BERNIE SANDERS CHARLESTON WV RALLY ABC UNI / HD
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HIGHLIGHTS
Could you do me a favor and log the very top of his remarks -not the thank yous but the top about the race and winning west virginia
And also the part about encouraging people to vote
All within the first 2-3 mins
POVERTY
16:59:06
Thank you so much for being here and we apologize for being late. We were down in McDowell County. And as Sabrina just mentioned, we had a town meeting there and it was an extraordinary meeting. We had a whole lot of very brave people talking and standing up and tell us what poverty is about in West Virginia and McDowell County. And you all know we have poverty all over America. And it's about time that we started in the wealthiest nation in the world to talk about poverty.
WEST VIRGINIA VOTE
17:00:19
What this campaign is about and why we are doing so well and why we have now won 18 state primaries. And with your help on Tuesday, West Virginia will be 19. Why we are doing so well is because we're doing something very radical in contemporary American politics, we're telling the truth. Believe me the truth is not always pleasant. But it is important that we deal with reality and not push the truth underneath the carpet because if you do that, we're never going to go forward.
17:01:20
Let me just start off on a truth that Sabrina was just talking about, I want you all to appreciate this, historically for a very long time in the united states and all over the world, people have been living longer hours, longer lives, people have been living longer lives. Their life expectancy is going up.
ABOUT LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP
17:01:43
And yet was Sabrina was saying is that in McDowell county and in many parts of America now, we are actually seeing a decrease in life expectancy. You all know that? A decrease. And the reason for that is that millions of americans now are living in despair, they have no work or the income they are living with is so low that they are turning to drugs, they are turning to alcohol and the suicide rate in this country is going up. And that is a question, why? What goes on? How does it happen that in the wealthiest country, in America, we have a life expectancy gap between McDowell county and Fairfax county Virginia of 18 years. 18 years, for men. Alright. 18 years. The gap is lower, I think it's 13 for women, but 18 years for men.
17:03:00
So if you are born into a wealthy community, if you do not have the stress of living with poverty, if you got the healthcare that you need, if you are in a wealthy community you can live 18 years longer than if you are in a poor community like that in McDowell county. In other words poverty is a death sentence.
TAKING ON REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS
17:07:37
That is why we will take on Republican governors who are working overtime trying to suppress the vote. We live in a country which has one of the lowest voting turnout rates of any major country on earth. We don't want to make it harder for people to get involved in the democratic process, we want to make it easier.
PROTECTING FOSSIL FUEL WORKERS
17:45:15
I understand that as we transform the energy system of this country and of the world that there are workers in the fossil fuel industry who will be hurt. Our job is to make certain that we protect those workers we do not leave them behind. That is why I have introduced legislation which puts 41 billion dollars into helping those workers and those communities get their feet back on the ground.
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Sanders drove over 320 miles today across West Virginia to three events. After the poverty forum in the morning, his last two events were standard rallies. He consistently brought up the issue of poverty in the state and across the country and made a point of talking about the need to protect coal workers (/ former coal workers) at each stop.
Interestingly, during the first rally he did not mention Clinton at all, but during the second rally he framed a good chunk of his remarks around his differences with her and named her several times talking still about her Wall Street speeches and Iraq War vote.
Sanders is still drawing big crowds. Just under 3200 people came to hear him speak for that final event in Morgantown, West Virginia - population 30,000.
Highlights from his Charleston rally:
NY INTERPLAY SLUG:
TVU 1 BERNIE SANDERS CHARLESTON WV ABC UNI 050516 C16
POVERTY 16:59:06 Thank you so much for being here and we apologize for being late. We were down in McDowell County. And as Sabrina just mentioned, we had a town meeting there and it was an extraordinary meeting. We had a whole lot of very brave people talking and standing up and tell us what poverty is about in West Virginia and McDowell County. And you all know we have poverty all over America. And it's about time that we started in the wealthiest nation in the world to talk about poverty.
WEST VIRGINIA VOTE 17:00:19 What this campaign is about and why we are doing so well and why we have now won 18 state primaries. And with your help on Tuesday, West Virginia will be 19. Why we are doing so well is because we're doing something very radical in contemporary American politics, we're telling the truth. Believe me the truth is not always pleasant. But it is important that we deal with reality and not push the truth underneath the carpet because if you do that, we're never going to go forward.
17:01:20 Let me just start off on a truth that Sabrina was just talking about, I want you all to appreciate this, historically for a very long time in the united states and all over the world, people have been living longer hours, longer lives, people have been living longer lives. Their life expectancy is going up.
ABOUT LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP
17:01:43 And yet was Sabrina was saying is that in McDowell county and in many parts of America now, we are actually seeing a decrease in life expectancy. You all know that? A decrease. And the reason for that is that millions of americans now are living in despair, they have no work or the income they are living with is so low that they are turning to drugs, they are turning to alcohol and the suicide rate in this country is going up. And that is a question, why? What goes on? How does it happen that in the wealthiest country, in America, we have a life expectancy gap between McDowell county and Fairfax county Virginia of 18 years. 18 years, for men. Alright. 18 years. The gap is lower, I think it's 13 for women, but 18 years for men.
17:03:00 So if you are born into a wealthy community, if you do not have the stress of living with poverty, if you got the healthcare that you need, if you are in a wealthy community you can live 18 years longer than if you are in a poor community like that in McDowell county. In other words poverty is a death sentence.
TAKING ON REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS
17:07:37 That is why we will take on Republican governors who are working overtime trying to suppress the vote. We live in a country which has one of the lowest voting turnout rates of any major country on earth. We don't want to make it harder for people to get involved in the democratic process, we want to make it easier.
PROTECTING FOSSIL FUEL WORKERS
17:45:15 I understand that as we transform the energy system of this country and of the world that there are workers in the fossil fuel industry who will be hurt. Our job is to make certain that we protect those workers we do not leave them behind. That is why I have introduced legislation which puts 41 billion dollars into helping those workers and those communities get their feet back on the ground.