Cenk Uygur Quotes

I've already supported Bernie Sanders in the primaries.

When Bernie Sanders came along, and I liked his tweets and I read more about him, researched him more, I decided I like him and his policy, even more than just I like another guy in the Democratic Party, I really believed in it. And when you believe in something, you get out and work for it.

I support Bernie [Sanders] and I love his approach.

From a personal standpoint I really like that Bernie Sanders is making so much noise.

I think Bernie Sanders is a realist.

I think his [Bernie Sanders] campaign was good for the Democratic Party, good for our country. And I know how passionate he is about the issues he cares about. So we'll have a long list of matters to discuss when we sit down.

Bernie Sanders has inspired millions of people in this country.

I like his consistency, because Bernie Sanders talk - it boils down to the American people. His one thing is the American people.

Seriously, you can't talk socialism in America without going to the OG, Sen. Bernie Sanders.

I was in the category of people who thought that his [Bernie Sanders ]campaign was worthy, even noble and it would push Hillary [Clinton] to the left.

I'm going to tell my contestants: Be Bernie Sanders. Be the person people want and love.

I think Bernie's [Sanders] setting a direction in the way that [Barry] Goldwater when he lost - I'm not saying he's going to lose. We don't know what is going to happen. It's early. But I think he's already set a lot of themes.

There's significant movement as far to the left in our party as far as you can go, where people are trying to out-Bernie Bernie.

I want to congratulate Senator [Bernie] Sanders for the extraordinary campaign.... He has spent his long career in public service, fighting for progressive causes and principles, and he has excited millions of voters, especially young people.

The Occupy movement flared and then seemed to fizzle out - until it re-emerged in the form of Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign and in the far-left surge that made Jeremy Corbyn leader of the British Labour Party.

I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.

Bernie Sanders is a serious person with a lifetime of consistent campaigning on principle.

Bernie Sanders is the only politician who, consistently for 50 years, has taken that social justice platform into politics.

I have to say that I think Bernie Sanders is the first politician since Dennis Kucinich that I've been truly inspired by. Where you actually are truly speaking truth to power, in a legitimate way and in an unpretentious and very straightforward way.

Bernie Sanders brought millions of people into the political process.

As far as Bernie Sanders is concerned, he is a decent, honest person, and I supported him. What he means by socialism is New Deal Liberalism. In fact, his actual policies would not have been a great surprise to General Eisenhower. The fact that this is called a "political revolution" is a sign of how far to the right the political spectrum has shifted, mainly in the last 30 years since the neoliberal programs began to be instituted. What he was calling for was a restoration of something like New Deal Liberalism, which is a very good thing.

As Bernie Sanders said himself, it's a movement, not a man. And that movement continues to move into our campaign.

Maybe he [Bernie Sanders] still thinks about the Democratic Party as the party of the New Deal.

Barack Obama is Occupy Wall Street. Barrack Obama is plugged into that world. That's what he believes.

I'm voting for Bernie Sanders because he doesn't take any corporate money.