Bernie Sanders actually said...

"But what I do think is simply unfair, is that two members of the Senate think that they have a right to obstruct what the overwhelming majority of the American people want, what the President wants."

"We have the strong support, the overwhelming support of the American people; $3.5 trillion is already a major compromise. And the time is now long overdue for Senators Manchin and Senator Sinema to te..."

"My concern with Mr. Manchin is not so much what his views are. I disagree with him. But it is that it is wrong. It is really not playing fair that one or two people think that they could be able to st..."

"But the time is long overdue for him to tell us, with specificity, not generalities -- we’re beyond generalities -- with specificity, what he wants and what he does not want, and to explain that to th..."