Sanders: ‘Gov’t Has to Respond to the Needs of the Middle Class, Not the Billionaires’
KARL: “Once again, Senator Bernie Sanders drew huge crowds Wednesday night and all over the country, according to his campaign, 100,000 supporters attended nearly 4,000 grassroots gatherings in all 50 states. Senator Sanders joins us now from New Hampshire. Senator Sanders, thank you for joining us.”
SANDERS: “My pleasure.”
KARL: “I want to ask you about the big news, Joe Biden possibly getting into the race. You've been a critic of establishment politics. What do you think? Is Biden, the sitting vice president, represent that establishment politics? Or could he be a voice for change here?”
SANDERS: “Well, I've known Joe Biden for many years and I'm very fond of Joe. But I think the American people who are seeing the middle class of this country disappearing, massive levels of income and wealth inequality, a campaign finance system which is literally corrupt now, owned by billionaires as a result of this disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, want to go beyond conventional establishment politics. And I think when you mention why we have had 100,000 people on Wednesday night coming out all over this country, saying enough is enough, government has to be respond to the needs of the middle class, not the billionaires, I think that's what's going on in this country and I'm not sure that conventional politics will do it anymore.”