Bernie Sanders Slams Moderate Democrats Who Are Trying To Sell Out Your Healthcare To Open The Government

The bipartisan deal to reopen the government that is being floated by some Senate moderates is really a scheme that will take away healthcare for millions of Americans for nothing.

There is no indication that any bipartisan deal to reopen the government that Senate moderates come up with will pass.

In fact, the deal looks like a bad deal for hospitals, doctors, and the 23 million people who are facing skyrocketing health insurance premiums or losing their insurance thanks to Trump and the Republicans.

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On Wednesday evening, Sen. Bernie Sanders provided a video update on the government shutdown, and he called out the bogus deal being floated by moderates.

Both Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have expressed their opposition to the sort of deal that Sanders detailed in his video, so take the negotiations of the moderates with a big grain of salt.

Sanders said:

Now, for those of you who may be following inside-the-beltway politics, you may have heard that there are certain negotiations going on between moderate Democrats and Republicans. And I must tell you that I am strongly opposed to the proposal that is being floated about.

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