Bernie Sanders Calls His Brand of Socialism a Pathway to Beating Trump

SANDERS: "We have a demagogue in the White House, who for cheap political gain is attempting to deflect the attention of American people away from the real crises that we face, and instead is doing what demagogues always do, and that is to divide people up and legislate hatred. It is my very strong belief that the United States must reject that path of hatred and divisiveness, and instead find a moral conviction to choose a different path, a higher path, a path of compassion, justice and love. And that is the path that I call democratic socialism.
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I do understand that I and other progressives will face massive attacks from those who attempt to use the word socialism as a slur. But I should also tell you that I have faced and overcome these attacks for decades. And I am not the only one. (...) Now, let us be very clear. While President Trump and his fellow oligarchs attack us for our support of democratic socialism, they don't really oppose all forms of socialism. They may hate democratic socialism because it benefits working people, but they absolutely love corporate socialism that enriches Trump and other billionaires."