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Sun Jan 10, 2016, 01:13 PM Jan 2016

Transcript of ABC's This Weeks George STEPHANOPOULOS

interviewing Bernie Sanders Could not find the video George presses Bernie Sanders about gun legislation that he voted against 10 years ago.
As it seems this is all the Clinton campaign can talk about is the gun bill from 10 years ago.
Keep in mind now that STEPHANOPOULOS is a Hillary fan and actually has given $$ to her campaign and he worked for Bill Clinton as his Press Secratary.
Please note what George says about electability and throws in the " Communism" bit that voters are concerned about .Come on Really George?
STEPHANOPOULOS: There was issues of socialism, Communism and age getting in the way of your electability.
How do you reassure those voters?
SANDERS: Well, for a start, I would urge those voters, the voters all over this country, to take a look at recent polls in which Bernie Sanders is matched with Republican candidates Trump on down. Hillary Clinton is matched with Republican candidates.
And do you know what?
In many of those polls, including the major recent one, the Quinnipiac Poll, we beat Trump nationally by 13 points. Secretary Clinton beat him by 7 points.
Look at a recent New Hampshire poll, just in New Hampshire. We did much, much better against the Republican candidates than did Hillary Clinton.
So if people are concerned about electability, and Democrats should be very concerned, because we certainly do not want to see some right-wing extremist in the White House, I think Bernie Sanders is the candidate.
We're doing much better with Independents. We even draw a little bit better with Republicans.
So I believe, quite honestly, that with the enthusiasm that we are generating, with the kind of voter turnout that I think we can bring out -- look, Republicans win when people are demoralized and the voter turnout is low. Democrats and progressives when I when working people and low income people and young people get involved in the political process.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And...
SANDERS: George, I think any objective look at our campaigns would suggest we have the energy, we can drive a large voter turnout.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So the fact that you're a democratic socialist, the fact that you'll be 75 on Election Day, not an issue?
SANDERS: I think the fact that we are bringing forth a message on issue after issue that are -- are being supported by the American people, whether it's job creation, raising the minimum wage, climate change, making public colleges and universities -- public colleges and universities tuition-free, those are the issues that the American people are being galvanized around.
They want us to take on the billionaire class and the greed of corporate America. That's what our campaign is about. And that's why I think we have the momentum.
STEPHANOPOULOS: That issue does seem to be working for you.
Secretary Clinton making quite an issue of your background on gun control, particularly the vote you had back in the past, I think it was in 2005, to shield -- to give immunity to gun manufacturers. She actually called in to "Hard Ball" just the other day.
Here's what she said.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: When it really mattered, Senator Sanders voted with the gun lobbies and I voted against the gun lobby. So this is a significant difference and it's important that, you know, maybe it's time for Senator Sanders to stand up and say I got this one wrong. But he hasn't.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
STEPHANOPOULOS: Did you get it wrong?
SANDERS: Well, what you had was a complicated piece of legislation. There were aspects of it that were absolutely right. There were aspects of it of -- that were wrong.
But as the Secretary knows, that for many weeks now, I said of course I'll be happy to take a look at that complicated piece of legislation and deal with it and get rid of those parts of...
STEPHANOPOULOS: Can you say right now...
SANDERS: -- parts of it...
STEPHANOPOULOS: -- that you would vote for it?
SANDERS: -- that are wrong.
I will vote to revise that bill. There are parts of it that made sense to me.
Look George, if you have a small gun shop owner in Northern Vermont who sells a gun legally to somebody and then, you know, something happens to that guy, he goes nuts or something, and he kills somebody, should the gun shop owner be held liable?
I think not.
On the other hand, if you have a manufacturer that is sending guns into an area and really knows that those guns are not being used by the people or bought by the people in that area but are being sold to criminals, should we hold that manufacturer liable?
Absolutely.
So I think, you know, I am absolutely willing, as I've said for many, many weeks, if not months, to take another look at that piece of legislation...
STEPHANOPOULOS: Sir...
SANDERS: But by the way, you know, I would ask Secretary Clinton why she is not supporting legislation that I've introduced that would lift the cap on taxable income for Social Security so we could expand Social Security benefits.
Why is she not supporting a major piece of legislation in the House and the Senate for paid family and medical leave so that moms who have a baby can get three months off with pay?
I wait to hear for Secretary Clinton to tell us why she is not supporting that legislation that the American people want to hear.

STEPHANOPOULOS: It's clear the debate is going to be joined on many issues. But just to be clear on this issue, you can't say today that you would vote for that 2005 legislation, you'd vote for some revisions on the manufacturers, but you're not prepared to say that the vote you made back in 2005 was wrong?
SANDERS: Look, I've cast over 10,000 votes in my life and many pieces of legislation are complicated. They have good stuff in it. They have bad stuff in it.
I am absolutely willing to take another look at that legislation and get rid of the onerous provisions. When gun manufacturers, for example, are selling guns into an area and know that those guns are gg into the hands of criminals, absolutely, those gun manufacturers should be held accountable.

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