The Candidates: Bernie Sanders

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🗓️ 6 December 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Today: Part 2 of our series on pivotal moments in the lives of the 2020 Democratic presidential contenders. Michael Barbaro speaks with Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist senator from Vermont. Mr. Sanders reflected on his early schooling in politics and how he galvanized grass-roots support to evolve from outraged outsider to mainstream candidate with little shift in his message. Guest: Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. We also speak with Alexander Burns, who covers national politics for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:Mr. Sanders has staked his presidential campaign, and much of his political legacy, on transforming health care in America. His mother’s illness and a trip he made to study the Canadian system help explain why.We asked 21 candidates the same 18 questions. Hear Mr. Sanders’s answers.

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0:00.0	Hello.
0:01.0	Hello.
0:02.0	How are you?
0:03.0	Senator Michael Barbaro.
0:04.0	Nice to see you, Michael.
0:05.0	Great pleasure.
0:06.0	Jessica, nice to see you.
0:07.0	Where would you like me?
0:08.0	Nice to meet you, Michael Barbaro.
0:10.0	So Senator Sanders, my colleague Alex Burns told me that to understand your political career
0:16.2	and your presidential campaign today, we have to go back to the first time that you won
0:20.7	elected office as mayor of Burlington in 1981.
0:23.6	So that's...
0:24.6	The New York Times got it right.
0:26.6	Everyone's seen a while.
0:28.8	So that's what I want to ask you about.
0:29.8	All right.
0:30.8	There you go.
0:31.8	What was happening?
0:35.3	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:38.0	This is the Daily.
0:39.8	Burlington is the largest city in Vermont situated as it is on Lake Champlain with the Adirondack
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