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Bernie Sanders: “Billionaire funded super PACs spent over $80 million trying…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:29

And what is very interesting to me, I want you all to know this. If you combine those two campaigns, Michigan and Minnesota, Billionaire funded super PACs spent over $80 million trying to defeat El Sayed and Peggy [Flanagan]. Over $80 million. And they lost. We were able to win despite all of that massive spending. So what does it tell you? (00:29–00:45)

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Asserts that over $80 million was spent by super PACs to defeat two Democratic candidates.

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