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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) participates in a Fox News town hall on April 15, 2019, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images)
During a town hall hosted by Fox News Monday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders countered one of the most common right-wing talking points against Medicare for All and made the case for transitioning to a single-payer system--sparking applause from the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania audience.
"Democratic socialism, to me, is creating a government and an economy and a society which works for all, rather than just the top one percent."
--Sen. Bernie Sanders
"Millions of people, every single year, lose their health insurance. You know why? They get fired. Or They quit. And they go to another employer," said the Vermont senator and 2020 presidential contender after Fox moderator Bret Baier suggested 180 million Americans with employer-provided insurance would lose coverage under Medicare for All.
"Every year, millions of workers wake up in the morning and their employer has changed the insurance that they have," Sanders added. "So this is not new... Now what we're talking about actually is stability. That when you have a Medicare for All [program] it is there now and it will be there in the future."
\u201cBernie counters talk-point about losing employer-based insurance. Points out that Medicare For All would provide everyone with long-term health care stability. #Bernie #BernieFoxTownHall #berniesanderstownhall\u201d— Digital Left (@Digital Left) 1555379347
When Baier polled the town hall audience to gauge support for switching to a Medicare for All system, most hands shot up and many cheered.
As activist Jordan Uhl put it, Baier's question "backfired spectacularly." According to recent polling, a majority of Republican voters support Medicare for All.
\u201cThat backfired... #BernieTownHall\u201d— DSA for Medicare for All (@DSA for Medicare for All) 1555370045
In addition to highlighting specific planks of his policy platform--from Medicare for All to tuition-free public college to a living wage--Sanders also used his Fox News town hall to explain his broader vision of a more egalitarian U.S. society, in which wealth and political power are not concentrated at the very top:
Democratic socialism, to me, is creating a government and an economy and a society which works for all, rather than just the top one percent. It means ending the absurd inequalities that exist today. And I want to lay this out, because you're not going to hear this much on Fox. And you're not going to hear this much in the media in general. And the American people have got to conclude whether we think it is appropriate, and what America is about... to have three families owning more wealth than the bottom half of American society--160 million people. Whether it's appropriate for the top one percent to own more wealth than the bottom 92 percent.
\u201cSenator Bernard Sanders of Vermont on Fox News: "Democratic socialism to me is creating a governor and an economy that works for all rather than just the top 1%.. we want to create a political system based on one person one vote not billionaires buying elections" #BernieTownHall\u201d— People for Bernie (@People for Bernie) 1555368221
Sanders closed his Fox appearance with call-and-response with the town hall audience on a broad array of issues, including infrastructure, wages, and taxes on the ultra-wealthy:
\u201c.@BernieSanders closing statement at #BernieTownHall on @FoxNews\u201d— People for Bernie (@People for Bernie) 1555371404
Watch the full town hall:
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During a town hall hosted by Fox News Monday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders countered one of the most common right-wing talking points against Medicare for All and made the case for transitioning to a single-payer system--sparking applause from the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania audience.
"Democratic socialism, to me, is creating a government and an economy and a society which works for all, rather than just the top one percent."
--Sen. Bernie Sanders
"Millions of people, every single year, lose their health insurance. You know why? They get fired. Or They quit. And they go to another employer," said the Vermont senator and 2020 presidential contender after Fox moderator Bret Baier suggested 180 million Americans with employer-provided insurance would lose coverage under Medicare for All.
"Every year, millions of workers wake up in the morning and their employer has changed the insurance that they have," Sanders added. "So this is not new... Now what we're talking about actually is stability. That when you have a Medicare for All [program] it is there now and it will be there in the future."
\u201cBernie counters talk-point about losing employer-based insurance. Points out that Medicare For All would provide everyone with long-term health care stability. #Bernie #BernieFoxTownHall #berniesanderstownhall\u201d— Digital Left (@Digital Left) 1555379347
When Baier polled the town hall audience to gauge support for switching to a Medicare for All system, most hands shot up and many cheered.
As activist Jordan Uhl put it, Baier's question "backfired spectacularly." According to recent polling, a majority of Republican voters support Medicare for All.
\u201cThat backfired... #BernieTownHall\u201d— DSA for Medicare for All (@DSA for Medicare for All) 1555370045
In addition to highlighting specific planks of his policy platform--from Medicare for All to tuition-free public college to a living wage--Sanders also used his Fox News town hall to explain his broader vision of a more egalitarian U.S. society, in which wealth and political power are not concentrated at the very top:
Democratic socialism, to me, is creating a government and an economy and a society which works for all, rather than just the top one percent. It means ending the absurd inequalities that exist today. And I want to lay this out, because you're not going to hear this much on Fox. And you're not going to hear this much in the media in general. And the American people have got to conclude whether we think it is appropriate, and what America is about... to have three families owning more wealth than the bottom half of American society--160 million people. Whether it's appropriate for the top one percent to own more wealth than the bottom 92 percent.
\u201cSenator Bernard Sanders of Vermont on Fox News: "Democratic socialism to me is creating a governor and an economy that works for all rather than just the top 1%.. we want to create a political system based on one person one vote not billionaires buying elections" #BernieTownHall\u201d— People for Bernie (@People for Bernie) 1555368221
Sanders closed his Fox appearance with call-and-response with the town hall audience on a broad array of issues, including infrastructure, wages, and taxes on the ultra-wealthy:
\u201c.@BernieSanders closing statement at #BernieTownHall on @FoxNews\u201d— People for Bernie (@People for Bernie) 1555371404
Watch the full town hall:
During a town hall hosted by Fox News Monday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders countered one of the most common right-wing talking points against Medicare for All and made the case for transitioning to a single-payer system--sparking applause from the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania audience.
"Democratic socialism, to me, is creating a government and an economy and a society which works for all, rather than just the top one percent."
--Sen. Bernie Sanders
"Millions of people, every single year, lose their health insurance. You know why? They get fired. Or They quit. And they go to another employer," said the Vermont senator and 2020 presidential contender after Fox moderator Bret Baier suggested 180 million Americans with employer-provided insurance would lose coverage under Medicare for All.
"Every year, millions of workers wake up in the morning and their employer has changed the insurance that they have," Sanders added. "So this is not new... Now what we're talking about actually is stability. That when you have a Medicare for All [program] it is there now and it will be there in the future."
\u201cBernie counters talk-point about losing employer-based insurance. Points out that Medicare For All would provide everyone with long-term health care stability. #Bernie #BernieFoxTownHall #berniesanderstownhall\u201d— Digital Left (@Digital Left) 1555379347
When Baier polled the town hall audience to gauge support for switching to a Medicare for All system, most hands shot up and many cheered.
As activist Jordan Uhl put it, Baier's question "backfired spectacularly." According to recent polling, a majority of Republican voters support Medicare for All.
\u201cThat backfired... #BernieTownHall\u201d— DSA for Medicare for All (@DSA for Medicare for All) 1555370045
In addition to highlighting specific planks of his policy platform--from Medicare for All to tuition-free public college to a living wage--Sanders also used his Fox News town hall to explain his broader vision of a more egalitarian U.S. society, in which wealth and political power are not concentrated at the very top:
Democratic socialism, to me, is creating a government and an economy and a society which works for all, rather than just the top one percent. It means ending the absurd inequalities that exist today. And I want to lay this out, because you're not going to hear this much on Fox. And you're not going to hear this much in the media in general. And the American people have got to conclude whether we think it is appropriate, and what America is about... to have three families owning more wealth than the bottom half of American society--160 million people. Whether it's appropriate for the top one percent to own more wealth than the bottom 92 percent.
\u201cSenator Bernard Sanders of Vermont on Fox News: "Democratic socialism to me is creating a governor and an economy that works for all rather than just the top 1%.. we want to create a political system based on one person one vote not billionaires buying elections" #BernieTownHall\u201d— People for Bernie (@People for Bernie) 1555368221
Sanders closed his Fox appearance with call-and-response with the town hall audience on a broad array of issues, including infrastructure, wages, and taxes on the ultra-wealthy:
\u201c.@BernieSanders closing statement at #BernieTownHall on @FoxNews\u201d— People for Bernie (@People for Bernie) 1555371404
Watch the full town hall: