📺 Senator Sanders - Sunday 10:30 ET - Face The Nation

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What’s the progressive take on President Biden’s accomplishments ahead of the 2024 presidential race? PLUS – could a compromise with Republicans be within reach on lowering drug prices?

@SenSanders talks to @margbrennan this Sunday – tune in at 10:30a E.T.

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1. President Biden is progressive.

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3. We are so lucky to have a progressive President in office.

It is exactly what we need in these terrible times.

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5. I think the appearance is related to his book tour. Margaret Brennan calls him out

for selling $95 tickets to his events through Ticketmaster.

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2. Marg Brennan: "Who's the next Bernie Sanders?"

Sen Sanders: "I’ll let you discover that...What I am extremely proud of, is that there are more really strong young progressives, often people of color, in the house now than probably in any time…”

Link to tweet

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4. Full transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders on "Face the Nation," Feb. 19, 2023

Excerpt:

MARGARET BRENNAN: We have a lot to get through, but I want to- I want to talk about one of the things you flesh out in the book. You talk about the alliance you formed with Joe Biden during the campaign to really shape the Democratic platform and incorporate many of your ideas. You said he wasn't as bold as you would have hoped, but he would have been the most progressive president since FDR if he had acted on that agenda. How do you categorize Joe Biden on that progressive scale now?

SEN. SANDERS: Well, I think the American Rescue Plan that we passed early in his agenda, in the midst of the terrible pandemic, the economic collapse, was, in fact, one of the most significant pieces of legislation for the working class in this country, in the modern history of America. Build Back Better -would have been transformational. It would have finally addressed the crises that the working class of this country has faced for decades: revolutionized childcare, revolutionized healthcare, dealt boldly with climate change, raised wages, and it would have done a whole lot.

MARGARET BRENNAN: But the votes weren't there.

SEN. SANDERS: We got zero Republican support, and two Democrats decided not to support it.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So in terms of how you view the President, do you think he is progressive?

SEN. SANDERS: I think he is a much more progressive President than he was a United States Senator. And I think as a result of the campaign and the task forces we did together, you recall, we had task forces during his campaign and my campaign. I think we came up with an agenda that was progressive. Obviously, we were not able to get everything we wanted to get done.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-face-the-nation-full-transcript-02-19-2023/