them. especially, you are talking about the middle of the country and workers in the middle of the country is something that you uniquely have been speaking to throughout the campaign. but this, the idea of gm dropping healthcare for the union workers. this is the exact debate that you had with bernie sanders on the stage at the cnn debate if detroit at the end of july. for our viewers, i want to play a bit of the exchange between healthcare and unions. listen to this. well, two things, they will be better because medicare for all is comprehensive, it covers all healthcare needs for senior citizens. it will finally include dental care, hearing aids and eye glasses. you don t know that, bernie. i do know it. i wrote the dam bill. and this was all about healthcare coverage for unions. this is exactly what was happening on the debate stage. the arguments that sanders is making now, is if medicare for all was in place, these workers you were speaking to, they would
have last debate in detroit, i want to play a clip of it and get your reaction on the other side. medicare for all is comprehensive because it s all health care needs for senior citizens, it will finally improve dental care, hearing aids and eyeglasses, second of all you don t know that, bernie. i do know, i wrote the damn bill. senator does not know the union contracts in the united states, the only thing they have is possibly really good health care and the democratic message is going to be we will go in and the only thing you have left we will take it and we will do better. after that, you got some major pushback from union leaders, a lot of them said that medicare for all would be good for members and this is a constituency that you really need. conflict within unions themselves and i will say that bernie sanders after that went back and amended his proposal to
members that the benefits under medicare for all will be as good as the benefits that their representatives, their union reps fought hard to negotiate? two things they will be better because medicare for all is comprehensive and covers all healthcare needs for senior citizens. it will finally include dental care, hearing aids and eyeglasses. you don t know that, bernie. second of all. i do know, i wrote the damn bill! [ cheers and applause ] second of all second of all, many of our union brothers and sisters, nobody more pro-union than me up here, are paying high deductible and co-payments and when we do medicare for all instead of having the company putting money into health care they can get decent wage increases which they re not getting today. actually, kudos to cnn for keeping the split screen up there for paul ryan excuse me, for tim ryan being on the receiving end of that so you can see him pop the gills once, hold breath for 40 seconds and pop
kryptonite moment. that was the first debate. the second debate when he basically turned into a human shredder who made an ill consider decision that he ll wander and insert himself into senator sanders own well real house. senator sanders knows who he is. if he does throw a lightning boll bulb at you, it tends to explode when we does that. can you guarantee those union members that the benefits for medicare for all will be as good as union reps fought hard. it covers all healthcare needs for senior citizens and dental care and hearing aids and eye glasses. you don t know that. second of all.
wheelhouse. senator sanders runs on his own stuff. he didn t throw a lot of lightning bolts at other candidates when he doesn t need to. if he does throw a lightning bolt at you, it tends to explode when he does that. you can guarantee those union members the benefits under medicare for all will be as good as the benefits that their representatives, their union reps fought hard to negotiate? two things. they will be better because medical for all covers all health care needs for senior citizens. it will include dental care, hearing aides and eyeglasses. you don t second of all. you don t know that. we will come to you. i do. i wrote the damn bill. second of all, many of our union brothers and sisters nobody month pro union than me up here are payi ining high deductibles. instead of having the company