Bernie Sanders: “When we began that effort last year, we had just 11 votes…”

“And on a related note, I'm happy to tell you that we have begun making some progress on ending US Military aid to the extremist government in Israel. When we began that effort, When we began that effort last year, we had just 11 votes. Then we went up to 27 votes. And a few weeks ago, 40 Democrats voted against U.S. military aid [to] Israel. I understand that. My wife always tells me that I got to give out Prozac. When I speak, everybody leaves totally depressed. It's going on for years.” (24:14–24:31)

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