Bernie Sanders: The Dem Party Has Lost Contact with the People it Used to Represent, the Working Class

COLBERT In the meantime ░░░░░░░░ that might take a ░░░░░░░░ while to fix that ░░░░░░░░ and I mean this ░░░░░░░░ not facetiously shouldn t ░░░░░░░░ Democrats get their own ░░░░░░░░ to be threatening Democrats ░░░░░░░░ No No I think ░░░░░░░░ Democratic Party the reason ░░░░░░░░ Democratic Party has struggled ░░░░░░░░ my view over the ░░░░░░░░ many years it has ░░░░░░░░ contact with the people ░░░░░░░░ used to represent which ░░░░░░░░ the working class of ░░░░░░░░ country Cheering and Applause ░░░░░░░░ I personally believe that ░░░░░░░░ you have the guts ░░░░░░░░ stand up to the ░░░░░░░░ and you run a ░░░░░░░░ representing the needs of ░░░░░░░░ families you can a ░░░░░░░░ a lot of small ░░░░░░░░ and b your program ░░░░░░░░ your agenda will be ░░░░░░░░ enough to take on ░░░░░░░░ big money interests Applause ░░░░░░░░ we have to ask ░░░░░░░░ you know obviously we ░░░░░░░░ got to fight Trump ░░░░░░░░ day because he is ░░░░░░░░ most dangerous president perhaps ░░░░░░░░ American history But we ░░░░░░░░ got to do more ░░░░░░░░ that We have to ░░░░░░░░ a vision Stephen of ░░░░░░░░ we want this country ░░░░░░░░ go And we don ░░░░░░░░ have that discussion Why ░░░░░░░░ it that we are ░░░░░░░░ only major country on ░░░░░░░░ not to guarantee health ░░░░░░░░ to all people as ░░░░░░░░ human right Cheering and ░░░░░░░░ Why is it that ░░░░░░░░ have more income and ░░░░░░░░ inequality One guy I ░░░░░░░░ as a nation do ░░░░░░░░ really think it s ░░░░░░░░ that one person Mr ░░░░░░░░ owns more wealth than ░░░░░░░░ bottom 52 of households ░░░░░░░░ that make sense anybody ░░░░░░░░ America Audience boos So ░░░░░░░░ want to go to ░░░░░░░░ they want to go ░░░░░░░░ trade school You know ░░░░░░░░ leave school 50 000 ░░░░░░░░ 100 000 in debt ░░░░░░░░ the American people understand ░░░░░░░░ countries all over the ░░░░░░░░ today that if you ░░░░░░░░ a higher education you ░░░░░░░░ t have to go ░░░░░░░░ debt Public colleges and ░░░░░░░░ are free We could ░░░░░░░░ it Applause COLBERT Because ░░░░░░░░ countries understand it s ░░░░░░░░ for the country Sanders ░░░░░░░░ course it is We ░░░░░░░░ desperately need more doctors ░░░░░░░░ dentists construction workers in ░░░░░░░░ to deal with the ░░░░░░░░ problems that we have ░░░░░░░░ don t have those ░░░░░░░░ And we are telling ░░░░░░░░ you want to be ░░░░░░░░ doctor and you re ░░░░░░░░ a working class family ░░░░░░░░ may leave school 500 ░░░░░░░░ in debt when we ░░░░░░░░ need doctors How insane ░░░░░░░░ that So in my ░░░░░░░░ we ve got to ░░░░░░░░ these things Do we ░░░░░░░░ to live in a ░░░░░░░░ in which the goal ░░░░░░░░ for a handful of ░░░░░░░░ to become super rich ░░░░░░░░ 60 of the people ░░░░░░░░ paycheck to paycheck I ░░░░░░░░ we can do better ░░░░░░░░ that.”
(Cheering and Applause)