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Texas that his vote for this bill will result in 61,900 people from his congressional district losing health coverage and care. >> democrat frank pallone was taking names on the floor of the house today and you can't argue with the strategy of reminding republicans how many of their constituents would have been affected by this bill. but just stopping ryan and trump from blowing up obamacare is not enough for my next guest, i'm guessing. senator bernie sanders from the great state of vermont joins me now senator, your colleagues in the senate, the republican colleagues, i talked to some folks ...

Tail as much as they were chasing it. that is because the majority of americans, that i'm part of, didn't vote for this man, didn't elect him and the majority is still out there. the majority did not want this. by the time of last night, chris, the last poll that showed that only 17% of the american public liked the republican health care plan, 17 -- they're down to 17% so huge, huge movement there. a lot of people, you saw this in west virginia when you went there with bernie. people are getting it. they're getting that they were lied to. they were held out -- a lot of promises were held out ...

They're getting that they were lied to. they were held out -- a lot of promises were held out to them that aren't going to come through and they saw just how transparent the republicans and trump were with this bill. this was a tax cut bill for the rich not a health care bill. this was an attempt now to try and kill obamacare in actually more cruel ways because they're going to try to nip and tuck and cut at hhs. they're going do everything they can to stymie and get in the way of the good that obamacare does. that's why bernie and the other progressive leaders of this party who i believe now ...

Which -- i read this account of donald trump talking about the bill and asking his advisers "is it really such a good bill?" because he had no command whatsoever and no curiosity to learn what was in the bill. i wonder what you think about the ways in which people looked at hillary clinton and thought, yeah, maybe she knows details but it doesn't inspire me and the importance of actually knowing what you're talking about when you're trying to pass legislation. >> well, obviously, needless to say, one would thing when you run for president of the united states as trump successfully did that you...

And i read it and i think that that was very challenging and a sobering analysis by cbo. >> you've also said the pressure in your district. you got a lot of calls, you held town halls, to your great credit, unlike some of your colleagues. people showing up, constituents telling you how this would affect them, did that have an affect? >> i certainly tried to listen to all of my constituents. as you know, i did the two town halls, one with 1400 residents, another with 900 and we've had lots of telephone calls and e-mails on this topic and most of them were against this bill and certainly i tried...