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Will fight to bring health care to all, to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, take on the fossil fuel industry and transform our energy system to save the planet? that is really what the issue is. it doesnt matter if youre old, young, black, white, a woman, a man. youve got to take a hard look at the candidates. >> you said its ageism, senator. >> look, i think if i were to say to a younger person, you know, youre not qualified because youre only 35 or 36 or something like that, you dont h...

To all, to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, take on the fossil fuel industry, and transform our energy system to save the planet? that is really what the issue is. it doesnt matter whether youre old, youre young, youre black, youre white, youre a woman, a man. youve got to take a hard look at the candidates and what they stand for and what their record has been. >> you said thats ageism, senator? >> i think if i were to say to a younger person, you know, youre not qualified because youre...

Suggested that you and maybe vice president biden are too old for the race? >> thats ageism, to tell you the truth. what we are trying to do is end discrimination in this country against women, minority, against the lgbt community and ageism as well. at the end of the day, what the people in this country have got to determine is what candidate is going to stand up and fight for their best interest. what candidate will fight to bring health care to all to raise the minimum wage to a living wage a...

>> yeah, and swalwell was trying to be very overt. >> he was not being subtle. >> he was not being subtle at all, and you had an interesting exchange with bernie sanders last night. lets play. >> there is a generational argument being made by one of your younger rivals suggesting that maybe you and vice president biden are too old for this race. what do you make of that? >> i mean i think thats kind of ageism to tell you the truth. if i were to say to a younger person, you know, youre not qualif...

You did a good job with that as well. >> this also highlights the fact that joe biden is mediocrity as a candidate, he proved that twice running for president. i dont think he is up for the run this time and the fact is looking at that stage last night i was thinking -- you have two old white men leading the field. i dont see joe biden being able to pull it off. i dont think he has the ability to withstand this assault that will be taking place in the next few weeks and months. is not a strong e...

Your family you know what you would do? you would walk as well. and our job is not to lock children up in cages but to open our hearts up to those children. >> so why did the house democrats go along with the senate today and nancy pelosi lose her caucus to not even have -- >> i have other things -- >> senator, theres a generational argument being made by one of your younger rivals suggesting that maybe you and vice president biden are too old for this race. what do you make of that? >> i mean, ...

>> toxic masculinity devalues women. racism devalues people of color. ageism overlooks the aged and those are treated as second class citizens. the impoverished are rendered invisible and have no voice. you could go on and on and on. >> for 35 years dr. haynes has served as a visionary for the ministry and membership has grown from less than a hundred members in 1983 to nearly 14,000 today. because of the work he does and also because he shaved off that horseshoe. so how do you fit into this meg...

Attendance falls. >> but how does this become the face of christianity? do you feel a need to compete with that in some way? >> no. i think you live with authenticity. i think people are tired of unauthentic leadership. we have to take some responsibility for what the church has created. the church has created racism and sexism and ageism and homophobia and trans phobia not because of jesus but because of white privilege and power and money. and so our job is to break those systems of oppression...

What to pay by a lot of people in washington ignoring the law. >> martha: is it wrong to suggest that someone might be too old to be president? is that ageism, is that fair? bernie and joe biden are topping the polls, it would put either man in their 80s and their first term. >> judge me on my vitality, can i still run up the steps, and i still in good shape, do i have all my faculties, and my energetic, i think its totally legitimate for people to ask those questions? >> martha: john delaney ju...

Talk about both of these guys that they would turn 80 years of age in a theoretical first term. that is ageism or is it a fair thing to mention because either of them would be the oldest nominated candidate for president of a major party in american history. so that is something. but, you know, brian, its a little bit of an echo of these democratic campaigns when youd usually have a front-runner who was a centrist, someone like walter mondale in 1984. and a liberal to his left sort of biting at ...