Bernie Sanders Wins Over Crowd Of Rural Trump Supporters By Exposing The Truth About Trumpcare
[font size="4"]The Vermont senator went into tough terrain, but he was able to show West Virginia Trump supporters how the GOP is conning them.[/font]
Bernie Sanders went into hostile territory for progressives and convinced the president’s supporters in West Virginia that Donald Trump’s campaign was a massive con job and his policies would hurt the voters he promised to help the most.
This is particularly true in McDowell County, West Virginia, one of the poorest counties in the country that overwhelmingly supported Trump in last fall’s presidential election. Despite their support for Trump, those living in the deep red county will likely be hurt the most by what Republicans are trying to do, especially with health care.
During the town hall event with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, Sanders laid out how Trumpcare will hurt those who need coverage the most, like coal miners in West Virginia, and mainly benefit the wealthy.
Not only did Sanders debunk the myth that Trump and Republicans constantly feed to their base of supporters that there isn’t enough room in the budget to help those who need it most, but he also convinced one coal miner – a man who voted for Trump – that it’s time to make health care in the United States a universal right.
Sanders asked the Trump voter, “What do you think, do you think we should join other countries and guarantee health care as a right of all?”
“Yeah, I think every American citizen should have health care,” the Trump voter responded to applause.
Republicans have successfully fooled working- and middle-class voters – especially those in white, rural areas – into thinking their policies will help them the most when in reality, voters in places like McDowell County, West Virginia stand to lose the most under the new president.
Democrats need to continue hammering the point, as Sanders did, that while Republicans talk a good game about being the party of blue-collar workers, it’s Democratic policies that will – and historically have – helped them the most.
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