Sep 19, 2026 · 27 min · 11 segments
The incomparable Sen. Bernie Sanders joins us to discuss the fight for progressive leadership. Pre-order Jennifer’s new book Not Today, Fascists today: https://linktr.ee/ivehaditpodcast Follow Us…
Bernie SandersGuest
Jennifer WelchHost
fearsYeah, there is a, um, an anti-oligarchy, eat the rich, uh, movement that is sweeping the United States, and something I talk to my listeners about all of the time is that the Republican Party has nothing to offer you but lies and propaganda.
And they have been telling everybody, "These immigrants are gonna take your jobs.
These teachers are going to, um, gender reassign your kids." All of that is a lie.
They're coming to replace the workforce so they can capture those wages as well, and you just spoke about those truck drivers.
But this is across a lot of different industries that they are going to wipe out workforces, and they intend to do this very quickly.
When demagogues have nothing significant to say about the crises that are facing ordinary people, how do you get votes? What do you do? What you do, and this is, Trump didn't invent this, this is what demagogues always do, you pick a powerless minority, okay? And you go after them, and you blame them for all of the problems.
You pick a minority and you say, "Hey, you can't afford to f- feed your family? It's the undocumented people who are doing that.
Uh, you can't afford to send your kids to college? Uh, it is transgender people." You come up with your group of people because you have nothing real to say.
Do you hear the Republicans saying one word about income and wealth inequality? All right? You have a corrupt campaign finance system.
fearsYeah, there is a, um, an anti-oligarchy, eat the rich, uh, movement that is sweeping the United States, and something I talk to my listeners about all of the time is that the Republican Party has nothing to offer you but lies and propaganda.
And they have been telling everybody, "These immigrants are gonna take your jobs.
These teachers are going to, um, gender reassign your kids." All of that is a lie.
They're coming to replace the workforce so they can capture those wages as well, and you just spoke about those truck drivers.
But this is across a lot of different industries that they are going to wipe out workforces, and they intend to do this very quickly.
When demagogues have nothing significant to say about the crises that are facing ordinary people, how do you get votes? What do you do? What you do, and this is, Trump didn't invent this, this is what demagogues always do, you pick a powerless minority, okay? And you go after them, and you blame them for all of the problems.
You pick a minority and you say, "Hey, you can't afford to f- feed your family? It's the undocumented people who are doing that.
Uh, you can't afford to send your kids to college? Uh, it is transgender people." You come up with your group of people because you have nothing real to say.
Do you hear the Republicans saying one word about income and wealth inequality? All right? You have a corrupt campaign finance system.
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