Please tell me what Senator Sanders said that you disagree with...

[tk2kewl]

And spare me your whining about what he didn't say.

[hack89]

1. That he is still in the race. nt

[SpareribSP]

2. ...

[tk2kewl]

3. So you didn't tune in or read the transcript then

[BobbyDrake]

12. I'm waiting for the King James edition. nt

[hack89]

19. He did not acknowledge Hillary as the presumptive nominee

That is all I need to know. He wants to further damage Hillary.

[WayBeyondBlue]

58. Fret not, Hillary is in great shape

She doesn't need Sanders' supporters. She really doesn't have to pivot right too much to pick up moderate Republicans unwilling to vote for Trump. And I'm sure she and Bernie have this fact in mind as they approach the Dem Platform "negotiation", at which you will hear that famous Clinton Cackle, her finger raised in the general direction of Progressives.

I figure she'll win in a landslide with or without Bernie's folks or approval. I plan on leaving the Prez box empty.

Oh, yeah, but don't forget when the FBI finally decides to do its job, they will provide great fodder for the endless impeachments we'll enjoy over the next four years, or when she resigns, whichever comes first.

[4nic8em]

37. It seems to me...

that he's staying focused on what he and his Democratic supporters believe (just like he said he would a year ago). I mean, it's not like he's asking to be Secretary of State...he has higher aspirations for our country. Someone please explain why President Hillary or her supporters would not be onboard with his vision for America...

[hack89]

47. Why can't he recognize Hillary as the presumptive nominee?

All that matters is winning the GE. It is not clear his aspirations include putting Hillary in the White House.

[4nic8em]

56. That's it?

I mistakenly expected a more thorough or robust response than that...

[hack89]

59. The entire point of the primaries is to pick a nominee for the GE

so we can put a Dem in the White House. Nothing else matters now we a winner.

[tk2kewl]

63. I did ask to be spared the whining about what he didn't say

Plenty of other threads for that

Anything that he DID say that you disagree with?

[hack89]

66. What he is said is not the issue.

but you know that.

[4nic8em]

65. Surely you know that

in Presidential politics there is a culmination of the nomination process called a "convention". You will have to wait until July 25th for the Democratic process to play out. Now...just to make you feel better, you and Hillary will have to wait until she is nominated by vote for it to be official. Be patient, relax...I guarantee July 25th will get here, but until then she will remain "presumptive". Until then, Trump isn't going anywhere as he is also "presumptive" until the republicans have their convention vote him as the republican candidate also. Then and only then, does the GE officially begin. Just so your aware, I admit this response is as equally condescending as yours.

[hack89]

68. Give me one example where the party did not declare a presumptive nominee prior to the convention

once it was clear they had a majority of pledged delegates? And then didn't quickly coalesced around that winner well before the convention with the loser conceding. The GE campaign has started simply because there is no way for Bernie to win.

What is so fucking special about Bernie that the rules have to change for him?

[4nic8em]

76. Please

tell me what rules have changed? Hillary chose to drop out when she did against Obama (2008). Look it up...her decision, no rule...

[hack89]

77. Give me past examples that show that what he is doing is unprecedented.

you can't. History does not begin in 2008.

[4nic8em]

94. Rules...

You stated rules that were changed...rules. Are you now pivoting and reframing your previous dialog with the word precedence instead of rules? Big difference...but I'll assume you already knew that. If it makes you happy, I'll humbly concede that history in fact did not start in 2008. Learn something new every day, Thanks.

[swhisper1]

85. not to Bernie. He didnt want to be in the WH

[840high]

110. Do you need his validation to

campaign or vote for her?

[hack89]

130. We don't need Bernie playing the gadfly and helping Trump.

the party has pivoted to the GE - we don't need petty ego driven sniping from behind.

[840high]

109. .that^

[swhisper1]

97. such a childish response from many here. The law says the convention and the convention it will be

[apcalc]

4. Sanders' message is economic

It's essentially the same speech every time. A good speech, but limiting.
Imo a white man's speech, his idea of making things fair -economic inequality.
Important.

But, there is so much else. Let's see if his platform push is about anything else.

Anyone wanna bet?

[tk2kewl]

8. A tired refrain from neoliberals...

He said much more, but apparently you weren't listening

[BobbyDrake]

15. Racial justice is "neoliberal" now? You folks have gone Ludicrious Speed.

Enjoy your pity party. It's all you're going to get with this bigoted attitude of yours.

[tk2kewl]

20. Put words in my mouth if it makes you feel better...

Neoliberals love creating false dichotomies

[BobbyDrake]

25. Yeah, yeah, you know how to personally insult someone rather than defend your position.

No one here needs to see you reliving the glory days of Gamer-Gate.

[tk2kewl]

36. What have I said that you find insulting?

Do you not like the neoliberal label?

[BobbyDrake]

42. Pete, Repeat. Classy. Show us all of your gradeschool tactics.

[tk2kewl]

49. If you find the term neoliberal insulting, you should learn its meaning...

And then examine you ideas and candidate to understand why

[sheshe2]

26. Neoliberals.

Name calling. Great way to start a conversation that you never wanted in the first place.

[tk2kewl]

33. Neoliberal is a political label properly attached to most current Democrats

If you find it offensive you may want to examine why

[sheshe2]

39. Says you. Lol~

You may feel good a labels, not so good at voting.

You lost.

[tk2kewl]

45. And many others....

Including, but most certainly not limited to Wikipedia ...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism

The definition and usage of the term has changed over time.[6] It was originally an economic philosophy that emerged among European liberal scholars in the 1930s in an attempt to trace a so-called 'Third' or 'Middle Way' between the conflicting philosophies of classical liberalism and socialist planning.[18] The impetus for this development arose from a desire to avoid repeating the economic failures of the early 1930s, which were mostly blamed by neoliberals on the economic policy of classical liberalism. In the decades that followed, the use of the term neoliberal tended to refer to theories at variance with the more laissez-faire doctrine of classical liberalism, and promoted instead a market economy under the guidance and rules of a strong state, a model which came to be known as the social market economy.

Critics allege that neoliberalism holds that market forces should organize every facet of society, including economic and social life, and promotes a social darwinist ethic which elevates self-interest over social needs.[195] Santa Cruz History of Consciousness professor Angela Davis and Princeton sociologist Bruce Western have claimed that the high rate (compared to Europe) of incarceration in the U.S. – specifically 1 in 37 American adults is in the prison system – heavily promoted by the Clinton administration, is the neoliberal U.S. policy tool for keeping unemployment statistics low, while stimulating economic growth through the maintenance of a contemporary slave population and the promotion of prison construction and "militarized policing."[196] David McNally, Professor of Political Science at York University, argues that while expenditures on social welfare programs have been cut, expenditures on prison construction have increased significantly during the neoliberal era, with California having "the largest prison-building program in the history of the world."[197] The scholar Bernard Harcourt contends the neoliberal concept that the state is inept when it comes to economic regulation but efficient in policing and punishing "has facilitated the slide to mass incarceration."[198] Both Wacquant and Harcourt refer to this phenomenon as "Neoliberal Penality."[199][200]

The Clinton Administration embraced neoliberalism by pursuing international trade agreements that would benefit the corporate sector globally (normalization of trade with China for example). Domestically, Clinton fostered such neoliberal reforms as the corporate takeover of health care in the form of the HMO, the reduction of welfare subsidies, and the implementation of "Workfare".[201]

Funny how "New Democrats" adopted the term "Third Way." Must just be a coincidence.

[WayBeyondBlue]

62. Thanks for that

But I'm pretty sure they won't read the whole thing, much less attain enough objectivity to apply it to eitherthemselves or their candidate.

It was a nice try, and the thanks are genuine.

[LoverOfLiberty]

35. To be honest

Sanders supporters don't hear either

[riversedge]

80. You saying it is not economic?

[LWolf]

10. This wasn't the same speech.

You must not have listened well to miss the social and racial justice segments.

I'm sorry you think economic inequality is so unimportant that our politicians shouldn't address it.

And I know, having listened, that Clinton doesn't do a better job speaking about "so much else," even if one could take her seriously at this point, which takes a ludicrous effort involving blinders, earplugs, and some Stuart Smalley-like affirmations.

[apcalc]

48. I said economic equality was important.

There is so much else....

Democrats have been talking about income inequality , social security, healthcare, AND MORE for years.

[LWolf]

55. And so has Sanders.

He was doing so while Clinton was a Goldwater girl. He has better creds for both economic and social justice than she does, year after year, decade after decade.

She brings neo-liberalism and identity politics.

He brings solutions.

[slipslidingaway]

11. "A white man's speech?" Did you miss the segment where he spoke of incarceration vs. education...

and the need for criminal justice reform, rights for all people regardless of race, religion or gender.

[apcalc]

17. Missed that part thanks...hope that is in the platform.

[slipslidingaway]

31. Well he has speaking of the same thing for the past year, if not for decades ...

please do not seek to divide people by race, thank you.

[apcalc]

50. Race? How about gender?

Sorry, check out the voting trends for yourself.... There are lots of things POC, women, don't hear from Sanders.

[swhisper1]

87. The latinas I know all all Bernie, but will vote Hill because they believe in voting rights

[Armstead]

98. Here....

This is excerpts from his speech. I have bolded the non-economic (or semi-economic) issues he is addressing here.

Election days come and go. But political and social revolutions that attempt to transform our society never end. They continue every day, every week and every month in the fight to create a nation of social and economic justice. That’s what the trade union movement is about. That’s what the civil rights movement is about. That’s what the women’s movement is about. That’s what the gay rights movement is about. That’s what the environmental movement is about.hu

And that’s what this campaign has been about over the past year. That’s what the political revolution is about and that’s why the political revolution must continue into the future.

Real change never takes place from the top down, or in the living rooms of wealthy campaign contributors. It always occurs from the bottom on up – when tens of millions of people say “enough is enough” and become engaged in the fight for justice. That’s what the political revolution we helped start is all about. That’s why the political revolution must continue....


.....This campaign has never been about any single candidate. It is always about transforming America.

It is about ending a campaign finance system which is corrupt and allows billionaires to buy elections.

It is about ending the grotesque level of wealth and income inequality that we are experiencing where almost all new wealth and income goes to the people on top, where the 20 wealthiest people own more wealth than the bottom 150 million.

It is about creating an economy that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent.

It is about ending the disgrace of native Americans who live on the Pine Ridge, South Dakota, reservation having a life expectancy lower than many third-world countries.

It is about ending the incredible despair that exists in many parts of this country where – as a result of unemployment and low wages, suicide, drugs and alcohol – millions of Americans are now dying, in an ahistorical way, at a younger age than their parents.

It is about ending the disgrace of having the highest level of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth and having public school systems in inner cities that are totally failing our children – where kids now stand a greater chance of ending up in jail than ending up with a college degree.

It is about ending the disgrace that millions of undocumented people in this country continue to live in fear and are exploited every day on their jobs because they have no legal rights.

It is about ending the disgrace of tens of thousands of Americans dying every year from preventable deaths because they either lack health insurance, have high deductibles or cannot afford the outrageously high cost of the prescription drugs they need.

It is about ending the disgrace of hundreds of thousands of bright young people unable to go to college because their families are poor or working class, while millions more struggle with suffocating levels of student debt.


It is about ending the pain of a young single mother in Nevada, in tears, telling me that she doesn’t know how she and her daughter can make it on $10.45 an hour. And the reality that today millions of our fellow Americans are working at starvation wages.

It is about ending the disgrace of a mother in Flynt, Michigan, telling me what has happened to the intellectual development of her child as a result of lead in the water in that city, of many thousands of homes in California and other communities unable to drink the polluted water that comes out of their faucets.

In America. In the year 2016. In a nation whose infrastructure is crumbling before our eyes.

It is about ending the disgrace that too many veterans still sleep out on the streets, that homelessness is increasing and that tens of millions of Americans, because of a lack of affordable housing, are paying 40, 50 percent or more of their limited incomes to put a roof over their heads.....

......We must fight to make certain that women throughout the country have the right to control their own bodies.

We must protect the right of our gay brothers and sisters to marriage equality in every state America.

As the recent tragedy in Orlando has made crystal clear, we must ban the sale and distribution of assault weapons, end the gun show loophole and expand instant background checks.

We must defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership and make certain that that bad trade deal does not get a vote in a lame-duck session of Congress.

We must resist all efforts to cut Social Security and, in fact, expand benefits for our seniors and disabled veterans.

We must understand that the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street has to end, that we need to pass modern-day Glass-Steagall legislation and that we need to break up the biggest financial institutions in this country who not only remain too big to fail but who prevent the kind of vigorous competition that a healthy financial system requires.

We must aggressively combat climate change and transform our energy system, move to energy efficiency and sustainable energy and impose a tax on carbon. It means that, in order to protect our water supply, we ban fracking.

We must compete effectively in a global economy by making public colleges and universities tuition free and substantially reduce student debt.

We must join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health care to all people as a right and not a privilege.

We must end the disgrace of having more people in jail than any other country on earth and move toward real criminal justice reform at the federal, state and local levels.

We must pass comprehensive immigration reform and provide a path toward citizenship for 11 million undocumented people.

We must take a hard look at the waste, cost overruns and inefficiencies in every branch of government –including the Department of Defense. And we must make certain our brave young men and women in the military are not thrown into perpetual warfare in the Middle East or other wars we should not be fighting.

But the political revolution means much more than fighting for our ideals at the Democratic National Convention and defeating Donald Trump.

It means that, at every level, we continue the fight to make our society a nation of economic, social, racial and environmental justice.

It means that we can no longer ignore the fact that, sadly, the current Democratic Party leadership has turned its back on dozens of states in this country and has allowed right-wing politicians to win elections in some states with virtually no opposition – including some of the poorest states in America. The Democratic Party needs a 50-state strategy. We may not win in every state tomorrow but we will never win unless we recruit good candidates and develop organizations that can compete effectively in the future. We must provide resources to those states which have so long been ignored.

Most importantly, the Democratic Party needs leadership which is prepared to open its doors and welcome into its ranks working people and young people. That is the energy that we need to transform the Democratic Party, take on the special interests and transform our country.

Here is a cold, hard fact that must be addressed. Since 2009, some 900 legislative seats have been lost to Republicans in state after state throughout this country. In fact, the Republican Party now controls 31 state legislatures and controls both the governors’ mansions and statehouses in 23 states. That is unacceptable.

We need to start engaging at the local and state level in an unprecedented way. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers helped us make political history during the last year. These are people deeply concerned about the future of our country and their own communities. Now we need many of them to start running for school boards, city councils, county commissions, state legislatures and governorships. State and local governments make enormously important decisions and we cannot allow right-wing Republicans to increasingly control them.

I hope very much that many of you listening tonight are prepared to engage at that level. Please go to my website at berniesanders.com/win to learn more about how you can effectively run for office or get involved in politics at the local or state level. I have no doubt that with the energy and enthusiasm our campaign has shown that we can win significant numbers of local and state elections if people are prepared to become involved. I also hope people will give serious thought to running for statewide offices and the U.S. Congress.

And when we talk about transforming America, it is not just about elections. Many of my Republican colleagues believe that government is the enemy, that we need to eviscerate and privatize virtually all aspects of government – whether it is Social Security, Medicare, the VA, EPA, the Postal Service or public education. I strongly disagree. In a democratic civilized society, government must play an enormously important role in protecting all of us and our planet. But in order for government to work efficiently and effectively, we need to attract great and dedicated people from all walks of life. We need people who are dedicated to public service and can provide the services we need in a high quality and efficient way.

When we talk about a Medicare-for-all health care program and the need to make sure all of our people have quality health care, it means that we need tens of thousands of new doctors, nurses, dentists, psychologists and other medical personnel who are prepared to practice in areas where people today lack access to that care.

It means that we need hundreds of thousands of people to become childcare workers and teachers so that our young people will get the best education available in the world.

It means that as we combat climate change and transform our energy system away from fossil fuels, we need scientists and engineers and entrepreneurs who will help us make energy efficiency, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal and other developing technologies as efficient and cost effective as possible.

It means that as we rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, we need millions of skilled construction workers of all kinds.

It means that when we talk about growing our economy and creating jobs, we need great business people who can produce and distribute the products and services we need in a way that respects their employees and the environment.

In other words, we need a new generation of people actively involved in public service who are prepared to provide the quality of life the American people deserve.

[boston bean]

5. That he is taking it the convention. And he is not suspending his campaign.

And that he makes it seem like democrats dont give a shit about what he spoke of. Stoking anger and shit.

[SheenaR]

13. Where has your candidate been on the issues raised?

So yes. Some Democrats haven't given a shit.

-TPP
-$15 min wage
-Health care as a right for all
-Taking on Wall St

Where are the Democrats you say are all saying the same thing? They don't exist.

Keep hating. Last thread went well

[boston bean]

16. Same place. Different strategy but same damned place.

[swhisper1]

88. when she struggled to get the words out, she is either pandering or nuansing the answer

That told me she was insincere

[840high]

112. .+1

[baldguy]

70. +1000

[djean111]

6. The answer to that is that Bernie did NOT say I quit and y'all vote for Hillary.

They don't really care about anything else.

[arcane1]

14. Exactly. Principles come last, party loyalty comes first.

[Triana]

7. Nothing at all.

What I heard...

...

"I'm taking it to Convention. And I'm going to KEEP fighting for the 99% - for a progressive agenda, against cutting Social Security, against TPP, against income inequality, FOR changes to deal with climate change, and I'm encouraging the 99% to run for local and national offices themselves - to GET INVOLVED,...etc."

Odd as HELL to see so much sneering here on "DEMOCRATIC Underground" against any of what he's saying he will go to the convention (and beyond) to fight for. It's what we ALL should be fighting for: DEMOCRATIC values, and a representative government that works for WE THE PEOPLE and not just THOSE GUYS the RICH and WEALTHY.

I'm really sorry to say that it sounds more like Free Republic here sometimes than DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND.

[hack89]

24. How does any of that but Hillary in the White House?

We have a winner. The focus should be on the GE, not on a futile convention sideshow.

[2banon]

57. BINGO!

these comments form her supporters could have come straight out from there.

it is nothing short of bizarre.

Someone in leadership might want to think about holding a refresher course workshop on what the Democratic Party is about, right here.

they've lost their ever lovin' minds over a very inspiring progressive message.

Holy Moly.

[pdsimdars]

121. You reminded me of a line McCoy said to Spock from Star Trek

"Are you out of your Vulcan mind?" (say it fast)

[2banon]

139. Are you out of your Vulcan mind?

Love it! Thanks!

[pdsimdars]

119. You really nailed that one. Thanks.

[SheenaR]

9. I was just going to post this

They want him to kiss the ring.

Every single issue he raised is an issue important to the middle class and Democrats nationwide. Every stance was a progressive stance.

The hate for the individual is allowing for all kinds of ridiculousness.

How dare a political figure let the people know the little secret that we actually deserve better than what we have become accustomed to.

Watch though. If he endorses her and makes a similar speech, the sewer will be quiet and nobody would be coming out.

Ego? Fuck that. The man is out there fighting for everyone in this country and not once talked about being President. The hate will not subside until he kisses the ring while on his knees.

[arcane1]

18. "Every stance was a progressive stance." And that is why they hate him.

His every word is a reminder that we don't have a progressive as a "presumed nominee."

[seabeckind]

30. You misspelled presumptuous. n/t

[BobbyDrake]

21. More projection. He's the loser making demands. He's the one who thinks 2nd place entitled him to

control of the entire party.

Screw this "tyranny of the minority" mindset out of the Sanders camp. Win a democratic election; THEN you can set policies and platforms.

[SheenaR]

32. Projection?

I don't think it means what you think it means.

Unless you can account for projecting your hatred of Bernie Sanders into that post.

He didn't win. No shit. I don't care if candidates for centuries have acted a certain way. The guy wants better for me and better for you. Yeah, what a real jerk that Sanders must be

[BobbyDrake]

41. You said "kiss the ring" while he's the one with his hand out expecting obeisance. Pro-jec-tion.

Play willfully obtuse if you must, but it changes nothing.

[arcane1]

34. I'll be so glad when the contracts expire here. The bullshit will be reduced a bit. n/t

[tk2kewl]

81. Her smarter supporters have avoided this thread

[QC]

93. Issues are like kryptonite for many of the loudest people here. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

22. Not much, as opposed to the other candidate.

[hack89]

27. He is no longer a candidate

The primary is over. He lost.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

38. Maybe. But, I still have a lot of disagreements with a lot of what Hillary said.

Very little with Bernie or another progressive candidate.

[seabeckind]

23. What he said was that this is

about reversing the economic/social tragedy of the last 35 years.

And that no matter if Hillary is in front heading toward the convention,

if she so much as farts to the right, he and all the people who support him, are going to push her back to the people's positions.

If she so much as hints that she's going to maintain the status quo, she's going to get a great be shove toward the progressive positions. --- and not that fuking 3rd way definition of progressive.

Think of this thing like a sports analogy... sure, she got the starting quarterback slot. But if she screws up... there's a replacement ready to run on ahead. She wants to try to claim the entitled, my turn slot? Nope.... earn it.

Bernie has a whole bunch of delegates. And he isn't giving them up until a couple votes in the convention.

As an aside .... he pointed out why Debbie is pretty inept. Sat around watching all the states eat her lunch. Twit.

Enjoy your delusions.

[YouDig]

28. He comes across as full of himself and holier than thou.

The Democratic party has been fighting for all the things he talked about for decades. He's acting like he's the only person who cares about poverty or the environment.

I think he likes hearing himself talk more than he actually cares about the problems this country faces. And he obviously is too full of himself to accept the fact that he lost the election by double digits. Hopefully he'll be true to his promise to do everything he can to defeat Trump.

[seabeckind]

43. Not the last 2 decades.

Too bad you missed that part.

I haven't heard your candidate talking about poverty or the environment. Fracking come to mind? How about income inequality. Job outsourcing?

Pick an issue. Please.

[YouDig]

44. Yes the last two decades. And if you haven't heard Hillary talk about the environment or

poverty, then you haven't been paying attention at all.

[seabeckind]

46. Maybe you can hum a few bars of her stance on fracking.

All I've ever heard is not-Trump.

[Matt_R]

107. I'm sure you can provide links to back up that statement. n/t

[swhisper1]

89. and she doesn't??? Hill has always been arrogant and vicious to her foes

why do you feel he isnt anti-Trump?

[YouDig]

99. No, she doesn't. And she showed that she cared about the country in 2008.

And now, after losing by a lot more than Hillary did in 2008, Bernie is showing us that he cares more about himself.

[swhisper1]

100. believe what you wish

[QC]

29. You will not get these people to discuss issues

because they don't think that way.

Valiant effort, though.

[MyNameGoesHere]

40. I had to check and see if I was playing a recording

because it sounded blah blah blah, like the other blah blah, 1% blah blah oligarchy well you get the point. Really fucking #berndout.

[tk2kewl]

51. So you don't agree with what he said then? Or you don't car what he said?

https://berniesanders.com/political-revolution-continues/

Election days come and go. But political and social revolutions that attempt to transform our society never end. They continue every day, every week and every month in the fight to create a nation of social and economic justice. That’s what the trade union movement is about. That’s what the civil rights movement is about. That’s what the women’s movement is about. That’s what the gay rights movement is about. That’s what the environmental movement is about.hu

And that’s what this campaign has been about over the past year. That’s what the political revolution is about and that’s why the political revolution must continue into the future.

Real change never takes place from the top down, or in the living rooms of wealthy campaign contributors. It always occurs from the bottom on up – when tens of millions of people say “enough is enough” and become engaged in the fight for justice. That’s what the political revolution we helped start is all about. That’s why the political revolution must continue.

When we began this campaign a little over a year ago, we had no political organization, no money and very little name recognition. The media determined that we were a fringe campaign. Nobody thought we were going anywhere.

Well, a lot has changed over a year.

During this campaign, we won more than 12 million votes. We won 22 state primaries and caucuses. We came very close – within 2 points or less – in five more states.

In other words, our vision for the future of this country is not some kind of fringe idea. It is not a radical idea. It is mainstream. It is what millions of Americans believe in and want to see happen.

And something else extraordinarily important happened in this campaign that makes me very optimistic about the future of our country – something that, frankly, I had not anticipated. In virtually every state that we contested we won the overwhelming majority of the votes of people 45 years of age or younger, sometimes, may I say, by huge numbers. These are the people who are determined to shape the future of this country. These are the people who ARE the future of this country.

Together, in this campaign, 1.5 million people came out to our rallies and town meetings in almost every state in the country.

Together, hundreds of thousands of volunteers made 75 million phone calls urging their fellow citizens into action.

Together, our canvassers knocked on more than 5 million doors.

Together, we hosted 74,000 meetings in every state and territory in this country.

Together, 2.7 million people made over 8 million individual contributions to our campaign – more contributions at this point than any campaign in American history. Amazingly, the bulk of those contributions came from low-income and working people whose donations averaged $27 apiece. In an unprecedented way, we showed the world that we could run a strong national campaign without being dependent on the big-money interests whose greed has done so much to damage our country.

And let me give a special thanks to the financial support we received from students struggling to repay their college loans, from seniors and disabled vets on Social Security, from workers earning starvation wages and even from people who were unemployed.

In every single state that we contested we took on virtually the entire political establishment – U.S. senators, members of Congress, governors, mayors, state legislators and local party leaders. To those relatively few elected officials who had the courage to stand with us, I say thank you. We must continue working together into the future.

This campaign has never been about any single candidate. It is always about transforming America.

It is about ending a campaign finance system which is corrupt and allows billionaires to buy elections.

It is about ending the grotesque level of wealth and income inequality that we are experiencing where almost all new wealth and income goes to the people on top, where the 20 wealthiest people own more wealth than the bottom 150 million.

It is about creating an economy that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent.

It is about ending the disgrace of native Americans who live on the Pine Ridge, South Dakota, reservation having a life expectancy lower than many third-world countries.

It is about ending the incredible despair that exists in many parts of this country where – as a result of unemployment and low wages, suicide, drugs and alcohol – millions of Americans are now dying, in an ahistorical way, at a younger age than their parents.

It is about ending the disgrace of having the highest level of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth and having public school systems in inner cities that are totally failing our children – where kids now stand a greater chance of ending up in jail than ending up with a college degree.

It is about ending the disgrace that millions of undocumented people in this country continue to live in fear and are exploited every day on their jobs because they have no legal rights.

It is about ending the disgrace of tens of thousands of Americans dying every year from preventable deaths because they either lack health insurance, have high deductibles or cannot afford the outrageously high cost of the prescription drugs they need.

It is about ending the disgrace of hundreds of thousands of bright young people unable to go to college because their families are poor or working class, while millions more struggle with suffocating levels of student debt.

It is about ending the pain of a young single mother in Nevada, in tears, telling me that she doesn’t know how she and her daughter can make it on $10.45 an hour. And the reality that today millions of our fellow Americans are working at starvation wages.

It is about ending the disgrace of a mother in Flint, Michigan, telling me what has happened to the intellectual development of her child as a result of lead in the water in that city, of many thousands of homes in California and other communities unable to drink the polluted water that comes out of their faucets.

In America. In the year 2016. In a nation whose infrastructure is crumbling before our eyes.

It is about ending the disgrace that too many veterans still sleep out on the streets, that homelessness is increasing and that tens of millions of Americans, because of a lack of affordable housing, are paying 40, 50 percent or more of their limited incomes to put a roof over their heads.

It is about ending the disgrace that, in a given year, corporations making billions in profit avoid paying a nickel in taxes because they stash their money in the Cayman Islands and other tax havens.

This campaign is about defeating Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president. After centuries of racism, sexism and discrimination of all forms in our country we do not need a major party candidate who makes bigotry the cornerstone of his campaign. We cannot have a president who insults Mexicans and Latinos, Muslims, women and African-Americans. We cannot have a president who, in the midst of so much income and wealth inequality, wants to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the very rich. We cannot have a president who, despite all of the scientific evidence, believes that climate change is a hoax.

The major political task that we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly. And I personally intend to begin my role in that process in a very short period of time.

But defeating Donald Trump cannot be our only goal. We must continue our grassroots efforts to create the America that we know we can become. And we must take that energy into the Democratic National Convention on July 25 in Philadelphia where we will have more than 1,900 delegates.

I recently had the opportunity to meet with Secretary Clinton and discuss some of the very important issues facing our country and the Democratic Party. It is no secret that Secretary Clinton and I have strong disagreements on some very important issues. It is also true that our views are quite close on others. I look forward, in the coming weeks, to continued discussions between the two campaigns to make certain that your voices are heard and that the Democratic Party passes the most progressive platform in its history and that Democrats actually fight for that agenda. I also look forward to working with Secretary Clinton to transform the Democratic Party so that it becomes a party of working people and young people, and not just wealthy campaign contributors: a party that has the courage to take on Wall Street, the pharmaceutical industry, the fossil fuel industry and the other powerful special interests that dominate our political and economic life.

As I have said throughout this campaign, the Democratic Party must support raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, and create millions of jobs rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure.

We must ensure that women will no longer make 79-cents on the dollar compared to men and that we fight for pay equity.

We must fight to make certain that women throughout the country have the right to control their own bodies.

We must protect the right of our gay brothers and sisters to marriage equality in every state America.

As the recent tragedy in Orlando has made crystal clear, we must ban the sale and distribution of assault weapons, end the gun show loophole and expand instant background checks.

We must defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership and make certain that that bad trade deal does not get a vote in a lame-duck session of Congress.

We must resist all efforts to cut Social Security and, in fact, expand benefits for our seniors and disabled veterans.

We must understand that the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street has to end, that we need to pass modern-day Glass-Steagall legislation and that we need to break up the biggest financial institutions in this country who not only remain too big to fail but who prevent the kind of vigorous competition that a healthy financial system requires.

We must aggressively combat climate change and transform our energy system, move to energy efficiency and sustainable energy and impose a tax on carbon. It means that, in order to protect our water supply, we ban fracking.

We must compete effectively in a global economy by making public colleges and universities tuition free and substantially reduce student debt.

We must join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health care to all people as a right and not a privilege.

We must end the disgrace of having more people in jail than any other country on earth and move toward real criminal justice reform at the federal, state and local levels.

We must pass comprehensive immigration reform and provide a path toward citizenship for 11 million undocumented people.

We must take a hard look at the waste, cost overruns and inefficiencies in every branch of government –including the Department of Defense. And we must make certain our brave young men and women in the military are not thrown into perpetual warfare in the Middle East or other wars we should not be fighting.

But the political revolution means much more than fighting for our ideals at the Democratic National Convention and defeating Donald Trump.

It means that, at every level, we continue the fight to make our society a nation of economic, social, racial and environmental justice.

It means that we can no longer ignore the fact that, sadly, the current Democratic Party leadership has turned its back on dozens of states in this country and has allowed right-wing politicians to win elections in some states with virtually no opposition – including some of the poorest states in America. The Democratic Party needs a 50-state strategy. We may not win in every state tomorrow but we will never win unless we recruit good candidates and develop organizations that can compete effectively in the future. We must provide resources to those states which have so long been ignored.

Most importantly, the Democratic Party needs leadership which is prepared to open its doors and welcome into its ranks working people and young people. That is the energy that we need to transform the Democratic Party, take on the special interests and transform our country.

Here is a cold, hard fact that must be addressed. Since 2009, some 900 legislative seats have been lost to Republicans in state after state throughout this country. In fact, the Republican Party now controls 31 state legislatures and controls both the governors’ mansions and statehouses in 23 states. That is unacceptable.

We need to start engaging at the local and state level in an unprecedented way. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers helped us make political history during the last year. These are people deeply concerned about the future of our country and their own communities. Now we need many of them to start running for school boards, city councils, county commissions, state legislatures and governorships. State and local governments make enormously important decisions and we cannot allow right-wing Republicans to increasingly control them.

I hope very much that many of you listening tonight are prepared to engage at that level. Please go to my website at berniesanders.com/win to learn more about how you can effectively run for office or get involved in politics at the local or state level. I have no doubt that with the energy and enthusiasm our campaign has shown that we can win significant numbers of local and state elections if people are prepared to become involved. I also hope people will give serious thought to running for statewide offices and the U.S. Congress.

And when we talk about transforming America, it is not just about elections. Many of my Republican colleagues believe that government is the enemy, that we need to eviscerate and privatize virtually all aspects of government – whether it is Social Security, Medicare, the VA, EPA, the Postal Service or public education. I strongly disagree. In a democratic civilized society, government must play an enormously important role in protecting all of us and our planet. But in order for government to work efficiently and effectively, we need to attract great and dedicated people from all walks of life. We need people who are dedicated to public service and can provide the services we need in a high quality and efficient way.

When we talk about a Medicare-for-all health care program and the need to make sure all of our people have quality health care, it means that we need tens of thousands of new doctors, nurses, dentists, psychologists and other medical personnel who are prepared to practice in areas where people today lack access to that care.

It means that we need hundreds of thousands of people to become childcare workers and teachers so that our young people will get the best education available in the world.

It means that as we combat climate change and transform our energy system away from fossil fuels, we need scientists and engineers and entrepreneurs who will help us make energy efficiency, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal and other developing technologies as efficient and cost effective as possible.

It means that as we rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, we need millions of skilled construction workers of all kinds.

It means that when we talk about growing our economy and creating jobs, we need great business people who can produce and distribute the products and services we need in a way that respects their employees and the environment.

In other words, we need a new generation of people actively involved in public service who are prepared to provide the quality of life the American people deserve.

Let me conclude by once again thanking everyone who has helped in this campaign in one way or another. We have begun the long and arduous process of transforming America, a fight that will continue tomorrow, next week, next year and into the future.

My hope is that when future historians look back and describe how our country moved forward into reversing the drift toward oligarchy, and created a government which represents all the people and not just the few, they will note that, to a significant degree, that effort began with the political revolution of 2016.

Thank you very much. Good night.


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[Red Mountain]

52. Thinking about issues is hard

Sorry it's been tough for you.

[QC]

61. So much easier to sling junior high snark. n/t

[MyNameGoesHere]

84. Hey Sanders makes it easy

1%, bad DNC, oligarchy, rinse and repeat. It's a catch tune if you're into that sort of thing

[chillfactor]

53. that he did not endorse Hillary. n/t

[tk2kewl]

72. So you agree with everything he actually *did* say?

[rjsquirrel]

54. It's what he didn't say eom

[lapucelle]

60. I agree.

It was the subtext that was petty and troubling.

[rjsquirrel]

69. He turns out to be

a leftist Trump, bitter and egotistical and sexist.

I don't want any alliance with his remaining few supporters. Moderate Republicans are preferable as human beings.

Sanders may have motivated some voters but he has alienated many from his brand of leftist anachronism who once sympathized (including my most progressive relatives and friends, with a few exceptions among those who don't really know politics well). He lost me fully as a supporter. In fact I have come to dislike him and his core supporters. He may have pushed the party left for the primary but he pushed me right. I want no part of his revolution, and I have long thought I would love to see a leftist turn in national politics. Having seen how naive and juvenile it looks in practice, no more.

In November I planned to vote for Bernie. I maintain that this is why he lost. People like me -- very liberal middle class professionals (in my case with working class roots) found him absurd by February. I proudly voted for Hillary, whom I once disliked, in the New York primary that ended Bernie's last real shot.

We don't need people like Susan Sarandon or Cornell West associated with our party. They make us look stupid and juvenile just like the tea party does for the GOP.

I hope he fades away fast. No concessions. None.

Hillary has her ways of dealing with angry men.

You go girl.

[swhisper1]

92. Rabies

[Lil Missy]

64. That he's had any chance of winning since March.

[tk2kewl]

67. I'm pretty certain he said nothing about that...

So is it fair to assume that. you agree with the rest of what he said then?

[eastwestdem]

71. There are many...but the first one I heard was how he was 'surprised' that so many young people

supported him. What??? He promised them free college...was that not the plan? Surprised? Sure you were. It's called pandering Bernie, and you did it well. Free college with no mention about how you were going to do it. Luckily, most of those young people who fell for it are not very politically active, and are rapidly moving on to enjoy their summers. By the time the fall roles around I imagine the vast majority who manage to make it to the polls will vote for Hillary.

[tk2kewl]

75. "No mention of how you're going to do it"

Do you listen to yourself? Have you ever *listened* to Bernie. Do you know that we've done it before and that other countries do it now. Great take you have there on younger generation too

[Renew Deal]

73. He wants to arm most countries in the Middle East and let them duke it out

[anigbrowl]

74. That he doesn't want the TPP to come up for a vote in Congress

Um, that's why we have a legislature, regardless of whether you're for or against the TPP.

[tk2kewl]

79. He said it should not get a vote in a lame duck congress...

Ie... After the election but before the new session, when many can cast votes and never be held accountable by their constituents

[WhiteTara]

78. He offered no solutions.

No whining just bored with the complaints without the solution.

[tk2kewl]

90. He has proposed solutions funded by tax increases primarily on corporations and investments

Solutions for college, healthcare, family leave, child care, infrastructure, energy. Tell me how any other candidate has a plan to accomplish these goals to an equal or better satisfaction

[LLStarks]

104. I install software for hedge funds. You're gonna tax the pants off me, right? eom

[tk2kewl]

106. I suppose it depends on your compensation package.

Are you averse to paying taxes to advance the sorts of programs discussed above?

[swhisper1]

95. his solutions are well documented and known to those who cared. Just go to Bernies site-duh

[workinclasszero]

82. He didn't concede

He is still fighting the Democratic nominee and her party while Trump and his fascists gets a pass.

[Demsrule86]

86. After watching even a tiny bit of the Bernie in the bunker podcast, I think we got off easy

Can you imagine that person being president?

[workinclasszero]

134. No I can't

Fortunately the internet/reddit troll "revolution" was just a marketing tool for gullible folks.

[Demsrule86]

136. So true...nt

[Demsrule86]

83. The part where his lips were moving.

[tk2kewl]

91. "Kindness and love"

[Demsrule86]

135. None for Bernie who has behaved very disrespectfully

towards the first woman presidential nominee...unforgivable.

[panader0]

96. Not a fucking thing.

[redstateblues]

101. Senator who?

[tk2kewl]

102. Glad to see you're paying attention

[LLStarks]

103. His entire stump speech which lacks any sense of policy depth. eom

[tk2kewl]

105. So you disagree with his entire speech. Interesting.

This place is getting weirder by the day

[RoccoR5955]

108. That's all they have.

The fact that he's a man, he's old, and what he didn't say.

[BootinUp]

111. The part where he attacks tha major party on the left. nt

[tk2kewl]

113. I missed that part I guess.

In fact I was completely unaware that there is a major party on the left

[randome]

114. He is preaching to the converted, which is a complete waste of everyone's time.

And his manner is bizarre, as if only he has the wisdom to get things done, which is unsupported by his 25 years in the Senate getting very little done.

Anyone can give a speech. Sanders just gave one. Big deal.

[uponit7771]

115. His gun stance is horrible

[tk2kewl]

117. so you disagree with what he said on guns last night?

"As the recent tragedy in Orlando has made crystal clear, we must ban the sale and distribution of assault weapons, end the gun show loophole and expand instant background checks."

[uponit7771]

138. No, his over his lifetime and including the debates... horrible excuses for gumpering

[NurseJackie]

116. When he tries to give the impression that he "won" states which he actually lost ...

... by ignoring with the ACTUAL FULL TOTAL COMPLETE results and counting ONLY a small subset or a particular demographic that was favorable to him.

[DCBob]

118. Bernies focus is on reforming the party when it should be on uniting the party.

That's the problem in a nutshell.

[tk2kewl]

120. if the party doesn't stand for the addressing the issues Bernie has underscored

It needs reform or it will lose the left.

[randome]

122. But it does stand for that.

And you don't get someone to reform by standing against them. You work with them. Something Sanders has done very little of his entire life.

[tk2kewl]

126. really?

Bailouts for banks but not for bankrupt families

no one held responsible for wall st fraud

regime change foreign policy in Libya

coup in Honduras

foreign and corporate campaign cash

Trade rules that protect corps and wealthy investors above working families

Fracking

grand bargains to cut social security

medicare for all that can never ever happen

...

this party is way out of line with the things Bernie and millions of Americans support

[randome]

129. Do you really think members of the Democratic Party are not in favor of every one of those things?

Or against most of the negative things? (There are differing opinions about the banks, of course.)

Sanders' problem is that he talks AT people instead of WITH them. No one likes to hear endless preaching. If Sanders put his energy into working with his compatriots...well, that's not in his nature, is it? It never has been.

More's the pity. We need actual workers, not preachers.

[tk2kewl]

131. every one of those things happened

Under the current democratic president with SOS Clinton help or represent clinton positions. If you are against those things then how do you reconcile that with supporting someone who has pushed those policies? By what magic will those positions be reversed without opposite and discussion?

[randome]

132. Well, first of all, when people get together and stop putting Republicans into power.

And the banking bailouts were -arguably, of course- necessary to prevent a full-on economic meltdown.

Sanders couldn't even muster enough of a revolution to get the votes he needed so I find the idea that he is our leader into the promised land to be rather ludicrous.

Again, you get things changed by rolling up your sleeves and working with your allies. I don't see that Sanders is capable of that. It's why his Senate colleagues wouldn't endorse him and they know him better than we do.

[tk2kewl]

133. continuing to vote for Democrats eager to finish the job of unraveling

The New Deal ain't gonna make this country a better place... they are not my allies.

better than worst doesn't cut it for me

[DCBob]

123. This is not the time.

The year long primary process was the venue for debating those issues. Its over now.. there is only one nominee. Its time to unite to ensure we keep a madman out of the Whitehouse.

[tk2kewl]

124. fyi... it's officially over the week of 7/25

[DCBob]

125. Its effectively over now.

There is no reasonable purpose in delaying his concession and endorsement.

[tk2kewl]

127. even less reasonable purpose for you complaining about it

Especially in a thread where you were asked not to. There are plenty of other threads on DU for this sort of whining

[DCBob]

128. Never mind.. you will never get it.

[NorthCarolina]

137. Simply put, they disapprove of his populism because it

aims to help those that the neoliberal crowd considers unworthy, lazy, Cadillac queens, and super predators. Recall their objection to Sanders proposal for free College for all qualified citizens regardless of their income means. They objected because, and I quote, "we hate this plan because we, as taxpayers, don't want to pay for Trumps kids to go to College". Really? That's the reason to kill such a program because of the outside chance that Trump may opt to send his kids to the Community College of their choice on the taxpayer dime? Really? Forget the greater good to society that such a program would do because, you know, Trumps kids.

The truth is, they don't consider you worthy of anything until such time as you achieve financial stablity like they enjoy, but you must do it completely of your own accord. If you can't well then there's always the all voluntary military that can always use another meat shield for the oligarchy, or if that's not your style then there's one of our fine for profit prison establishments just waiting for you...we'll leave the light on.