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Bernie Sanders: “Bill Ackerman says, we are oligarchs, we are billionaires…”

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

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Who Owns America? Bernie Sanders Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Published | Video Starts at 26:55

Meanwhile, at the same time, you have people, and this is, you know, this to me, is kind of new. Money always played a role in politics, no question. But you got people like, was it Bill Ackerman says, we are oligarchs, we are billionaires, and we are now going to spend as much money as it takes to defeat Mr. Mondani. Really? That's called democracy. I mean, and they're out in the open about it. It's not like he's putting money underneath. Yeah, yeah. Front page is the newspaper. We will. (26:55–27:04)

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Asserts that Bill Ackerman and other billionaires are openly spending large sums to influence elections.

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