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Movement election. so we don't necessarily know what congress is going to look like. my goal is that in america, all americans agree with that, that in this country health care should be a right. nobody should be being denied health care opportunities because they can't afford them. and so what's the first steps that we can take to begin to get there? they have to involve increasing access and lowering costs for americans. and i am more than confident that i can be the president to deliver on that. pragmatic steps that can pool new coalitions together to advance us toward our ultimate goal of ...

Good. we're dealing with a country that needs a lot more good. >> is medicare for all unrealistic? >> look, medicare for all is what we should be going for but the first step has to show we can create a public option allowing medicare to be available for more people and we'll drive down cost because people from a private pool will begin to choose medicare for all. older people, more older people, 55, 56 will choose that public option to make the private pools go down. >> you're right. i do know the reality of congress but i want to make as you were we're clear, you said medicare for all, your ...

Inspire, and engage our base voters. i think i can fire up and inspire african-american voters who we saw in the last election were pivotal in our turnout numbers and potentially changed states like michigan and wisconsin. i also know as a guy who ran statewide in new jersey where we have working class communities, more rural community, that we can convert a lot of folks, because as i travel around, farmers are so upset, not just about these trump tariffs, but also about the corporate consolidation that's changing independent farmers. factory workers who see this president barrelling toward ba...

And you get out there. if most of america isn't with you, then you talk about it and you make the arguments and you listen because maybe you don't have it. that's the whole point. you start with what you believe is right and then you get out there and fight for it. >> let me poll the room for a second. >> today four candidates are in atlanta including senator book bo er, pete buttigieg. >> this has got to be a movement election. and how we beat demagogues and bigotry and racism before, because every generation has had it thmpt guardians of our democracy have never been free of the weeds of big...

Forget iowa, forget new hampshire, at least only just for today because the focus of the 2020 democratic primary fight is in georgia right now where a handful of presidential candidates are making their pitch to african-american voters at the dnc-hosted african-american leadership summit. senator cory booker spoke a short time ago, not missing an opportunity in his remarks to take a hit at the democratic front-runner on a topic that is becoming an issue, federal funding for abortions. >> this has got to be a movement election because what i see and particularly for african-american communities...