Sanders: GOP Has Become ‘Right-Wing Extremist Party’

‘I do not believe that there are ten Republican senators who are prepared to take on the wealthy and the powerful and special interests and do the right thing for the American people’

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SANDERS: "Look, the answer is, as I said earlier, I do not believe that there are 10 Republican senators who are prepared to take on the wealthy and the powerful and special interests and do the right thing for the American people. I know that sounds very partisan, but that just is the reality. Yesterday, we had a vote, very radical vote, Jake, is whether or not there should be equal pay for equal work in America, whether women should receive the same pay as men, very, very radical, no doubt. We didn't get one Republican to vote for it. So, we are where we are. The Republican Party has moved over the years to -- away from being what we call a center-right party to rather a right-wing extremist party. There are some exceptions. There are some moderate Republicans, but they are few and far between. And I think, given that reality, what we have got to do -- the American people voted for a Democratic president, Democratic House, Democratic Senate. Our job now is to do what the American people want. Everything that I have told you, from childcare, to expanding Medicare, to lowering the age of Medicare eligibility, these are popular ideas, raising the minimum wage, et cetera. It's what the American people want. Let's do it."

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