Look, I don't think anyone ought to be able to buy their way into a nomination or to be president of the United States.

I don't think any billionaire ought to be able to do it.

And I don't think people who suck up to billionaires in order to fund their campaigns ought to do it.

I heard everyone here talking about as Democrats.

We all want to overturn Citizens United because we want to end this unlimited spending. 00:00:50.740 --> 00:01:3.400 Yeah, except everyone on this stage except Amy and me is either a billionaire or is receiving help from PACs that could do unlimited spending. 00:01:3.660 --> 00:01:19.760 So if you really want t live where you say, put your money where your mouth is and say no to the Pax Look, I think the way we build a democracy going forward is not billionaires reaching in their own pockets or people sucking up to billionaires.

The way we build it going forward is we have a grassroots movement funded from the grass roots up.

That's the way I'm running this campaign.

If you think it's the right way to run a campaign, go to Elizabeth warren dot com and pitch in five bucks.

Because understand this, our democracy hangs in the balance.

If we have to fund through billionaires that we're just gonna be in America better for better understand one else so I can't stand the big money in politics. 00:01:56.230 --> 00:02:3.260 Um, and one of my major focus is is going to be on passing that constitutional amendment to overturn citizens United. 00:02:3.410 --> 00:02:11.450 I didn't come from money, and I just simply think people don't look at the guy in the White House and say, Can we get someone richer?

I don't think they think that they want to have someone that they can understand, and, you know, my background.

My grandpa was an iron ore miner.

He worked 1500 feet underground in the mines his whole life.

He couldn't even graduate from high school because he had a raises.

Nine brothers and sisters.

My grandpa saved money in a coffee can to send my dad to a two year community college.

That was my family's trust.

And you can't send like Donald Trump got from his family.

You can't fit $413 million in a coffee can.

My group.

My mom grew up, is it?

And wanted to be a teacher in Wisconsin.

She moved to Minnesota.

She taught second grade until she was 70 years old.

And, no, I am not a billionaire.

But I stand before you today as a granddaughter of an iron are minor, the daughter of a teacher in a newspaper. 00:02:58.830 --> 00:03:0.750 Man, the first woman elected to the U. 00:03:0.750 --> 00:03:0.910 S. 00:03:0.910 --> 00:03:7.700 Senate from the state of Minnesota, someone who has passed over 100 bills as the lead Democrat in that gridlock in Washington, D. 00:03:7.700 --> 00:03:8.160 C. 00:03:8.170 --> 00:03:18.500 And that is because we live in a country of shared dreams, and that means no matter where you are, you should be able to make it.

So please help me in my efforts at Amy Klobuchar back everybody's getting fundraising pitches out right now.

Senator Sanders, I'm coming your way.

Put the question because Mayor Bloomberg has taken out an answer before the question.

He says.

We need evolution.

Revolution Mayor Bloomberg has said, We need evolution, not revolution.

Taking you on directly Well, you know, it's a funny thing.

There are millions of people who can desire to run for office.

But I guess if you worth $60 billion you could spend several $100 million on commercials, you have a slight advantage that is not set. 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:4.290 What we have got to do is have a nation in which we not only open turn citizens united. 00:04:4.420 --> 00:04:10.460 We move to public funding of elections in terms of public, in terms of money in politics.

All right, our campaign and I am enormously proud of this.

Unlike some of the folks up here, I don't have 40 billionaires peak, contributing to my campaign coming from the pharmaceutical industry coming from Wall Street and all the big money interests.

What we do have is we have now over six million contributions from one and 1/2 1,000,000 people averaging $18.50 a contribution that is unprecedented in the history of American politics.

Way Want to change America? 00:04:53.220 --> 00:05:2.030 You're not going to do it by electing candidates who are going out to rich people's homes begging for money. 00:05:2.770 --> 00:05:13.010 The way we're going to do it is build a mass movement off working people who are prepared to stand up, not take money from these billionaires, not take money from Wall Street.

But stand up to the drug companies and Wall Street.

And if you want to be part off that political revolution, Bernie Sanders dot com Just for this round, we're going into the fight of our lives.

Donald Trump, according to news reports, and his allies, raised $25 million today.

We need to go into that fight with everything that we've got now.

I've been very clear on both my record, where I have sued pharmaceutical companies and what I'm campaigning for.

That includes raising wages and raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy.

And as the only person on this stage who is not a millionaire or billionaire, I know a thing or two about building a movement because Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is not exactly an establishment fundraising powerhouse, way are here way are here without the involvement of any corporate PACs because hundreds of thousands of people went thio Yes, Pete, for America dot com contributed to this campaign.

And let me say something else.

If we want to bring about any of the changes that everyone is talking about so elegantly up here, we need to put together the majority that can decisively defeat Donald Trump.

And in order to do that, we need a politics that is defined not by who we reject but how we bring everybody into the fold.

And if you are low income, or if you're able to contribute a lot if you've always voted Democrat or if you're an independent or even a Republican is just sick of looking your kids in the eye and trying to explain this White House, we need you to join us right now. 00:06:53.320 --> 00:07:1.290 I will not pursue politics by telling people they can't be at our side if they're not with us 100% of the time. 00:07:1.300 --> 00:07:6.750 This is a time for addition, not rejection for belonging, not exclusion. 00:07:7.200 --> 00:07:7.810 Your buddy judge.