Bernie Sanders Interview With Jaime Harrison

senator Bernie Sanders is one of the more identifiable members of the United States in from its famous hair to

his progressive views he's known as a loud advocate for what he believes let's

get on to the hair senator Bernie Sanders Sir welcome to South Carolina thank you very much so what brought you down here why

are you in the pal mental state this week well two reasons I'll be speaking to the %HESITATION Democrats

South Carolina Democrats and it is no secret that I am giving some thought to running for president of the United States and as

you may know South Carolina is up there on the list of early primary state since you caucus with Democrats but

we know that you you are an advocate and you've been for a long time %HESITATION that you are

a socialist you're going independent %HESITATION in in the Congress well I have been elected always from

the state of Vermont from the days when I was elected mayor of the city of Burlington as an independent not as a Democrat not as a Republican outside two

but I have also been clock to sing with the Democratic Party for the last twenty

the three years so I know a little bit about the Democratic Party in fact right

now in the ranking member of the budget committee that is the leader of the Democrats on that committee in opposition and

our party is in Washington art what democratic socialism means to me is that we should take

a hard look at what's going on in countries like Denmark and Sweden and Norway countries where people of healthcare is a right we're college education is free with

the childcare system is extraordinary and much less expensive than it is in the United States where income and wealth inequality are much less of

warped %HESITATION than it is here in the United States and I think there's there's a lot to be learned from those countries which have had social democratic our

how did you end up in Vermont well it was a very good move of what I was a kid we grow up in a family that I

didn't have a whole lot of money %HESITATION and are you still go to boy scout camp was pretty inexpensive my principally

there and it turned out the growing up in Brooklyn I really love the country I %HESITATION and that stayed with me and

that's what we didn't I move back to the city but of more less settled %HESITATION in Vermont in nineteen sixty eight okay

came in third place in one year in the New York City mile for thirty seven and

I also won a number of Brooklyn and they bought type cross country %HESITATION

%HESITATION events so much particularly well do you still not a superstar but I was pretty good ID still rock well

only four votes when I'm like that's about it I also read that %HESITATION you know for the past few years in particular this year we were celebrating fifty years %HESITATION

anniversary of Selma but I read that you %HESITATION took a bus down %HESITATION and participate tell