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[WATCH] CNN’s Bernie Sanders town hall turns to insanity

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Senator Bernie Sanders is once again becoming one of the galvanizing names of the Democratic Party in the aftermath of Kamala Harris’ landslide defeat in the 2024 presidential election.

As Democrats reel from last November’s defeat, progressive liberals like Sanders are being called upon to once again try and find a voice for a party that was in disarray last November, and is currently fighting over what the party feels is their best representation.

Cue Uncle Bernie, once again (at least to some voters).

And in an attempt to woo Democratic voters, CNN hosted a televised town hall last night with Sanders moderated by CNN star Anderson Cooper.

Unfortunately for Sanders, and the Democratic Party, the event went completely off-the-rails.

Things got off to a terrible start when Cooper fielded a question from a female audience member who quickly snapped at both Cooper (and Sanders) for not addressing her as “they/them.”

Check this out —

“They/them pronouns, actually,” she quipped.

“Oh” was the only response the two could muster.

Ouch!

Things got worse — and heated — shortly therafter when Sanders audibly scolded Cooper for what he says is their failure to adequately cover problems with the nation’s health care system.

The now viral exchange between Cooper and Sanders got testly as Sanders addressed pressing topics such as health care and access to prescription drugs.

As Cooper attempted to steer the discussion toward audience questions, Sanders refused to move on.

“I know you do [want to move on and take audience questions], but I want to talk about…,” Sanders began, before being interrupted.

“I know,” Cooper replied, trying to maintain control of the event.

Sanders quickly turned his attention directly to both Cooper and the network itself, using the opportunity to air longstanding issues with mainstream media coverage.

“No, I want to … you know, sometimes these issues about health care, about income and wealth inequality are not talked about in the corporate media,” Sanders said.

“And it’s time that we did talk about them. That’s why the question a moment ago, why are people losing faith in the American system? We don’t talk about it on CNN. We don’t talk about it in Congress.”

“It’s because [working-class Americans] understand that a handful of billionaires exert enormous influence, and that has got to change,” Sanders said.

“So when I’m running around the country with Alexandria [Ocasio-Cortez] and other people, what we are trying to do is demand that working-class people begin to stand up and fight for their rights.”

Highlighting America’s lack of universal health care and paid family and medical leave, Sanders pointed out troubling statistics about poverty among children and seniors in the US.

“There is no reason we should be the only major country not to have health care, not to have paid family and medical leave. Et cetera. Why?” he asked.

“We have the highest rate of childhood poverty. Almost any major country. Twenty-two percent of our seniors are living on $15,000 a year. Anybody here think that makes sense?”

“No,” a voice from the audience responded.

“All right, it doesn’t,” Sanders affirmed. “But you’ve got to get CNN to talk about these issues. You’ve got to get your members of Congress to talk about these issues.”

The audience responded with applause, but Cooper quickly interjected, attempting to push back.

“We’re literally talking about it right now,” he said.

“Yeah, but I’m forcing you to talk about it, Anderson!” Sanders fired back, drawing laughter and cheers from the crowd.

Check out the full exchange here. It’s a doozy.

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