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Bernie Sanders: “A good percentage of them don't want to run as Democrats…”

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

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Wow. You know, not all of them will run, but they've shown interest. There are training programs that we're undertaking with other groups right now. And by the way, A good percentage of them don't want to run as Democrats. They want to run as independents. So do you sense from the Democratic establishment that they're more willing to listen to people like you, or are you guys just gonna have to kind of take it by force and win election? (44:47–44:52)

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Asserts that many of the newly enlisted candidates prefer to run as independents rather than Democrats.

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