'I told Manchin, by the way, I'll pay for the damn poll in West Virginia on those issues, see how the people of West Virginia feel,' Sanders said.
bring up their kids with dignity. Ask them if they want to deal with climate change. On all of those issues, I suspect people of West Virginia, like every other state in this country, will say, yes, do the right thing for working families."
Sanders went on to say that he had discussed the matter with Manchin and even offered to pay for such a poll. "I told Manchin, by the way, I'll pay for the damn poll in West Virginia on those issues, see how the people of West Virginia feel," he said. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to reporters outside the Senate Chambers of the U.S. Capitol Building on December 15, 2021 in Washington, D.C.Elsewhere in the interview, Sanders noted that West Virginia is among the poorest states in the country and is"struggling."
He said:"What's going on now, Jake, in Washington is the big money interests are pouring hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to make sure that we continue to pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, that the rich do not start paying their fair share of taxes.
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