Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said in an interview Thursday that he wasn't "absolutely certain" President Donald Trump would reject Medicare for All legislation, despite skepticism from MS NOW host Chris Hayes about the proposal's chances of becoming law."Healthcare is a human right.
We need Medicare for All, which is now supported by over 60% of Americans, probably 80-90% of Democrats," he said.Hayes interrupted."But let me just stop you there, Senator, because I mean obviously, I know you believe in this.I've looked at the polling, it's very clear polling on Medicare for All has gone up," he said.
"It was very interesting that Abdul El-Sayed was attacked for a million things in that race, but not for that.""But, I think you and I would agree, the odds of Donald Trump signing that into law, pretty small...You're going to have Senate and House, right," he added. BERNIE SANDERS ADMITS DEMOCRATS FAILED WORKING-CLASS VOTERS ON ECONOMICS, DRIVING THEM TO DONALD TRUMPSen.
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told MS NOW host Chris Hayes that President Donald Trump may not veto Medicare for All legislation. (Tom Baker/Getty Images)Sanders disagreed, and pushed back on Hayes, "Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it.Two points.
Point number one, Trump has the constitutional right to veto, if he wants to do it.But we have the constitutional right to represent the American people and to pass the damn thing, and to show the American people that we are sick and tired of maintaining a broken system.""Number two.
You know what? Donald Trump may be a bit crazy, but he is not stupid," Sanders continued."And he is a good politician.
And if this guy looks out all over the country, and he says, 'Oh my God, everybody knows the system is broken, you know what, what do I got to lose?' So I am not absolutely certain that Trump would not sign it.""But whether he would or not, our job is to produce it.He wants to veto it, Republicans want to sustain that veto, that is their responsib...