

06:23bill, an outline of it, talking about huge tax breaks, the very richest people, while they're

06:28cutting Medicaid very significantly, and I suspect other programs as well. So you're asking me, are

06:34they going to cut costs for working people? No, they're not. They're going to give tax breaks

06:39to the rich, and they're going to make massive cuts in programs that working families desperately

06:44need. Now, I should note for posterity that I managed to get through the entire interview

06:48without asking whether or not he's going to run for president in 2028. Why? Because this isn't

06:53sports. It is real life with serious implications for people in this country. And look, I get that

06:58we can walk and chew gum at the same time, but Republicans are right now stripping away Medicare

07:03from the more than 70 million Americans who rely on it. They're stripping away food stamps from the

07:07more than 40 million Americans who rely on it. They're in the process of firing people from the

07:10Social Security Administration in an effort to dismantle that agency and therefore give themselves

07:15a pretense to be able to privatize it. They're firing tens of thousands of federal employees,

07:20people who are experts in their fields and yet work for less money than they would make if they

07:24were working in the private sector, all the while making them out to be little more than

07:28government waste. That's what people need to know. That is what impacts people's lives.

07:32And until they know what's happening in 2025, they won't be able to make an informed decision

07:37about 2026 or 2028. And that's what's missing in our political coverage. There is so much focus

07:43on the horse race and so little focus on the impact on regular Americans. So I would immodestly

07:49request that if you want to watch coverage that focuses on what's most important, which is how our

07:53politics actually impacts you, then please subscribe to this channel and support any

07:57independent media that prioritizes people over horse race coverage, because the first step in

08:02a more informed electorate is bolstering new sources that actually inform. Before you go,

08:09first, if you enjoy this content and you want to see more and support independent media,

08:13please subscribe to this channel. The subscribe button will be right here on the screen.

08:17But second, the reality is that we're now in a political environment where this administration

08:21can lean on any of the social media platforms to suppress certain voices if they don't like

08:25critical coverage. That means my longevity here is in the hands of a few tech billionaires who

08:30are already making it clear that they're willing to cater to this White House. To that end,

08:34signing up for my newsletter is a great way for me to be able to reach you directly if that ever

08:38becomes necessary. I'll put the link on the screen as well, so please sign up. It's completely free,

08:43but there's also an option to do a paid subscription if you'd like to support my work.

08:46I really appreciate it. Thanks so much for watching.

Category

Transcript

Recommended