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TYT: Bernie Sanders Goes After Conservative's Family Values
Bernie Sanders was speaking in New Hampshire and he attacked the conservative notion of family values. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss. Do you agree with Bernie? Let us know in the comments.
Read more here: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/bernie-sanders-family-values-is-republican-code-for-lets-control-womens-bodies/
At a rally in Littleton, New Hampshire on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took aim at a longstanding Republican talking point, “family values.”
“Many of my Republican colleagues who come through New Hampshire and Iowa and so forth,” said the 2016 Democratic nomination hopeful in video shot by Holly Owsianik, “they often talk about family values.”
“They just loooove families,” he quipped. “But all of you know what they mean by family values. And what they mean by family values is that the women of this country should not have the right to control their own bodies. I disagree.”
“What they mean by family values is that women are not smart enough to be able to purchase the contraceptives they need,” he continued. “I disagree.”
“And furthermore, what they mean by family values is that our gay brothers and sisters should not be able to get married or enjoy the other benefits of the American legal system. I disagree,” said Sanders as the crowd at the Littleton Opera House cheered uproariously.
