Oh my god. Can i just said i . Queens, where are you at . Know we are feeling the bern but we need people to feel queens, baby. , put youram proud hands together for these leaders. You have dealt with amazon. [applause] with the nationwide airport protests and the trump nationwide muslim ban. You passed the 15 per hour minimum wage. Togetheru to put it for these amazing sisters and brothers who are in the elected ministry. We have the youngest woman to serve in the history of the a democraticsocialist. [applause] champion of this years historic victory for farmworkers. Own senator. , the powerful fightr who is leading the for economic justice, senator jane sanders. This champion empowered the community by defeating an oppressive law. Lets give it up for the councilman. [applause] the champion of the new york , the senator. T [applause] down all the way from upstate new as assembly man phillips tax. Own homegrown, fighting on behalf of dreamers and the economy that works for all new yorkers, the assembly member. [applause] least, the men who took the stand against corporate a smack downp put on jeff bezos. And in his spare time, puts the most progressive legislative session in new york city, the majority leader. [applause] [chanting new york squad] senator Bernard Sanders always talks about this president ial run not being about me, but about us. We are going to turn around and we want to do it, are we ready for that . [applause] [applause] all right, queens. [chanting new york squad] just Say Something quick . On my way in, i was on the train. [applause] i was listening to another new yorker and i shouldve brought my phone so you could hear him for yourselves. When i was speaking about senator Bernard Sanders and all that he is been through, and the fact his first major rally with the people is in queens. [applause] speaking about a brother named ll cool j. And dont hold it against me. The song, dont call it a comeback, i have been here for years. Senator sanders has been here. Jam, iall this a regular am going to rock this land. [applause] he also said i am just getting warm, you are going to feel the bern. I am going to knock you out. Mama said knock you out. Senator Bernie Sanders is going to knock out the special interest in a d. C. Out thatng to knock , thebillionaire class rk say knock you out, the people say knock them out. Come on, queens. [applause] dont hold that against me, i tried. Foundation comes from congresswoman barbara jordan. She said these words. She said what the people want is very simple. An america as good as promised. [applause] that is it and that is all. Americaooking for an where folks dont die because to have to ration out their insulin. We are looking for an america closingspitals are not like one in philadelphia. Closing all over this country, particularly in rural areas. What the people want is very simple. Airant clean water, clean and clean food. It and that is all. , finally, to have a not gunsystem that does down black folks in their house. [applause] can we get some of that . [applause] dont even get me started on that. Country, place in this you cant breathe while black, speak while black, to anything while black. We are going to clean up this inJustice System. [applause] what the people want is very simple. Truth and have some reconciliation about the racism in the United States of america. [applause] it and that is all. What the people want is very simple. We want a Health Care System that is fair, that is it that is all. What the people want is very simple. Must, we must take care of mother earth right now. [applause] that is it and that is all. When i say, queens, there is no one like senator Bernard Sanders, i mean that. There are some people in the neoliberal side who can understand the difference. Ng]booi there are people who did not have the courage of Bernie Sanders to run in 2016. [applause] there are some people who sat on the sidelines when it was hard. There is only one person who stood up to the establishment and his name is Bernard Sanders. There is only one candidate in 2016 who told the multibillionaires and millionaires of this country, keep your money, ill raise my money with the people. [applause] whoe is only one candidate works with the workingclass people not because he is running for president , but because it is right. Hello, verizon workers. [applause] you, you willbout that she will know the tree by the fruit that it bears and senator sanders bears good fruit. People want to talk about framework. People who stand up in other queens,ing rooms i have a message. There is nothing fundamentally changing for multimillionaires and billionaires and nothing fundamentally changing for you. [applause] we finally have somebody in our lifetime who will be unflinching , our sisters and brothers in queens. Interests,ecial hello flint, michigan. [applause] his only special interests are the people of this great nation. There is only one original. I dont know why you would take the copy when you can have the original. He voted against these rotten trade deals that steal well from our community. Only one senator Bernard Sanders but let the that people dont understand that being similar is not being the same. [applause] there is only one. There is only one. There is only one. There is only one. There is only one. There is only one. Mind how in a nation where we claim to want that there is ageism. Senator sanders is the only one who gets a question. As someone who lost her mother at a young age, i was 42 when she left this existence. Life happens to us all. All ofre going to ask the president ial candidates about their health, dont just ask our senator. One thing we all have in common is the lord blesses us to live long enough, we might get to run for president at the age of spin and it. Of 78. Age a memo to the mainstream media, bernie is back. [applause] said, you never went anywhere, we just pushed pause for a minute. This is important. We are doing the damn thing but im going to tell you something, we have to hit the streets. Won in the will be streets. In queens, you all know how to do battle in the streets. We will elect the most progressive candidate in our lifetime. One who will not sell us out. One who does not say one thing and do something else. [applause] we will elect someone who understands if you are black, brown, indigenous, poor, this system is rigged and it is rotten to the core. [applause] that is it and that is all. We need you to sign up your friends, sign up to help this campaign and we are going to make history when senator Bernard Sanders is sworn into office. Let me close with this. This israel, i love you, too. This is love. Real, i love you, too. This is love. I know sometimes people talk about black women, but if you are not mad about what is going on here, there is something wrong with you. [applause] mad with a purpose. , we aregry black women taking applications. You all can be mad is hell with us. [applause] allowsut a system that ceos to make money hand over fist why other people struggle. Leaders who will stand up for the people. Mad that people are living on the street. Mad that people wont be a doctor because they cant afford it. [applause] we are going to use this energy and synergy we have to help senator Bernard Sanders make it to the white house. I need you to do something for me. Raise one hand for yourself and another hand for somebody else. Angelou once said we have to have the courage to stand up for ourselves and to stand up for somebody else. We will have medicare for all. Cancelese hands, we will student debt. With these hands, we will cancel medical debt. Makethese hands, we will an investment on main street instead of wall street. Surethese hands, will make that every baby in this can inspire to live a good life. With these hands, ladies. With these hands, we will do something about income and wealth inequality. Hands, we will elect senator Bernard Sanders. The next president of the United States of america with these hands. [applause] [chanting] sisters, please welcome to the stage former candidate for Queens County District Attorney. [applause] some of you might know me. [applause] i am a 32yearold latina public defender and activist. I have spent my entire adult life fighting to bring real justice to working people. This year, i came pretty close to becoming the next District Attorney in queens. [chanting] it is completely surreal for me to be here with you all. My grandparents came here from puerto rico. Parents grew up in public far from theoo Housing Units that are right across the street. Mold, asbestosth crumbling ceilings. On, i am short, yall. , our family learned the government didnt really care about us. Overcrowded,ere our apartment and homes were crumbling. Our neighborhoods were over policed and resource starved. Became an elevator mechanic and my mom looked after other peoples kids. Me, that long bus ride into , might asighborhood well have been to a different planet. Wealthy White Communities had access to resources. Help, oureded government lost touch. Me when i tell you that i never thought that someone like me could run for office. Become thelmost District Attorney of queens. [applause] honestly, with a far more limited sense of what is possible. Came alexandria ocasiocortez. [applause] [chanting aoc] sure that everyone of you here remembers the first time you saw alexandria. The 28yearold bartender ferociously knocking her way through her district while the political machine mocked her. I am sure iran the first time you heard alexandria speak. This young latina woman, who was finally telling the truth about our broken political system and what we need to do to fix it. [applause] was railing against the democratic establishment. Remember feeling hope. And also incredibly energized. It became a part of my story. Officeed to run for because i saw that no one else in the das race would fight for real justice for working people. [applause] decriminalize poverty, Mental Health and Substance Abuse disorders. Work. Riminalize sex and to treat violence as a Public Health issue. I only believe that it was possible in the first place because alexandria showed a working woman in this country could run for office and win. [applause] championing the real issues affecting our neighbors. She showed me you dont need wall street bankers and Real Estate Developers, writing 5,000 checks to run for office. You dont need the political machine. You dont need the democratic establishment. You just need the people. [applause] so for me, that is what alexandria really represents. She is a congresswoman, a moral leader, a clear voice for workers rights, medicare for all and Climate Change. Symbol for, she is a a different kind of political system. [applause] a political system led by multiracial, workingclass people, fighting to make government work for all of us. [applause] just the white, wealthy, wellconnected people. Powered byd and public defenders and bartenders and Public School teachers. [applause] when i was running for da, i had to talk to a lot of different elected officials and democratic organizations to ask for their support in our campaign. They would ask me, how much money do you have . Who else is endorsing you . Have you run before . I remember visibly, the first time i got on the phone with alexandria because it was so wildly different. Didnt care about how much i raised, or which people endorsed me. She just wanted to know if my neighbors were behind me. [applause] how many volunteers we had brought in, would there be a grassroots enthusiasm behind our message . Are we doing the work to build local coalitions . Checks fort cashing rich folks . The answer is that final camping weekend, the final weekend volunteersad 1400 knock on over 100,000 doors. [applause] would you want to campaign for working people, the working people of queens show up. [applause] my point is, the questions alexandria asked focused on volunteers and coalition building. Not checks and endorsements. This is who alexandria is. Behind closed doors, when all of the cameras are off, her northstar is still pointed in the direction of the people. [applause] lets be real. That is how senator Bernie Sanders is, too. Alexandria you dont have to sacrifice your values, your beliefs, you dont have to appease the establishment and you can build a movement of working people. [applause] [chanting] it is why she has made choices other elected officials just would not. In her first week on the job in congress, she joined a sit in at Nancy Pelosis office. [applause] since, she has challenged conventional wisdom in d. C. Every single day. Chance she has gotten, she has used her platform in service of the movement. That keeps candidates like me across the country who are fighting to build a government powered by the people, too. I came up short in my race this year. But i am genuinely so hopeful about our future. [applause] so to every young person, woman, queer person, black or brown person thinking about money, who does not have the money or support or no worker star, not only should you run, but we need you to. [applause] only when win when working people leave this movement lead this movement, people like all of you. It is my honor and privilege to introduce my homegirl, congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez. [applause] rep. Ocasiocortez what is up, new york city . Let me ask you again, what is up, new york city . [applause] thank you, all. Can we hear it loud and proud for all of our volunteers . Or organizers . [applause] putting in the work. Putting in the sweat to make workingclass revolution to the United States of america. [applause] you. Do you like my haircut . It got a lot of attention last week. [applause] thank you, new york city. Thank you, queens. Let are on. This is ground zero for the in theor Public Housing United States of america. [applause] only is this about Public Housing, this is about Environmental Justice because just beyond this park is a power spewsthat spills and toxic to the poor. It is the fight for Environmental Justice we are up against but that is ok because of the Green New Deal. We are going to transform our future and preserve our planet. [applause] last year new deal]green rep. Ocasiocortez last february, i would tell everyone to turn around but there is a lot in our way. Last february, i was working as a waitress in Downtown Manhattan. I worked shoulder to shoulder with undocumented workers. Harder andorked hardest for the least amount of money. Feet, working 12 hour days, with no structured break. I did not have health care. I wasnt being paid a living wage. Deserved think that i any of those things. Because that is the script that we tell working people here and all over this country. Inherent worth and value as a human being is dependent on an income that another person decided to underpay us. Here to turn around that very basic logic. Until i heard of a man by the name of Bernie Sanders. [applause] i began to question and assert and recognize my inherent value as a human being that deserves health care, housing, education and a living wage. [applause] i was born across this river in the boogie down. First, second and Third Generation americans, i grew up between two worlds. Was born in puerto rico. South was born in the bronx while the bronx was burning. Lets listen to our history. Born when the bronx was burning, when landlords began to turn into arsonists because the insurance payouts were more valuable than the familit lid inside those buildings. [booing] that was the backdrop by which my parents started their lives. The backdrop upon which i started mine, was in a one bedroom apartment in the bronx. They worked hard. We had a mattress on the floor and that is how we started our american dream. [applause] now, it was shortly after that looked atm and my dad the quality of education in the rate,and the 50 dropout the inequity of education, the inequity of education funding. The fact that teachers werent paid, kids werent given tools to succeed and frankly, not only does it have to do with their income, it has to do with their melanin, too. My family made a hard decision. My whole family kicked in two to buy a small house 40 minutes north of here and that is when i got my first taste of the country who allows their kids destiny to be determined by the zip code they are born in. Life was shuttled between these two worlds. Not just the two worlds between the bronx and westchester county, but the continental u. S. , new york state and the realities of puerto rico. We saw the distinction between these two worlds. Inequalityr income wasnt ingrained fact of life of my childhood. Tryook everything in us to to give that next generation a chance. When i was 18, my dad died of cancer. Did in thek we generation was wiped out. I know that story is not just mine. It is all of our stories. We are always, it feels like one accident away from everything falling apart. We have to change the fundamental logic of a system and politics that puts corporate andit ahead of all human planetary costs. [applause] when you rewind that story, when i was a baby, my family relied on planned parenthood for prenatal care. Sanders fought for me. Up, andas growing education was being gutted for wrong zip codes Bernie Sanders fought for us. Bernie sanders fought for a singlepayer Health Care System. [applause] when the federal government decided to discriminate and friends,y family and Bernie Sanders was putting his career on the line for us. [applause] and whens a waitress it was time for me to graduate sanders was the only one who said no person should graduate with life crushing debt at the start of their lives. Bernie sanders did not do these things because they were popular. That is what we need to remember. Fought for these ideas when they came at the highest political cost in america. [applause] question the to system. 2016, he fundamentally changed politics in america. [applause] we, right now, have one of the best democratic president ial primary fields in a generation and much of that is thanks to the work that Bernie Sanders has done his entire life. [applause] i am in the United States congress now. [applause] long, long way from being a sexually harassed waitress in Downtown Manhattan one year ago. [applause] historic class, anongressional overwhelming amount of them reject corporate pack money and that is thanks to bernie. Amount of the house of representatives endorse medicare for all, that is thanks to bernie. [applause] more people, now than ever, recognize the Climate Crisis as a threat. But also our greatest Economic Opportunity and that is thanks not just to the climate work of Bernie Sanders, but the climate part of it in are the United States. Side,at i am on the other i can tell you the halls of congress are no joke. Up tono joke to stand corporate powers and established interests. It is no joke. Upis not just about standing and saying these things, but behind closed doors, your arm is twisted, the pressure of political pressure gets put on ,ou and every trick in the book psychological and otherwise, is used to get us to abandon the working class. [booing] experience in that over the last nine months that i have grown to appreciate the enormous consistent and nonstop advocacy of senator Bernie Sanders. [applause] [chanting bernie] one thing i will say is that it is not just what we are fighting for. It is how we are going to do it. It isw we are going to do with a Mass Mobilization of working class people at the ballot box. That is the only way that we are going to win this thing. Because one of our Top Priorities is not just defeating donald trump, but defeating the system the system of which he is a symptom. Means that what we need to do in this country is organized a fundamentally positive and welcoming movement. One that is mindful, not only thatul of the ugly history created our present inequalities, the racism of housing segregation, the classism of the Hyde Amendment that tells us that low income women should not have access to health care. Recognize the imperialist and colonial history that contributes to our endless wars. [applause] only do we need to recognize overbeing underfunded by 30 billion is not an accident. It is an outcome. It is not an accident, it is an outcome of a system that devalues the poor, that devalues working people and that thosetizes buildings like over buildings like these. [applause] so, not only must we , andnize what is broken that has resulted in why we are here, but we need to recognize the principles that will drive us forward. Because the logic that got us into this mess is not going to get us out. [applause] we need to build a Mass Movement class,ica, the working the poor, the middle class, one that is actively antiracist, antiracist, that is rooted in principles of universality. Everyone has a right to health care. Everyone has the right to education. One that is rooted in principles of cooperation, that is participatory, that combats not y racism but massages he misogyny, antiqueer discrimination. We need those principles to drive us forward. Systemure is a public and a publicly owned system. We need to take power over our lives again. I dont know about you, but i dont want Mark Zuckerberg making decisions over my life. [applause] you, but theabout waltons have already been making decisions over our lives and what we got was nothing. We need a United States that really, truly and authentically is operated, owned and decided people in the all United States of america. [applause] multiracial, multigendered, multi generational and multigeographic. We have to come together. Not ignoring our differences, but listen to them, prioritizing them, understanding injustice, understanding that we operate in a context where slavery involved into jim crow, involved into mass incarceration, involved into the reality we have today. I am proud to say the only i have any hope in launching a longshot campaign for congress is because Bernie Sanders prove you can run a inssroots campaign and win america, where we almost thought it was not possible. [applause] that, i would like to introduce the men. He[applause] maybe to some others, he is brother. Bernie sanders. [applause] [cheers and applause] crowd chanting Bernie Bernie bernie senator sanders let me let me crowd chanting bernies back senator sanders thank you. Let me begin by making an apology. We got a permit for 20,000 people and we had to close the door. So to all of those who could not get in, thanks so much for being here, and thank all of you for being here today. When i look at this huge crowd, brothers and sisters, i have no doubt that the Political Revolution is going to sweep this country. Sweep donald trump out of office. And bring the change that this country has long needed. Thank you all for being here. What our campaign is about is not just defeating the most about transporting this country. It is about creating an economy and a government that works for all of us, not just 1 for 45 years, there has been a class war waged against the working families of this country by the billionaire class and the corporate elite. Well, we have some bad news for them. Things are going to change, and we are going to have a government of the working people, not the 1 . Let me begin by thanking our great musicians for their great music. Let me thank my wife jane whose father was a cabdriver from brooklyn. And who is going to make an outstanding first lady. Let me think my four kids and seven grandchildren. This is a family you will be proud of. Let me thank michael moore. For his support for so many years. Michael worked on an Assembly Line at General Motors in flint, michigan. Michael knows what side hes on. Let me thank the mayor of san juan, puerto rico, who has stood up to trump in the fight for justice for puerto rico. And i want to thank you for being one of the cochairs of our campaign. Let me thank senator nina turner. Nina grew up in a low income family in cleveland, and at the age of 14, started working parttime jobs in order to support her family. Nina knows which side she is on. And let me thank congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez. It is crowd chanting aoc senator sanders you know, i ha b years. Degree to which in less than one year this woman, the youngest woman ever elected to congress, it is hard to believe the degree to which she has transformed politics in america. Coming from a struggling family from puerto rico, she has been a fierce defender of the working class of our country. She has taken on the greed of wall street with legislation to put it cap on interest rates. She has been a leader in the fight against gentrification. For rent control. For Affordable Housing. And all within one year. She electrified this country when she introduced the concept of the Green New Deal. Crowd chanting Green New Deal senator sanders alexandria has become an inspiration to millions of young people not just here in new york but across this country. Who now understands the importance of political participation and standing up for justice. Alexandria, thank you so much. And i am so excited that alexandria is part of our campaign, and i look forward to traveling with her all over this country. Let me also on a personal note take this opportunity to thank the many people across this nation who, in my time of illness, sent me and my family, their prayers and well wishes, and their love. It has meant the world to jane and me, and i think you so very much. And along with the great medical care i have received, i am happy to report to you that i am more than ready [cheers and applause] more ready than ever to carry on with you. The epic struggle that we face today. I am more than ready to assume the office of president of the United States. [applause] i am more than ready to take on the greed and corruption of the corporate elite and their apologists. I am more ready than ever to help create a government based on the principles of justice, economic justice, racial justice, social justice and Environmental Justice. [applause] to put it bluntly, i am back. [applause] [crowd chanting] bernie. Bernie. Bernie. Senator sanders there is no questions that i and my family have faced adversity over these last couple of weeks, but the untold story is that people everywhere in this country, and the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, are facing their own adversities. Tonight in america, over 500,000 people will find themselves homeless, and right here in new york city, over 130,000 people, including 45,000 children, slept in homeless shelters last year alone. Today in america, half of our population, 50 of our people, the working class of this country, is living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to pay their rent, their mortgages, their light bills, or fix their cars. Dealing with the incredible stress of struggling to just stay alive and feed their families, that is adversity. Today in america, 87 million of our people are uninsured or underinsured, unable to go to the doctor when they get sick, because the United States maintains the most dysfunctional and cruel Health Care System in the world. [applause] that is adversity. Today in america, and a country that once led the world in terms of the quality of our educational system, millions of workingclass families are desperately searching for affordable childcare. Hundreds of thousands of bright young people are unable to fulfill their dreams because their families cannot afford the outrageous cost of higher education, and tens of millions struggle with the oppressive burden of student debt. Today in america, millions of Senior Citizens are unable to afford the prescription drugs they desperately need, because our government has allowed the crooks in the pharmaceutical industry to engage in pricefixing and political bribery, while at the same time, trump and the republicans are desirous of cutting medicare, medicaid and Social Security for our seniors. [crowd booing] as all of you know, while in the midst of all of their suffering, there is another reality which is taking place in this country. And that is that while the working families of america have seen virtually no increase in their inflation accounted for income over the last 45 years, the top 1 now have more income and wealth then they have ever had before in the history of this country. [crowd booing] and brothers and sisters, congress may not talk about it, the media may not talk about it, but not only will we talk about income and wealth inequality, we are going to do something about it. [applause] damn right, we are going to win. And we are going to win, because the American People want fundamental changes in our national priorities. [applause] they are tired of the 1 getting richer while they are struggling to put food on the table. That is why we are going to win. [applause] today, unbelievably, while we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth, 25 Hedge Fund Managers make twice as much money as all of the kindergarten teachers in america. [crowd booing] we are going to honor our teachers, not the Hedge Fund Managers. [applause] that is going to change under our administration. Today the three wealthiest americans own more wealth than they bottom half of american society. And the top 1 have seen their wealth increase by 21 trillion over the last 30 years. Today we say to wall street and the billionaire class, you aint going to get it all anymore. [applause] [crowd chanting] bernie. Bernie. Bernie. Senator Sanders Justice longoverdue is coming to the United States of america. [applause] but it is not just wealth and income. Today, so many people in new york state, vermont, all across this country, are working two or three jobs to put food on the table. 49 of all new income goes to the top 1 . And when we talk about justice and in morality and immorality, please remember that unbelievably, the richest people in our country live 15 years longer than the poorest people. [crowd jeering] in other words, poverty is a death sentence, and we are going to end that death sentence. [applause] it is not a radical idea to say that all of our people, regardless of their income, have the right to live long and happy lives. [applause] and i must also say that in the midst of all this massive wealth and income inequality, there is also a Racial Disparity within the overall disparity. Today the average white family owns more than 10 times the wealth of the average black family. Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy than white women. And the infant mortality rate in black communities is more than double what it is in White Communities. Meanwhile, as a result of a broken and racist criminal Justice System, black men are sentenced to 19 more jail time for committing the exact same crime as white men. And africanamericans are jailed at more than five times the rate of whites. [crowd jeering] now, that is where we are today. That is where we are, a nation in which, a few miles away from here, people on wall street make unbelievable amounts of money and leaving incredible and ostentatious luxury, while right here, across the street from us, people are struggling day after day just to survive. But it is not just here in new york city, it is also in West Virginia and kentucky and alabama and mississippi, and other states where people continue to work for starvation wages, and are worried to death about the future their children face. That is why we say today that in america, anyone who works 40 hours a week will not live in poverty. [applause] we are going to raise that minimum wage to a living wage, at least 15 an hour. And we are going to make sure that every worker in america has the right to join a union. [crowd chanting] union. Union. Union. Senator sanders millions of workers in this country want to join unions, and today their employers, and illegal ways, are making that impossible. And that is why our labor law opens the door. In our first four years, we are going to double the number of workers in this country that belong to unions. [applause] brothers and sisters, it is clear to me that what our campaign is all about is that the enormous problems facing our country cannot be solved by the same old, same old approach to politics. The time is now to tell the corporate elite of this country that enough is enough, and we will no longer accept their greed and the corruption and their attacks against the working families of america. [applause] brothers and sisters, we need a new vision for america, and that is what this campaign is all about. And in terms of political struggle, in terms of how we bring about the transformative changes that we desperately need, i am reminded of a statement made by nelson mandela, one of the great leaders in modern history. [applause] and this is what mandela said. He said, and i quote, it always seems impossible until it is done. [applause] do you all understand what that means . It always seems impossible until it is done. In other words, what the establishment, whether it is the economic establishment, whether it is the political establishment or whether it is the media establishment, what they want us to believe is that real and fundamental change can never occur. [crowd booing] they want us to believe that our vision for the future is unrealistic, that it is a pipe dream, that it is simply utopian thinking. They want us to believe that the only reality that we can live under is the status quo. [crowd jeering] and by the way, it is not just republicans that give us that line. That is exactly what i heard on the stage of the democratic debate in ohio a few nights ago. [applause] so let me respectfully disagree. Let me respectfully disagree with those who believe that real change is not possible, and let me tell you exactly the kind of america we are going to fight for when we are in the white house. For starters, unlike donald trump, we are not going to divide the American People up based on the color of our skin, our gender, where we were born, our Sexual Orientation or our religion. In fact, we are going to do exactly the opposite. We are going to bring our people together. [applause] we are going to bring our people together, blackandwhite and latino, asianamerican and native american. We are going to bring our people together whether they are gay or straight, male or female, young or old, and together we are going to fight every vestige of racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia and religious bigotry that exists. [applause] our administration is the administration that will take America Forward in ending all forms of discrimination. But we are also, as we wring our people together, going to push through an agenda that addresses the pain of the working families of this country, because we believe that economic rights are human rights. We believe that education is a human right which enriches us all and enables us to get the goodpaying jobs we need in a competitive global economy. [applause] that is why we will implement policy that provides for universal, affordable childcare. Every working family has the right to know that their kids are in high Quality Childcare and are getting the emotional and intellectual nourishment they need in order to grow. And we are going to rebuild Public Education in this country. [applause] that gives our teachers the respect and the compensation that they deserve. I want to thank teachers all over the country, that have literally taken money out of their own pockets in order to buy the School Supplies the kids need. We believe in education. We believe in our teachers. And under our administration, we are going to have the best Public Education system in the world. And because we believe in equality, we are going to make our public colleges and University Tuition free. We are going to adequately fund our hbc, and by the way, we are going to cancel all student debt in america. [applause] yes, if the congress bernie. Bernie. [crowd chanting] bernie. Senator sanders if congress 11 years ago could get my vote to bail out the crooks and wall street and provide them with billions of dollars of zero interest loans, if donald republic donald trump his republican friends would give over 1 trillion in tax breaks to the largest corporations in the 1 , if we can spend 750 billion a year on the military, you know what . We can cancel all student debt in america with a modest tax on wall street speculation. Hey, wall street, can you hear us now . [applause] when we talk about workers rights, it is my belief that every american who wants a job should be able to find a job through a job through federal job guarantee program. Which pays workers good wages, and provides union representation. There is an enormous amount of work to be done in our country, and we need skilled workers to do those jobs. Brothers and sisters, this is the United States of america. We can create up to 15 million goodpaying jobs rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. [applause] roads and bridges, airports, water systems, it is not a radical idea to say that in america, when you turn on your tap, your faucet, you have a right to drink clean water. [applause] we can create millions more jobs as we expand childcare, education, health care and services for Senior Citizens. Let me say a word about an issue that ive been working on for decades, and that is my belief, and i know it is your belief, that health care is a human right. [crowd chanting] bernie. Bernie. Bernie. Senator sanders together we are going to end the International Embarrassment of the United States of america being the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care to all of their people. [applause] brothers and sisters, we will end the absurdity of america spending twice as much per capita on health care as the people of almost every major country on earth, while at the same time 87 Million People are underinsured or uninsured, 30,000 americans die each year because they dont get to a doctor on time, and 500,000 go bankrupt because they cannot afford to pay their medical bills. [crowd booing] we will take on the greed of the Insurance Companies and the Drug Companies and pass a medicare for all, singlepayer plan. [applause] and now let me thank, and give a special thanks, sick Congress Special thanks, two congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez, for helping our country recognize that Climate Change is an existential threat to our planet, and that we must implement a Program Consistent with the goal of the Green New Deal. [crowd chanting] Green New Deal. Green new deal. Green new deal. Senator sanders one of the proposals i have introduced during this campaign is the most comprehensive Climate Change plan ever introduced by any candidate running for federal office. In other words, we are listening to the scientists. [applause] our legislation will hold the fossilfuel industry accountable. It will create up to 20 million new jobs as we transform our Energy System away from fossil fuel, to Energy Sufficiency and sustainable energy. It will give us the tools that we need to help lead the world in combating Climate Change, and save this planet for our children and future generations. [applause] right across the street from where we are at this moment is new york citys largest fossil fuel power plant. Let us be clear. It is no secret that that plant is located right next to the citys largest Public Housing development. Together we will pass a Green New Deal that will end the environmental racism we see right here in queens. [applause] and in similar communities all across this country. Together, not only will we clean up our environment, but we will finally put an end to environmental racism. And in the richest country in the history of the world, alexandria, you and i believe that every american should have a fundamental right to a safe, decent and affordable home. It is absolutely unacceptable and unamerican that veterans and families with Young Children are sleeping out on the streets of new york city and all across this country. It is unacceptable that 18 million families in america are paying over half of their limited incomes on housing. And it is unacceptable that wealthy Real Estate Developers in new york and across the country are gentrifying neighborhoods. And it is absolutely unacceptable that the largest Public Housing development in north america, right across the street from us, lacks decent heat and hot water and is he urgent need of repair. The Affordable Housing program that we will implement will establish the funds necessary to build nearly 10 million new apartments and homes throughout this country. [applause] our program will eliminate homelessness in america. [applause] it will end the gentrification taking place in cities like new york, seattle, San Francisco and all over america. And our legislatures will create a National Rent control standard. Landlords all across america will no longer be able to rip off their tenants and throw them out of their homes. And our proposal will provide 20 billion to new york city Public Housing authorities to repair and modernize Public Housing stock, to make all Public Housing accessible, and to provide access to highspeed broadband for all of its residents. [applause] let me say a word about an issue i know is on the minds of all of us. And that is that we are going to end once and for all the broken and racist criminal Justice System that exists in america. [applause] we are going to end in the International Embarrassment of having more people in jail in america than in any other country on earth. Instead of spending 80 billion a year on jails and incarceration, we are going to invest in our young people, in jobs and education, jobs and education, not jails and incarceration. [applause] we are going to end private prisons and Detention Centers in america. We are going to end the horrifically destructive war on drugs, and legalize marijuana. [applause] and we are going to end the disgrace of 400,000 people right now locked behind bars because they are too poor to afford cash bail. We are going to end cash bail. [applause] we are going to redefine criminal justice in america. It seems to me a little bit absurd that we have people in jail right now for selling marijuana. [crowd booing] when we have crooks on wall street and the Drug Companies who have killed people all over this country not facing any criminal charges. How do you pay billions of dollars in fines for illegal behavior, and yet no criminal charges are made against the ceos . What we believe in is equal justice under the law whether you are rich or whether you are poor. Today we say to the American People that instead of demonizing the undocumented immigrants in this country, we are going to pass comprehensive Immigration Reform and provide a path toward citizenship. [applause] on our first day in office, through executive order we are going to provide legal status to 1. 8 million young people eligible for the daca program, and expand that program to their parents. [applause] we are going to develop a humane border policy for those who seek asylum. We will not be a government which snatches babies from the arms of their mothers, or throws children into cages. [applause] and we will put an end to the disastrous raids of the ice agency. [applause] [crowd chanting] today, on another issue that discussed that disgusts the American People, we are sick and tired of seeing these Mass Shootings taking place all over the country. Our administration will take on the nra. [applause] we will move aggressively to end the epidemic of gun violence in this country, and pass the commonsense gun safety legislation that the overwhelming majority of the American People want. [applause] under our administration, people should not have guns will not have guns. [applause] and today we say loudly and proudly that it is the women of this country who have the right to control their own bodies, not the politicians. [applause] i promise you i will never nominate anyone for the u. S. Supreme court who is not 100 proroe v. Wade. You know, when i talk about the proposals that i think we should adopt to protect the working families of this country, i am often criticized, and people say, bernie, it is so expensive, how are you going to pay for these proposals . Well, let me tell you exactly how we are going to pay for these proposals. We are going to tell the wealthiest people in this country that they are going to start paying their fair share of taxes. We are going to rescind the trump tax breaks for billionaires and large corporations. We are going to end the insanity of providing hundreds of billions in tax breaks and subsidies to the fossilfuel industry. And in my view, we do not have to spend more than the next 10 nations combined on defense spending. [applause] [crowd chanting] end all wars. End all wars. End all wars. Senator sanders standing before you today, i believe more than i have ever believed that we are at a moment and our great countrys history where all of us coming together can create the america that we are entitled to have, the america that we know that we can become. We can create a new america, true to the principles that are supposed to be the foundation of our democracy. And i want to ask all of you to do me a favor. Take a look around you. Take a look around you right here, just this assembly of people. And if you look around, what you will find is that we have people hear of every race, every gender, every gender identity, we have different religions, we have different ethnicities. We have men and women here, we have people who are young and we have people who are old. We are a reflection of the diversity and the strength of the movement that we have built, and it is that movement, blackandwhite and latino and Asian American and native american, all of us coming together, it is that movement that is going to transform this country. [applause] [crowd chanting] let me just tell you what you already know. Our opponents, whether it is the republican establishment, democratic establishment, whether it is wall street, Insurance Companies, Drug Companies, the fossilfuel industry, militaryindustrial complex, prison industrial complex, the whole damn 1 , they are not going to give us their wealth and their power without a fight. And the question that we have got to answer together is, are we prepared to stand up to them and transform this country . [applause] [crowd chanting] we will win. We will win. We will win. Senator sanders i want you all to look around and find something you dont know, somebody who doesnt look like you, somebody who might be of a different religion than you, maybe they come from a different country. My question now to you is, are you willing to fight for that person who you dont even know, as much as you are willing to fight for yourself . [applause] are you willing to stand together and fight for those people who are struggling economically in this country . [applause] are you willing to fight to ensure that every american has debt, even if you are not . Health care as a human right, even if you have Good Health Care . Are you willing to fight for frightened immigrant neighbors, even if you are nativeborn . [applause] are you willing to fight for a future for generations of people who have not yet even been born, but are entitled to live on a planet that is healthy and habitable . Because if you are willing to do that, if you are willing to love, if you are willing to fight for a government of compassion and justice and decency, if you are willing to stand up to trumps desire to divide us up, if you are prepared to stand up to the greed and corruption of the corporate elite, if you and millions of others are prepared to do that, there is no doubt in my mind that not only will we win this election, but together we will transform this country. Thank you, all, very much. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [takinit to the streets playing] [applause] [back in black] 2020 come up our live coverage of the president ial candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. Cspans campaign 2020, your unfiltered view of politics. Next, our threehour washington journal program. 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