Sen. Bernie Sanders

So,

Yeah, and I've seen this, other great members, you know, media doesn't do a great job, but you've got dozens of young men and women in the House of Representatives, strong working class members of Congress.

So yeah, I am, in that sense, optimistic.

On the other hand, you know, Donald Trump worries me very, very much.

You remember, it's a funny story here.

He was inaugurated just about a year ago, and I was there.

For whatever reason, I got pushed into the front row.

Well, my chair didn't break.

But I was almost as close to Trump as I am to you now.

And you remember who was behind Trump at his inauguration?

Yeah, and a dozen other billionaires.

Okay, so you ask me where I get pessimistic is, you know, and literally, this is not just saying this, it's true.

I was thinking, you remember Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg, when he said,

Lincoln went to Gettysburg, the scene of this horrible battle during the Civil War.

Tens of thousands of soldiers killed.

And a few days later, Lincoln goes to the battlefield.

And he jots down some notes.

And basically, I'm paraphrasing.

What he says is, you know, these soldiers who were fighting against slavery did not die in vain.

They died so that we will have and continue a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.