Bernie Sanders Dominates Sunday Shows As Corporate Media Gets A Reality Check

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders appeared on four of the five Sundays shows, and even though the programs were dominated by talk about the Democratic primary, Sanders was still able to deliver a reality check to the corporate media by talking about a few often ignored issues.


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On NBC’s Meet The Press, Sen. Sanders argued that Hillary Clinton’s support for trade agreements is bad for working families, “Well, when you vote for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs, when you support and continue to support fracking, despite the crisis that we have in terms of clean water, and essentially, when you have a super PAC that is raising tens of millions of dollars from every special interest out there, including 15 million from Wall Street, the American people do not believe that that is the kind of president that we need to make the changes in America to protect the working families of this country.”

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On ABC’s This Week, Sanders discussed the economic struggles of those who are living on Social Security, “Let me go back to Social Security. There are millions of disabled veterans and seniors who are trying to make it on 11,000 or 12,000 a year Social Security and they can’t. The Republicans in many instances want to cut Social Security, what I want to do is expand it. And what I said yesterday is we have legislation and it has good support that says you lift the cap on taxable income. Right now, somebody makes millions, somebody makes $118,000, they pay the same amount into it. If you lift the cap starting at $250,000 and above — $250,000 and above — we can improve benefits for seniors earning $16,000 a year or less by $1,300 a year. Not insignificant. And extend the life of social security for 58 years. That is my view.”

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is finally getting a national platform for his message about getting the special interests out of American politics. Here’s hoping that he can use the media attention that he is getting to keep these vital issues in the national spotlight.

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