Bernie Sanders actually said...

"This country, I think we all know, is in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression."

"there is a major effort on the part of some in Congress, especially in the Republican-led House of Representatives, to make major cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the LIHEAP heating assist..."

"We are squeezing the middle class and we are shrinking the middle class, pulling that security away not only from the very poor who never had it but from the hardworking people and even the upper midd..."

"it is very easy to get up on the floor of the Senate and to announce how you are in favor of cutting Social Security, cutting Medicare, cutting Medicaid, cutting heating assistance, but it may be a li..."