Sanders on Manchin and Sinema: It’s Not Appropriate for Them to Slow Down Progress

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SANDERS: “I think my frustration, Anderson, is not necessarily the views of Mr. Manchin or Ms. Sinema. It is that when you got 48 people on one side and the American people overwhelmingly on the same side, and one or two people on the other side, you know, it is not appropriate, I think, for those couple of people to slow down progress. They have a right to be heard. They have a right to, you know, get concessions. That’s what the process is. But, you know, any member of the Democratic caucus, myself, anybody else, I believe in a Medicare-for-All, single-payer program. I think the current healthcare system is dysfunctional. I could go to Chuck Schumer tomorrow and say, 'Chuck, I’m not voting for that bill unless you have Medicare-for-All,' but that’s not what the caucus wants. That would be irresponsible. So I think at the end of the day, we are going to have to come together, do what the American people want and tell the American people that, yes, this government is capable of standing up to powerful special interests and represent working — represent working families."