Bernie Sanders: Biden Is a ‘Much More Progressive President than He Was a United States Senator’

BRENNAN: “You talk about the alliance you formed with Joe Biden during the campaign to really shape the Democratic platform and incorporate many of your ideas. You said he wasn’t as bold as you would have hoped, but he would have been the most progressive president since FDR if he had acted on that agenda. How do you categorize Joe Biden on that progressive scale now?”

SANDERS: “Well, I think the American Rescue Plan was, in fact, one of the most significant pieces of legislation for the working class in this country in the modern history of America. Build Back Bitter — Better would have been transformational. It would have finally addressed the crises that the working class of this country has faced for decades, revolutionized childcare, revolutionized health care, dealt boldly with climate change, raised wages. I mean, it would have done a whole lot.”

BRENNAN: “But the votes weren’t there.”

SANDERS: “We got zero Republican support and two Democrats decided not to support it.”

BRENNAN: “So, in terms of how you view the President, do you think he is progressive?”

SANDERS: “I think he is a much more progressive President than he was a United States senator.”