We won a great victory in the state of washington a few months ago. We just won oregon, and were going to win california. I am getting to like the west coast. My goodness, my goodness. Bernie sanders wins oregon. I mean, i think its safe to say, its on. Its not off. Thats for sure. Its not off. He did lose kentucky and gains
only eight delegates on Hillary Clinton. Good morning, everyone. Its tuesday may 18th. Kentucky. That was crazy. 96 and bernie was ahead. It looked like bernie was going to win kentucky and ended up losing by 1,000 or 2,000 votes. In a state fifteen events a day. Just crazy. Tons of events there. Outspent bernie and yet bernie almost pulls it off in kentucky, which would have been really bad news for the Clinton Campaign and wins oregon. 2008, Hillary Clinton beat barack obama by 35 points. 35 points in the state of kentucky. She owned that state but she went in hard the last few days. Outspent sanders 13 events. She gave him oregon. He conceded. Doesnt make up a lot of ground in the delegates but, man, hes not going away. Its now really becoming a problem for the party itself. They are getting irritated with us on set. Legendary columnist whats up. Managing editor of Bloomberg Politics and host of with all due respect, mark halperin. Bernie sanders needed that big Statement Last night. He didnt really get it because Hillary Clinton was declared the i winner. Hillary was supposed to win this thing. She won by 30 points last time. Bernie was off campaigning in puerto rico. This race was a lot closer than expected. It would have been better if she has more work to do than a couple of days ago to bring him in and on board. She needs her convention to be picket and not a fourday fight. Just from all sides, when you
look at this race from Hillary Clintons perspective. Really getting it from all sides. 1 and fewer than 2,000 votes separate the two candidates. Clinton won the states metropolitan areas but Bernie Sanders walked away with the States Eastern counties, coal country. The States Campaign will consider whether to have for a recount. Essentially a tie in the state clinton walked away with in 2008. Still clinton spokesman bri mam front of 11,000 people in california. 11,000 people as the crowd loudly cheered bernie or bust. It was plain to see the Democratic Party israel to watch this play out a while longer. Let me also say a word to the
leadership of the Democratic Party. It can do the right thing and open its doors and welcome into the party people who are prepared to fight for real economic and social change. The other option for the Democratic Party, which i see as a very sad and tragic option is the truce to maintain status quo structure, remain independent on big Money Campaign cricks and be a party with limited participation and limited energy. And a party which incredibly is allowing a right wing Extremist Republican Party to capture the
votes of a majority of working people in this country. Now, i come from the working class of this country, and i will be damned [ cheers and applause ] i will be damned if we allow the Republican Party whose job is to represent the rich and the powerful to win the votes of working class americans. Mike barnicle, thats nothing short of extraordinary. This late in the campaign here we are may the 18th, and hes, in effect, declaring war on the Democratic Party that declared war on him from the beginning. The system was rigged in iowa. The debate structure was rigged. This entire process has been rigged. The democrats have been too clever by half. Bernie sanders, unlike most
people, they get rolled over is standing up and fighting back. Not only is he fighting back and getting angrier and angrier in public in public displays like that, basically accusing Hillary Clinton of being a low energy candidate, well funded by big donors. He has obviously attracted thousands of people. Look at the crowd. Huge crowds. But this is on Hillary Clinton. This is not on Bernie Sanders. This is who Bernie Sanders is and always has been in a sense. Its on the Clintons Campaigns inability weeks ago to did he type him and take him on and bring him under. The reality is shes been closer and closer to him, trying to fudge the differences between them saying shes just as progressive as he is, yet theres no way she can get all the way there. He and his supporters see her type of democrat as corrupt and not the fundamental change they
want in the country. Really its the worst of both worlds for hillary. Shes trying to get closer to Bernie Sanders, tries to reach out, they seem to get angrier and angrier. Nevada this past weekend is something i think snuck up on all of us, just the ugliness of that. This is a real war, i would say, within the Democratic Party. But a lot of those people in the crowd, they arent democrats, they are independents. Thats right. That was part of the problem in kentucky, it was a closed primary. Hes done well where independents could vote for him, not well in closed primaries. Hes counting on those independents. That nevada situation is extraordinary not just what happened in las vegas where they had sanders supporters throwing the chair, expecting him to fully condemn what happened there. He said of course i condemn the violence but i will not go back on what i said, that this
progress is rigged. The reason they are upset, i support. I dont support how they reacted but the reason i support. Bernie doubled down. He did in a state yesterday. Hes getting it not just from Democratic Party, the media is coalescing around clinton. Some parts of it. They want him out of the race. Does Bernie Sanders want to be ralph nader of 2016. No longer accurate to say hes campaigning against clinton who locked up the association the vermont socialist is running against the party. Thats excellent news for donald trump. A few weeks ago i said i wasnt concerned about sanders remaining until the end because he doesnt wish to see a president trump. Sanders has, indeed, lighterned up on clinton and is instead trying to hape the democrats platform and direction. Coupled with his refusal to raise money for the party, his
increasingly harsh rhetoric could hurt democrats up and down the ballot in november and beyond. This is just what happened between republicans and donald trump. The Democratic Party did not take him seriously, give him respect, rigged the game with the debates from the gitgo. I said something crude on how i think the party handled themselves on this. This is what happens when you dont take a candidate seriously, especially when the candidate is serious. They rigged it from the beginning. From the gitgo. Iowa, i remember as they were till counting votes in the Early Morning after the first contest, the caucus contest, the Democratic Party of iowa rushes out, declares hillary the winner well before they were ready to do it. That was the first sign. Most journalists i talked to and said this on the air said bernie probably won that but well never know because the Democratic Party rigged it. Thats what sanders has been living with. I want to say that dana millbanks comparison to ralph nader is way off. Ralph nader got what, 2, 3, 4 . Again, not taking him seriously. Bernie sanders has started a movement. Even when trying to. Bernie sanders has started a revolution. Thank you. Hes a serious candidate. Bernie sanders if he wanted to run as an independent candidate. Oh, my god. If there was a counterveiling democrat on the republican side like ben sasse. He could win. Bernie sanders could be elected president of the United States as an independent. He could be the First Independent republican if there was a counterveiling republican on the other side. He could win. Hes never going to get what he needs from the Democratic Party. You wonder with massive crowds, why doesnt tea this Political Revolution all the way to november. Doesnt look like hes not. He can get on the ballots. Hes got the money. Hes on the ballot in all the states but texas. This thing to me that echoes of 1980 kennedy versus carter, which was intensely personal. They really disliked each other as it pursued. Sanders gets more y, he has far more people with him than kennedy had in later primaries. Its funny, i dont see it. Depends personal. I see donald trump getting really personal with members of the press, but i see Bernie Sanders getting incredibly passionate about important issues to the middle class. I dont see him going after clinton in a personal way. The Clinton Campaign and dnc
more conclusion but have not had rules that were fair. No. That i think has made Bernie Sanders and top aides feel like you have to give us a chance. It has to be a democratic system. Trying to stand up for what they believe. Ive said this from the beginning, too, the democrats rigged the system from the very start before the first vote is counted with superdelegates. Youre saying we do not trust the people. We dont take bernie seriously. We do not trust the will of the people, so were going to have our most powerful Party Insiders get a vote and be superdelegates so they can be a counterbalancen against those roughians that are actually going out and voting for people like Bernie Sanders, willie, that dont fit into the box. The superdelegates. The debate process was clearly rigged from the start. That statement that Bernie Sanders put out yesterday about what happened in las vegas ticks through all the things. Yes, i condemn the violence. He goes one by one, item by item, here is how the system has been rigged, here is how it has been unfair to me. Bernard and dnc at odds with the chaos that broke out at the Democratic Convention this weekend. Sanders supporters reportedly threw chairs and started fights and booed senator barbara boxer. When you boo me, youre booing Bernie Sanders rainfall she couldnt even finish her speech. They also threatened coclinton chairwoman in a fight over delegates. When they yufd the campaign of a penchant for violence sanders at first didnt respond. Senator, quickly, the Nevada Convention, the supporters, do you have any reaction to that . I talked to him just a few minutes ago. He and i had a very long conversation. He said he condemns that, and im confident he does. Im confident hell be saying thing about it soon. This is a test of leadership. Im hopeful and very confident senator sanders will do the right thing. Look at that image of harry reid. Im not picking on harry reid but harry reid cloistered in the safety of United StatesSenate Chambers and contrast that picture with a picture of all those democrats its kind of like when trump was running and you would see Mitch Mcconnell or somebody else inside the Senate Chambers sort of brushing away. Whats the right thing . What did he mean by that . Just condemnation of the violence and threats and not a statement its really one of
the most remarkable moments of the campaign in a while on the democratic side. He didnt want that. That was a statement, violence is bad but here is a list of our dpreef answers. He did not pass leadership from reids standpoint. On the floor of the senate not one to define test of leadership. Told msnbc yesterday, jeff weaver did, that the party wants to use this as a pretext for mistreating us at the national convention. The Campaign Letter released a statement yesterday saying i condemn any and all forms of violence, including the personal harassment of individuals. But it also goes on to read, if the Democratic Party is to be successful in november, it is imperative that all state parties treat our Campaign Supporters with fairness and the respect they have earned. Dnc chairwoman Debbie Wasserman schulz had this to say last night. There is a way to deal with
frustration over process. The fact that the Sanders Campaign has issued a but in between condemnation of violence and frustration over the process seems to excuse their supporters actions, which is unacceptable. Yeah. I just thats where it all started. With rigging the debates. It all started with rigging the debates. Be careful. No vile ennis acceptable. No. No vile ennis acceptable. And bernie said that. This has been very poorly handled from the start. It has been unfair and they havent taken him seriously. It starts quite frankly with the person they heard speaking. It just does. Can i ask this . Why would Bernie Sanders politely get in line for the Democratic Party. Because Hillary Clintons people said so. I sure wouldnt, if the party i was a member of treated me like this, rigged the debate
process, rigged iowa, rigged the entire. Should step down. If the Democratic Party id say go straight to hell, im running as an independent. I would go out there because that would be betraying my people. All those people that gave him 25, 26, 27 to just play nice with the Democratic Party and fold your self into convention. Look at those people. Excuse me. Excuse me. Please look at those people. The Democratic Party doesnt respect them. Bernie sanders has been creating a movement for 50 years. Sometimes that movement has included only himself. Now he has a huge following, people who are actually listening to him, paying attention to him, believing him and the causes he espouse. Debbie wassermanschultz is a bag job. The campaign has a legitimate right to be angry over the treatment on the democratic
side. Unless celebrities decide to start running every four years, and, god, lets hope they do not. Lets hope we get to people who can read policy and a book. Unless they start running every four years and taking over the Republican Party, Bernie Sanders is the revolution of 2016. Weve all been distracted by the reality show, but Bernie Sanders is the revolution. Its Pretty Amazing historic feat by donald trump. But its donald trump. Right. What im saying, its a one off. Donald trumps story is about donald trump and this innate brilliance in marketing. Its like barack obama, democrats arent going to repeat barack obama like republicans didnt repeat ronald reagan. Bernie sanders, that is a systemic change, just like the i. T. Revolution. Dont get his value. That has broken down all of
the battleground rice that held back candidates like him, 27, 28 for contribution. All of those people lining up, organized online. He doesnt go forgot them. He doesnt go to wall street, k street, doesnt go to the watering holes have you to go to. Hes changed politics and you have to show that. If you wan to continue this and have maximum impact and talk about a revolution not just for the party but the convention, where would you want your party to be . Philadelphia. If you listen to Bernie Sanders and have listened to him for a period of time, you quickly realize what he speaks out each and every day is the core of what used to be the Democratic Party, working people, minimum wage. Free College Education. Right out of the new deal here. By the way, College Education used to be free. Yes. Used to be able not so long ago you used to be able to go to
uc berkeley, if youre from california, for free. Franklin dellner roosevelt, social security, tba, harry truman, the gi bill. Come on. These what hes been speaking about for years. People like it. They have been showing up for years. Its a movement, no question. The reality is Hillary Clinton has earned many more votes than Hillary Clinton has. What will Bernie Sanders do now . He says hell go to june. What does he want out of this . If he doesnt get what he wants out of the party, beyond the convention . Does he stay around . Become an independent . What is his role in the race. It would be too late. He would have to make that decision before the convention. I dont think hell do it. A lot of drama. Still ahead on morning joe, regrets, hes had a few. Donald trump talks about
missteps as he makes peace with megyn kelly . Was that last night . No, tonight. Was it last night . Stop. Was it last night . Did anybody see that . Stop. Did anybody see it. Good f