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Bernie Sanders: “800,000 Americans are homeless in this country.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:08

While 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, our health care system is collapsing, people can't afford housing, and grocery prices are still rising. 800,000Americans 800,000 Americans are homeless in this country. working families can't afford to feed their kids, and Trump is looking for a war with Denmark to annex Greenland. That is the world we are living in. (06:08–06:23)

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