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Unless we create an economy that works for all of us, and not just the one percent, their kids are going to have a lower standard of living then they do, and we're going to see the end of the American Dream -- and we are not going to allow that to happen. And the American people understand that in this great country we can do what every other major industrialized on earth is doing and that is guaranteeing health care to all people as a right, and to guarantee paid family and medical leave -- and by the way, to demand, that when we have so much income and wealth inequality, that Donald Trump and the billionaire class start paying their fair share of taxes.
While the path is narrow, and I do not deny that for a moment, I think we can pull off one of the great political upsets in the history of the United States. And in fact become the nominee for the Democratic Party, and once we secure that position, I have absolute confidence that we're going to defeat Donald Trump...
Question: After tonight is seems that Donald Trump is going to become the likely GOP nominee. Will you commit now to saying whether or not he is a racist?
Sanders:
Look, I don't have to label him. I think he, virtually every day, has insulted one group of people or another, whether it's Mexicans and Latinos, whether it is Muslims, whether it is women, whether it is veterans, whether it is African Americans. Let us never forget that before Trump became a candidate for president, he was one of the leaders of the so-called "birther" movement. A movement which tried to de-legitimize the presidency of the first African American we have ever had. I'll let the American people decide the appropriate label. But this is a man who does not have the demeanor, does not have the policy background, or the ideas to become president of the United States.
I would love to run against him, and I'm absolutely confident that not only would we beat him, but we'd beat him by a pretty large number...
Question about how win in Indiana changes race.
After discussing influence of momentum on upcoming races, he goes on to say:
"...We are going to make the case to the superdelegates, many of them by the way came on board Hillary Clintons campaign even before I was an announced candidate. They were there way back when. Well the world has changed in the last year. And I believe we will be able to make the case to many of those superdelegates that what is most important is not whether Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders is the nominee; what is most important is that we do not allow someone like a Donald Trump to become president of the United States.
And I think that according to every poll I have seen in the last month, Bernie Sanders beats Donald Trump in the national polls by greater margins then does Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders beats Donald Trump by greater margins than Hillary Clinton in battleground state after battleground state. In other words, the objective evidence is that I am the strongest candidate to prevent Trump from becoming president...
Question: Today Donald Trump has been called the presumptive nominee, they report they are ramping up for the general election. Any concern that by extending the Democratic primary that it's going to set Democrats at a disadvantage come July?
Not at all. If you look at the polling -- there was a polls that came out just yesterday -- and they asked the American people "Has the Democratic primary process invigorated the Democratic party? Is it good for the Democratic party? By very large numbers the American people say yes.
What we are doing in this campaign -- and I'm extremely proud of it -- we are literally bringing millions of people into the political process. And the way you bring people into the polical process is you engage in a serious, issue oriented campaign. They hear Hillary Clinton's point of view. They hear my point of view. They get involved. And you know what, those people then vote in the general election. So I have no doubt; zeri doubt, that what we have done in this campaign, what we are doing now, and what we will do in the next 6 weeks is good for the Democratic Party, and it will result in a higher voter turnout.
Let me conclude by saying this. Democrats and progressives win elections when the voter turnout is high. Republicans win elections when the voter turnout is low, and when people are demoralized. I'm going to do everything that I can to make sure that in Novemeber we have a very high voter turnout.
Two candidates bashing Trump is better than one.
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