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A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE MOVEMENT HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU ARE THEIR
LEADER, PARTLY BECAUSE YOU ARE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, BUT IF
YOU LOOK AT RECENT POLLS FROM MILLENNIAL'S THEY HAVE YOU AS BY
FAR THE MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE YOU AS
MORE POPULAR AS A PERSON THEY
WOULD LOVE TO MEET ABOVE BEYONC…. THAT IS A HELL OF A THING.
YOU HAVE CONVINCED THEM THAT HILLARY CLINTON IS THE
ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE.
IF YOU WERE TO LOSE, AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY COMES TO
YOU AND SAYS, NOW TAKE THIS MOVEMENT THAT IS FULL OF ENERGY
AND AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY
VOTE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
WHAT I SAY ñ NUMBER ONE, I'M NOT INTO BEING THE LEADER,
I'D MUCH PREFER TO SEE A LOT OF LEADERS AND GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM.
NUMBER TWO, WHAT WE DO IS TOGETHER, AS A NATION, IS A
GROWING MOVEMENT.
WE SAY, IF WE DON'T WIN ñ BY THE WAY, WE ARE IN THIS THING TO WIN
ñ WHAT IS THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT GOING TO DO FOR US?
THAT'S INTERESTING.
FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT WHICH
HAS WRITTEN OFF HALF THE STATES IN THIS COUNTRY, LITERALLY.
THEY HAVE GIVEN UP IN THE SOUTH, THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN AREA.
ARE THEY GOING TO CREATE A FIFTY STATE PARTY?
ARE THEY GOING TO WELCOME INTO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THE
WORKING CLASS IN THIS COUNTRY AND YOUNG PEOPLE, OR IS IT
GOING TO BE THE PARTY OF THE UPPER CLASS, THE COCKTAIL
CROWD AND THE HEAVY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS?
I HAVE TALKED TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS WHO SAY, INSTEAD
OF GOING AROUND AND RAISING ALL KINDS OF MONEY, WHY DON'T YOU
BRING OUT 50,000 OR 100,000
PEOPLE, EVEN SENATE DEMOCRATS, AND START TALKING TO PEOPLE
AND ASK THEM WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO?
HOW ABOUT THAT?
IN OTHER WORDS, IF I CAN'T MAKE IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AS
HARD AS WE CAN UNTIL THE LAST
VOTE IS CAST, WE WANT TO COMPLETELY REVITALIZE THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND MAKE IT THE PARTY OF THE PEOPLE, RATHER THAN JUST LARGE
CONTRIBUTORS.