Bernie Sanders: My running mate will back Medicare for All

[Donkees]

Joe Garofoli and Anna Bauman March 1, 2020 Updated: March 1, 2020 2:49 p.m.

Excerpt:

Sanders told The Chronicle on Sunday that he won’t choose a running mate who doesn’t support his signature issue, Medicare for All, a government-run single payer health system that would require Americans to give up their private health insurance.

“We will pick somebody who knows the experience of working families in this country, who has a history of fighting for those families and somebody whose politics are similar to mine,” Sanders told The Chronicle in an interview before a rally in a San Jose convention center.

“That’s always something that you want to see in a politician ... sticking their ground,” Arenas said. “It just makes you feel like you got someone there for you.”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Thousands-line-up-in-San-Jose-for-Bernie-Sanders-15097033.php

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

1. Closer to Tulsi hmm

He burned the possibility of Warren

So Tulsi it is.

[Kurt V.]

2. my best guessit is tammy balwin.

[doc03]

3. OMG say it ain't so

[NCjack]

4. Barack and Hillary overcame a huge animus. Bernie and Elizabeth can also.

[thesquanderer]

7. Warren still supports MFA.

They differ in how to address the transition period, but her plan still involves going to MFA.

[myohmy2]

5. excellent...

...Bernie, steady, unshakable and strong...

...that's why he's loved by millions...

"...give up their private health insurance. "

...we're not 'giving up' or losing anything...we're getting better healthcare at a lower cost and now it'll be available to everyone...

...when you quit you're $10 an hour job for a $15 dollar an hour job, are giving up anything?

...we shouldn't let people who now have Medicare For All cheat others out of their Medicare For All...

...Bernie won't let that happen...

[ehrnst]

8. ....Bernie will take care of all of us...

...only he can....

[barbtries]

6. i would hope

that once the presidential candidate is decided, both the candidate and his or her running mate will be committed to the Democratic Party Platform.

I am for universal health care. I don't like his dismissiveness toward anyone who disagrees with him. who am i kidding, i don't like him either.