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Bernie Sanders: “80% of the Democratic caucus now understands American…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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When we began our effort in the Senate to cut military funding for Israel, we had 11 votes. And then we went up to 27 votes. And a couple of weeks ago we went up to 40 votes. 80% of the Democratic caucus now understands American taxpayer dollars do not go to fund a government which has committed genocide. But it's not only the militarism of Trump that we've got to worry about. We've got to worry about another issue that I fear is not getting the attention attention that it deserves. (1:01:43–1:01:52)

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Asserts that 80% of the Democratic caucus opposes using taxpayer dollars to fund a government committing genocide.

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