SANDERS: Look, I, you know, it saddens me to say it but the American people understand it. We have a corrupt political system in which money, big money buys elections. Billionaires right now through super PACs, can spend as much money as they want, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars to elect the candidates who they want to represent their interests.Stephen Colbert went live on Thursday after the January 6 Committee hearing, taking aim at Republicans and Fox News in his opening monologue. SANDERS: Alright look, you know, and this is what the book is about. We live in a system –ĬOLBERT: The book, by the way, says It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism, Bernie Sanders. What is happening when something so egregious can happen when steps had been taken to try to end it? What role does the government have here in the face of this kind of corporate money spreading among Congress? What can we do to stop that?ĬOLBERT: Let’s just take the rail-they are a synecdoche for a bigger problem. SANDERS: So, I think the bottom line is, voters judge people based on their competence, their confidence, their views, there are a thousand factors. But to simply say that if somebody is 75 or older they need some kind of test, I think that is just ageism and not acceptable.ĬOLBERT: Hey, everybody. Look here, it's the author of It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism, Senator Bernie Sanders. Let's talk about the tragedy in East Palestine, Ohio.ĬOLBERT: There were some regulations that were put into place under the Obama Administration. They may or may not have had any effect in this case but they were definitely rolled back all during the Trump Administration-ĬOLBERT: - after heavy lobbying from Norfolk Southern and other railroads. Which would include yourself, the former president, and the present president and many other people in the Senate and in the House. What do you make of that call?īERNIE SANDERS: Look, we have come, Stephen, a very long way in the last decades in fighting racism, got a long way to go. Fighting sexism. Fighting homophobia. I think what she is saying is nothing more than old-fashioned ageism.Īnd, you know, to be honest, look, I know people who are 90 who are as sharp as a tack and I know people who are 40. you know, you got to prod them a little bit. STEPHEN COLBERT: Nikki Haley this past week in her announcement speech, I think, not her video, but her announcement speech, she said she thinks the presidency - she wants a competency test for all federal candidates over the age of 75. Here is a transcript for the February 20-taped show. This segment was sponsored by Land Rover. The whole interview was an opportunity for Sanders preach about socialism with the rare exception when Colbert invited him to accuse Nikki Haley of “ageism” for her suggestion that anyone over 75 take a competency test before running for federal office. Sanders began his response by claiming, “this is what the book is about. We live in a system-”Īfter Colbert interrupted to remind everybody of the book’s title, Sanders continued, “Look, I, you know, it saddens me to say it but the American people understand it. We have a corrupt political system in which money, big money buys elections. Billionaires right now through super PACs, can spend as much money as they want, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars to elect the candidates who they want to represent their interests.” Still, he asked, “What is happening when something so egregious can happen when steps had been taken to try to end it? What role does the government have here in the face of this kind of corporate money spreading among Congress? What can we do to stop that?” However, this rule, if it had remained in effect, would not have applied to that Norfolk Southern train as it was not categorized as ‘high-hazard.’”Ĭolbert acknowledged this in his monologue, only to dismiss it here. Trump killed them,” that PolitiFact declared “mostly true,” were two sentences that would suggest the opposite, “The Facebook post includes an image of the aftermath of the train derailment in Ohio. Colbert does not appear to realize that he broke his own embargo on the word “Trump,” but more seriously, buried near the bottom of a fact-check of Occupy Democrats on the claim “Obama imposed stricter rules on trains carrying toxins.
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