now? is it in the right place as far as you're concerned? >> i think most people in the democratic party are somewhere in the middle, or a little to the left. bernie sanders lost, right? and that's not where our party is. >> reporter: bernie sanders, a key player, as this bill heads to the senate, doesn't like those tax deductions that are popular here. back in the car, gottheimer mentioned sanders again, while talking about the state of the democratic party. party. >> we're not socialism. we're about pragmatic problem solving and people who can get things done and work together. >> do you feel like you have to say we're not about socialism because you're being painted that way or pulled that way? >> no, because it's a reminder we're not the party of bernie sanders, we're the party of joe biden. >> reporter: we visited a local healthy fast food restaurant up route 17, world flat, another