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Bernie Sanders: defeating Donald Trump 'is not good enough' – campaign live Bernie Sanders: defeating Donald Trump 'is not good enough' – campaign live
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All eyes are on the UK tonight, for obvious reasons - including those of Hillary Clinton, although her interest is more, well, domestic in nature.
The former secretary of state’s presidential campaign, in a bid to mock opponent Donald Trump as he makes a business trip to Scotland, has released a video emphasizing his widespread unpopularity in the UK.
“Donald Trump has always been seen as something of a grotesque American curiosity,” a news anchor intones. “His remarks are divisive, stupid and wrong,” David Cameron shouts. “Donald Trump is a fool,” mocks a member of Parliament.
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Donald Trump has released yet another fundraising email, this time with the subject line “Lying Crooked Hillary”:Donald Trump has released yet another fundraising email, this time with the subject line “Lying Crooked Hillary”:
“Hillary Clinton is a world-class liar. This much is a fact,” the email reads.“Hillary Clinton is a world-class liar. This much is a fact,” the email reads.
“We know we cannot count on the media to spread the very important message that Hillary Clinton is a liar and can’t be trusted,” it continues, “And that’s why we’ve decided to take that message directly to the American people. We’ve unveiled a brand new website, LyingCrookedHillary.com, and we’re rolling out a series of videos – one on each of her biggest, phoniest fibs and fabrications.”“We know we cannot count on the media to spread the very important message that Hillary Clinton is a liar and can’t be trusted,” it continues, “And that’s why we’ve decided to take that message directly to the American people. We’ve unveiled a brand new website, LyingCrookedHillary.com, and we’re rolling out a series of videos – one on each of her biggest, phoniest fibs and fabrications.”
The attached video, highlighting the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that claimed four American lives, proclaims that “Hillary has no shame!”The attached video, highlighting the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that claimed four American lives, proclaims that “Hillary has no shame!”
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Bernie Sanders: Defeating Donald Trump 'is not good enough'Bernie Sanders: Defeating Donald Trump 'is not good enough'
Bernie Sanders, as he promised, addresses the rise of Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.Bernie Sanders, as he promised, addresses the rise of Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
“We understand that Trump is so - I mean, it’s hard almost to imagine - a man who has such limited capabilities becoming president,” Sanders says, sounding horrified. “What is even uglier is that you think about the struggles that we have gone through as a nation - the hundreds of years fighting against racism, fighting against sexism, and that this guy is making the cornerstone of his campaign bigotry!”“We understand that Trump is so - I mean, it’s hard almost to imagine - a man who has such limited capabilities becoming president,” Sanders says, sounding horrified. “What is even uglier is that you think about the struggles that we have gone through as a nation - the hundreds of years fighting against racism, fighting against sexism, and that this guy is making the cornerstone of his campaign bigotry!”
Trump, Sanders says, “is insulting Mexicans and Latinos, insulting Muslims, insulting women, insulting African Americans ... We have got to work tirelessly to make sure that Trump is not president - but that is not good enough! What we have got to do is to continue the vision of transforming this country.”Trump, Sanders says, “is insulting Mexicans and Latinos, insulting Muslims, insulting women, insulting African Americans ... We have got to work tirelessly to make sure that Trump is not president - but that is not good enough! What we have got to do is to continue the vision of transforming this country.”
“And most importantly, I know that we can do that, is for all of us to get involved in the political prrocess. We need great peopel on school baords on city councils,” Sanders says.“And most importantly, I know that we can do that, is for all of us to get involved in the political prrocess. We need great peopel on school baords on city councils,” Sanders says.
“Let me just say: The struggle continues!” Sanders says, as David Bowie’s Starman plays and he exits the stage after a 75-minute speech.“Let me just say: The struggle continues!” Sanders says, as David Bowie’s Starman plays and he exits the stage after a 75-minute speech.
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If the theme of tonight’s speech is “Where We Go From Here,” it’s fair to wonder, one hour into Bernie Sanders’ address, if we will ever get there.If the theme of tonight’s speech is “Where We Go From Here,” it’s fair to wonder, one hour into Bernie Sanders’ address, if we will ever get there.
“How long do we have to tolerate that kind of greed, which has done so much harm to this country?” Sanders says of Wall Street banks. “We gotta break them up!”“How long do we have to tolerate that kind of greed, which has done so much harm to this country?” Sanders says of Wall Street banks. “We gotta break them up!”
The audience, indefatigable, leaps to its feet and chants “BREAK THEM UP! BREAK THEM UP! BREAK THEM UP!”The audience, indefatigable, leaps to its feet and chants “BREAK THEM UP! BREAK THEM UP! BREAK THEM UP!”
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“A corrupt campaign finance system breeds corrupt public policy,” Bernie Sanders says. “So right now, you have profitable corporations making billions of dollars a year in profit, that in a given year, put their money in the Cayman Islands and in a given year do not pay a nickel in federal taxes!”“A corrupt campaign finance system breeds corrupt public policy,” Bernie Sanders says. “So right now, you have profitable corporations making billions of dollars a year in profit, that in a given year, put their money in the Cayman Islands and in a given year do not pay a nickel in federal taxes!”
“Children sleep out in the street and are undernourished and corporations do not pay a nickel in federal taxes - that, together, we are going to change.”“Children sleep out in the street and are undernourished and corporations do not pay a nickel in federal taxes - that, together, we are going to change.”
“This campaign is about building a broad-based grassroots campaign organization,” Sanders says. “This campaign is about bringing millions of people into the political process. This campaign is about empowering people to understand that democracy is not a spectator sport, and that when we stand together, we can transform this country.”“This campaign is about building a broad-based grassroots campaign organization,” Sanders says. “This campaign is about bringing millions of people into the political process. This campaign is about empowering people to understand that democracy is not a spectator sport, and that when we stand together, we can transform this country.”
“Right now,” Sanders says, “there are meetings of the Democratic platform committee - we have five people on it. The platform that will come out of the Democratic convention will be, by far, the most progressive platform in the history of the party.”“Right now,” Sanders says, “there are meetings of the Democratic platform committee - we have five people on it. The platform that will come out of the Democratic convention will be, by far, the most progressive platform in the history of the party.”
“But the platform is 50 or 60 pages of paper,” Sanders says. “That platform doesn’t mean anything unless we make certain that those ideas are incorporated into public policy!”“But the platform is 50 or 60 pages of paper,” Sanders says. “That platform doesn’t mean anything unless we make certain that those ideas are incorporated into public policy!”
The audience leaps to its feat.The audience leaps to its feat.
“We’re gonna take a hard look at our disastrous trade policies, making sure that the TPP is dead!” Sanders says, of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “And, in Orlando, appropriately enough, we’re gonna fight to make sure that we ban the sale and distribution of assault weapons, that we end the gun-show loophole.”“We’re gonna take a hard look at our disastrous trade policies, making sure that the TPP is dead!” Sanders says, of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “And, in Orlando, appropriately enough, we’re gonna fight to make sure that we ban the sale and distribution of assault weapons, that we end the gun-show loophole.”
“If you were talking to somebody from another world, and you had to explain the Republican rules on guns, and you said that we have lists of people who can’t get on planes,” Sanders says, “but no problem, they can walk into a gun store, people would think you were crazy!”“If you were talking to somebody from another world, and you had to explain the Republican rules on guns, and you said that we have lists of people who can’t get on planes,” Sanders says, “but no problem, they can walk into a gun store, people would think you were crazy!”
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Bernie Sanders has gone into full stump-speech-mode, railing against the pharmaceutical industry for the high cost of healthcare, and intimating that the mainstream media fails to cover the high prices of prescription drugs because of advertising revenue.Bernie Sanders has gone into full stump-speech-mode, railing against the pharmaceutical industry for the high cost of healthcare, and intimating that the mainstream media fails to cover the high prices of prescription drugs because of advertising revenue.
“I was very proud to see that now a majority of Democrats in fact support a Medicare-for-all, single-payer system,” Sanders says. “Here is an issue that together we have brought to the floor, and it ain’t never gonna go away.”“I was very proud to see that now a majority of Democrats in fact support a Medicare-for-all, single-payer system,” Sanders says. “Here is an issue that together we have brought to the floor, and it ain’t never gonna go away.”
“We have got to make public colleges and universities tuition-free!” Sanders says, reiterating another popular plank of his candidacy. “I have no doubt, I have zero doubt that this is a fight that we’re going to win.”“We have got to make public colleges and universities tuition-free!” Sanders says, reiterating another popular plank of his candidacy. “I have no doubt, I have zero doubt that this is a fight that we’re going to win.”
Speaking of the six-figure debt of many college graduates, Sanders says: “That is nonsense - it is unacceptable.”Speaking of the six-figure debt of many college graduates, Sanders says: “That is nonsense - it is unacceptable.”
“I think it makes a lot more sense to invest in education for all of our people than to give tax breaks to billionaires!” Sanders says, to sustained applause. “And what started year ago is a radical idea - nobody thinks its radical anymore.”“I think it makes a lot more sense to invest in education for all of our people than to give tax breaks to billionaires!” Sanders says, to sustained applause. “And what started year ago is a radical idea - nobody thinks its radical anymore.”
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“You know, I think most Americans would agree that when we talk about what constitutes a great nation, it is not the number of billionaires that you have, it is not the number of nuclear weapons you have, it is how you treat the most vulnerable people in the country,” Bernie Sanders says, again reiterating nearly verbatim a frequent adage from his stump speech.“You know, I think most Americans would agree that when we talk about what constitutes a great nation, it is not the number of billionaires that you have, it is not the number of nuclear weapons you have, it is how you treat the most vulnerable people in the country,” Bernie Sanders says, again reiterating nearly verbatim a frequent adage from his stump speech.
“And year after year after year, the numbers cry out at us,” Sanders says. “This country today has the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth. These children are the future of this country, and they are growing up in extremely bad conditions. Housing is inadequate, nutrition is inadequate, childcare is inadequate. That is not acceptable if you are a patriotic person who loves this county - you’ve gotta love the children of this country!”“And year after year after year, the numbers cry out at us,” Sanders says. “This country today has the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth. These children are the future of this country, and they are growing up in extremely bad conditions. Housing is inadequate, nutrition is inadequate, childcare is inadequate. That is not acceptable if you are a patriotic person who loves this county - you’ve gotta love the children of this country!”
The audience leaps to its feat for roughly the twentieth time.The audience leaps to its feat for roughly the twentieth time.
“There are schools in America where more of the kids in those schools end up in jail than they do graduating college,” Sanders continues, before dropping another frequent invocation: “Maybe its time for us to invest in jobs and education for our young people, not jails and incarceration!”“There are schools in America where more of the kids in those schools end up in jail than they do graduating college,” Sanders continues, before dropping another frequent invocation: “Maybe its time for us to invest in jobs and education for our young people, not jails and incarceration!”
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“Some people think that it is idealistic, that it is utopian, to talk about making a moral economy in which the function of the economy is to provide wealth for children and the elderly and the middle class,” Sanders says.“Some people think that it is idealistic, that it is utopian, to talk about making a moral economy in which the function of the economy is to provide wealth for children and the elderly and the middle class,” Sanders says.
“That is the practicality of what we have got to do, and what we can do!”“That is the practicality of what we have got to do, and what we can do!”
“We cannot allow ourselves to become used to the fact that we’ve got hundreds of thousands of children in this country who are homeless!” Sanders says. “That is our greatest danger - becoming used to it and thinking that it is normal. It is not normal - it is an outrage!”“We cannot allow ourselves to become used to the fact that we’ve got hundreds of thousands of children in this country who are homeless!” Sanders says. “That is our greatest danger - becoming used to it and thinking that it is normal. It is not normal - it is an outrage!”
“Never, ever lose your sense of outrage!”“Never, ever lose your sense of outrage!”
The audience goes wild - “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!”The audience goes wild - “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!”
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Finally touching on the issue of “where we go from here,” Bernie Sanders tells the crowd that he has “great people” involved in the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia who will push his populist agenda.Finally touching on the issue of “where we go from here,” Bernie Sanders tells the crowd that he has “great people” involved in the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia who will push his populist agenda.
“We have great people on the rules committee, and one of the issues that we’re going to push for on the rules committee is to end closed primaries!” Sanders says. “It is also a fight to end the absurd situation where superdelegates can overrule the rule of the people!”“We have great people on the rules committee, and one of the issues that we’re going to push for on the rules committee is to end closed primaries!” Sanders says. “It is also a fight to end the absurd situation where superdelegates can overrule the rule of the people!”
“We might as well transform the entire Democratic party!”“We might as well transform the entire Democratic party!”
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Bernie Sanders tells the audience that supporters on limited incomes who raised money for his campaign were in it to win it.Bernie Sanders tells the audience that supporters on limited incomes who raised money for his campaign were in it to win it.
“Because we love you!” a voice shouts from the crowd.“Because we love you!” a voice shouts from the crowd.
“Nonono - not about me!” Sanders responds, as the audience laughs and applauds. “It has to be about us!”“Nonono - not about me!” Sanders responds, as the audience laughs and applauds. “It has to be about us!”
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“You know what? You can beat the establishment,” Bernie Sanders says, in reference to his primary campaign. “We won! In New York state, we had to take on the entire Democratic establishment.”“You know what? You can beat the establishment,” Bernie Sanders says, in reference to his primary campaign. “We won! In New York state, we had to take on the entire Democratic establishment.”
“I have no doubt that a strong, well-organized grassroots movement can take on the establishment and can defeat the establishment, and that is precisely what we have got to do and what the political revolution is about.”“I have no doubt that a strong, well-organized grassroots movement can take on the establishment and can defeat the establishment, and that is precisely what we have got to do and what the political revolution is about.”
For those unfamiliar with Sanders’s stump speech, much of what follows largely reiterates aspects of the same speech he has been giving for more than a year.For those unfamiliar with Sanders’s stump speech, much of what follows largely reiterates aspects of the same speech he has been giving for more than a year.
“In this campaign, in every single state, we won, often by big numbers, the votes of young people!” Sanders says. “What it means is that our vision, a vision of economic, social, racial, environmental justice is the vision of the people who will create the future of America!”“In this campaign, in every single state, we won, often by big numbers, the votes of young people!” Sanders says. “What it means is that our vision, a vision of economic, social, racial, environmental justice is the vision of the people who will create the future of America!”
“In this campaign, hundreds of thousands of volunteers made 75 million telephone calls,” Sanders says. “And we are just getting started!”“In this campaign, hundreds of thousands of volunteers made 75 million telephone calls,” Sanders says. “And we are just getting started!”
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“Real change is not easy and real change never takes place from the top on down - always from the bottom on up,” Bernie Sanders says, echoing a line frequently used in his stump speeches. “And that is what our political revolution is all about.”“Real change is not easy and real change never takes place from the top on down - always from the bottom on up,” Bernie Sanders says, echoing a line frequently used in his stump speeches. “And that is what our political revolution is all about.”
Sanders reveals that his new schedule of upcoming events - unusual for a candidate who has functionally lost the nomination but has not yet conceded - will be held in support of downballot candidates seeking to enter politics.Sanders reveals that his new schedule of upcoming events - unusual for a candidate who has functionally lost the nomination but has not yet conceded - will be held in support of downballot candidates seeking to enter politics.
In Syracuse tomorrow evening, Sanders says, “we’ll be campaigning for a guy who is running for the United States Congress - I am gonna do everything I can do make sure that he wins. We are gonna go back to California and campaign for a woman running for the state senate in California and make sure that she wins!”In Syracuse tomorrow evening, Sanders says, “we’ll be campaigning for a guy who is running for the United States Congress - I am gonna do everything I can do make sure that he wins. We are gonna go back to California and campaign for a woman running for the state senate in California and make sure that she wins!”
“We’re gonna go all over this country, because that is what this political revolution is all about!” Sanders says. “It’s not about me - it’s about people at the grassroots level. It’s about people running for school boards, for mayor, for the state legislature!”“We’re gonna go all over this country, because that is what this political revolution is all about!” Sanders says. “It’s not about me - it’s about people at the grassroots level. It’s about people running for school boards, for mayor, for the state legislature!”
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What our campaign has been about and is about is saying - sorry! we’re thinking big, we want real change!What our campaign has been about and is about is saying - sorry! we’re thinking big, we want real change!
The audience leaps to its feet, chanting “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!”The audience leaps to its feet, chanting “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!”
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Bernie Sanders reminds the audience that other social movements, like those for civil rights and women’s suffrage, lasted for decades before eventually succeeding. Remind yourselves, Sanders tells the crowd, to the “people who were killed, people who were beaten, people who were jailed standing up for dignity and human rights.”Bernie Sanders reminds the audience that other social movements, like those for civil rights and women’s suffrage, lasted for decades before eventually succeeding. Remind yourselves, Sanders tells the crowd, to the “people who were killed, people who were beaten, people who were jailed standing up for dignity and human rights.”
“Think about the gay movement! Think about Stonewall!” Sanders says. “Think about the revolutionary changes that have taken place because the gay community and their straight allies said that people should have, must have, he right to be with who they love, regardless of gender!”“Think about the gay movement! Think about Stonewall!” Sanders says. “Think about the revolutionary changes that have taken place because the gay community and their straight allies said that people should have, must have, he right to be with who they love, regardless of gender!”
“I want you al to remember - now I was there, I’m a little bit older than many of you,” Sanders jokes, bringing laughs from the youthful crowd, “but people stood up proudly and with dignity and they continued the fight for gay rights.”“I want you al to remember - now I was there, I’m a little bit older than many of you,” Sanders jokes, bringing laughs from the youthful crowd, “but people stood up proudly and with dignity and they continued the fight for gay rights.”
Thirty-one years ago, Sanders signed a proclamation as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, declaring June 22 “Gay Pride Day.”Thirty-one years ago, Sanders signed a proclamation as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, declaring June 22 “Gay Pride Day.”
Thirty-one years ago, @BernieSanders proclaimed "Gay Pride Day" in Burlington. pic.twitter.com/6WzHRicuDrThirty-one years ago, @BernieSanders proclaimed "Gay Pride Day" in Burlington. pic.twitter.com/6WzHRicuDr
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Speaking to the crowd of 1,500 supporters at the Town Hall theater in Midtown Manhattan, Bernie Sanders promises that although his path to the Democratic presidential nomination remains uncertain, his “political revolution” will continue.Speaking to the crowd of 1,500 supporters at the Town Hall theater in Midtown Manhattan, Bernie Sanders promises that although his path to the Democratic presidential nomination remains uncertain, his “political revolution” will continue.
“The main point that I’m gonna make tonight,” Sanders says, “is this political rev is not about Bernie Sanders, it’s not about Nina Turner - it’s about you and millions of other people.”“The main point that I’m gonna make tonight,” Sanders says, “is this political rev is not about Bernie Sanders, it’s not about Nina Turner - it’s about you and millions of other people.”
In the political revolution inspired by his candidacy, Sanders says, “you are the revolutionaries! And what this campaign has shown, not just in winning 13 million votes, not just taking on the establishment all over this county, what is has shown is that millions of people are prepared to stand up, fight back and create the nation that we know we can become.”In the political revolution inspired by his candidacy, Sanders says, “you are the revolutionaries! And what this campaign has shown, not just in winning 13 million votes, not just taking on the establishment all over this county, what is has shown is that millions of people are prepared to stand up, fight back and create the nation that we know we can become.”
The audience explodes into applause.The audience explodes into applause.
“All of you know, who have studied history, that election days come and go but what is much more important is that political and social revolutions continue.”“All of you know, who have studied history, that election days come and go but what is much more important is that political and social revolutions continue.”