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Bernie Sanders: “Billionaires in both parties should not be able to buy…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Addresses the Democratic National Convention

Published | Video Starts at 09:40

And, my friends, at the very top of that to do list is the need to get big money out of our political process. Billionaires in both parties should not be able to buy elections, including primary elections. For the sake of our democracy, we must overturn the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision and move toward public funding of elections. And let me tell you what else we must do. (09:40–09:52)

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Asserts that billionaires currently have the ability to influence elections financially.

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