Transcript - Bernie Sanders Speech to the DNC Summer Meeting

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August 23rd 2019

In his DNC speech, Bernie Sanders says Democrats must reject incrementalism and embrace transformative change

Excerpt:

For the future of our country and the Democratic Party, let us be honest with one another. As we head into the 2020 election, there is no longer, in my view, a choice between incrementalism and the transformative change that the working families of this country are crying out for.

Playing it safe according to the old rules is the most dangerous cost of all, and a course of action that could very well cost us this election.

So I'm asking everybody here to stand up (and) make a pledge.

And that is that as a party we commit ourselves to being as bold and as brave as the great Democratic Party of history was during past national emergencies.

This is the party, the great Democratic Party that stood as FDR called out at his time up against the economic royalists. I call them the billionaire class and he stood up against them. And he pushed legislation through that provided millions of jobs, dignity and security to the families of America.

This is the party that stood up to fascism and won WWII.

This is the party that stood up to racism and passed landmark civil rights legislation.

This is the party that stood up to homophobia and passed gay rights legislation.

This is the party that stood up to the conservative and big money establishment and passed Medicare and Medicaid.

In other words, in some of the most pivotal moments in American history, this is the party that rose to the challenge, that refused to be timid and stood up to the most powerful special interests of their time.

And this is the party that won historic election victories as it successfully fought for transformative change. Brothers and sisters, this is our time.

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