Bernie Sanders actually said...

"Nobody wants to shut down the government, but I think the answer American people want their government to respond to the terrible crises that they are facing today, and you just can't walk away from t..."

"This is a manifestation of the contempt that the United States government and the Republican leadership of the Senate have for the working people of this country."

"There is massive pain. We're talking about record levels of hunger in America. Tens of millions of families facing eviction, 90 million people have no health insurance. People are desperate."

"The American people are hurting."