insurance. that s the big question. do you like what you have? if you do, the federal government and bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and others shouldn t be coming into you, into your home and saying, you have to get on this other alternative government program. what i m saying is, build the alternative government program. build the public option out. build in the ability to buy into the medicare program. if you want to. not you have to. and that s the big distinction and i ll tell you campaigning in these industrial states and the general election against donald trump on you have to go into the bernie sanders plan, whether you like it or not, is a political disaster for democrats. i want to ask you about another topic. because the president this morning is going after one of your competitors, broward county over his stance on gun reform that obviously kaim became very well known during the debate. i want to read you the tweet. he says beto made it much harder
issues where we have 66, 70, 80, 90% of the american people in agreement. that means the comprehensive background checks. that is not the buy-back program. it is not. it s an assault weapon ban. it is a voluntary buy-back. is beto o rourke talking about this saying yes i will talk away your ar-15. i mean, does it hurt negotiations now? does it hurt you guys? i don t think it should. i don t think a presidential candidate, one of 15 or 16 s position on one particular issue have anything e any effect on the negotiations at all. you know, beto had a earn al experience in his state and he is coming out of that with this position that he has. i think he should be free to share that with the american people and beto is not in congress. so his opinion on it shouldn t have anything to do with congressional negotiations around a comprehensive background check that 90% of the american people support. i think it s, it has no
to make a deal, convinced many that dems just want to take your guns away. this comes from his mandatory buy-back gun program. i have heard from other democrats that beto o rourke s push for mandatory buy-back gun program could hurt democrats now with negotiations and down the road in electorally. this is personal for you after the shooting in dayton. yes. where are you on this? i would first say donald trump has never genuinely wanted to do anything around the issue of gun violence in the united states. there s a comprehensive background check bill that 90% of the american people support that we pass out of the house that sits at the senate and mitch mcconnell is not acting on it because donald trump has not given him the green light to go ahead and do that. and there are a variety of other things that we can do. so trump should not pretend he s somehow actually wants to get something done. i think we need to move on these