If you thought Bernie Sanders was bad at relating to black people, wait until you see him interact with children. In some recently surfaced footage the commie curmudgeon asks a bunch of 5-year-olds if they smoke cigarettes or snort cocaine. While this seems kind of shocking, let’s not forget this is the same guy who encouraged parents to let their toddlers have sex and was convicted that orgasms cure cervical cancer. It’s almost weird how his socialism isn’t even the worst thing about him, isn’t it?
Back in the 1980’s Bernie Sanders was the mayor of Burlington, Vermont and decided he should produce a public access TV show to reach the people. Called Bernie Speaks with the Community, Sanders made 51 episodes of crazy shit like this. In this installment, he talks to the kids about drugs at the 15:30 mark of the video:
At one point Bernie tries to get the kids to tell them about their problems, but they are little kids and don’t have problems. He keeps pressing on their problems until he gets to this one:
“Do any of the older kids you know have some problems with drugs occasionally?” Sanders asked.
“No,” reply the children.
“Who wants to talk to me about that? What about drugs? Is that a problem?” Sanders asked.
“I like coke!” said a young boy.
“Who said they like coke? Alright, tell me about that,” Sanders said.
“I like Coca-Cola!” the boy said.
“Oh, Coca-Cola. Alright, but who knows about cocaine? Has anyone ever seen cocaine?” Sanders asked.
Strangely enough, most of the kids replied that they have seen cocaine. Though Sanders asked the question, when the kids responded he got irate with them and said, “Alight, one at a time!”
“What about coacaine? Good thing? Bad thing?” Sanders asked.
Really? He’s not sure if cocaine is good or bad for kids? Luckily the kids were there to set him straight that it was bad.
The kids started getting rambunctious again and Bernie yelled at them, “Okay, hold it!”
Feeling like he exhausted his cocaine material, Bernie then moved onto smoking:
“What about you smoking cigarettes? Who here smokes? Come on, raise your hand,” Sanders demanded.
“I don’t smoke because I’m a little kid. I’m only 5 years old,” said one small child.
Maybe it’s me, but I found this completely hilarious. This one little kid basically told Bernie that he’s an idiot for asking 5-year olds if they smoke of snort blow.
As Bernie attempt to tell these kids who don’t smoke why they shouldn’t smoke, one kid started talking and Bernie snapped, “One second, please!”
As if Sanders hadn’t already established that he has no rapport with kids he then pointed out a couple of kids on the grass and called them dumb for not liking school.
The whole vibe of this episode is very creepy. It felt like at any moment he was going to ask the kids if they’ve ever seen a grown man naked or liked movies about gladiators.
“Who here has ever been in Turkish prison. Come on now, raise your hands.”
Actually, he may have posed these pedophile questions. The video is a half hour long and I could only bring myself to watch a couple of minutes. Tune in next week when Sanders asks kindergartners if they’ve ever been with a prostitute on Bernie Talks to Kids About Hookers and Blow.
