Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) busted John Boehner’s threats against Obama
and did something that repugicans don’t want to hear. Sen. Sanders
explained how repugicans have poisoned the well against the American
people.
Transcript:
BLITZER: Let me just ask you, I want to get your
quick reaction to what we heard from John
Boehner. He was very blunt. He said if the president goes ahead and,
through executive action, unilaterally, without going through Congress,
tries to change the status of illegal immigrants here in the United
States, that will be very dangerous, he’ll poison the well. And it’s as
simple as that. He says the president better not even think about doing
that. Your reaction?
SANDERS: Well, my reaction is the people of this
country overwhelmingly want to see the minimum wage raised. Is the repugican cabal going to do what the American people want? The American
people do not want more tax breaks to the wealthy and large
corporations. Is the repugican cabal going to poison the well by going
forward, at a time of massive wealth and income equality, giving more
tax breaks to people who don’t need the tax breaks? Boehner is talking
about a political attack on the president.
BLITZER: Will you support the president if he goes
around Congress and takes that executive action to change the status of
illegal immigrants?
SANDERS: Look, what I support is Congress and the
president doing everything they can to address the serious problems
facing the American people. Immigration is one of those issues. In the
Senate, we passed a bipartisan bill. The House did nothing. Let’s do
something together. That’s the preferable route. Most importantly, let’s
not turn our backs on the middle class of this country and ignore the
enormous economic problems they are facing. Let’s not simply work for
the rich and big campaign contributors who control the United States
Congress. If we can do that and respond to the needs and the pain of the
American people, you know what, I think you’ll suddenly find that
Congress is regarded more favorably than is currently the case.
Sen. Sanders hit on the one thing that Republicans
are trying to cover up. The American people did not give the repugican cabal a
mandate to do more to benefit the wealthy and corporations. Sanders
called out the Congress for being controlled by the wealthy and
corporations.
The repugicans are trying to sell their theft as the
will of the people, but what the election results represent is victory
for the Koch brothers and other billionaires. The big money billionaires
have learned that they can fool people in red states by bashing the
president that they have been conditioned to hate while telling them
nothing about their actual plans for governing.
The message that the American people need to hear is
that Boehner and McConnell aren’t working for them. The repugican
controlled Congress is not going to act in their best interests. The new
Congress will only be concerned with the wants and needs of their
wealthy donors.
Boehner and McConnell can launch all of the political attacks that they want against President Obama,
but they can’t hide the fact that their agenda is centered around
harming the American people in order to benefit those who own them.
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