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Bernie Sanders: “Citizens United and these super PACs have made a very bad…”

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Jon Stewart & Bernie Sanders on Rebuilding Trust & Efficacy in the Government The Weekly Show

Published December 5, 2024 | Video Starts at 17:11

I mean, even back to our founding, it's. It's been, it's always been the case. It's always the rich have the power, but Citizens United and these super PACs have made a very bad situation much, much worse. So let's talk about how, you know, the Republicans have captured that kind of mantle of we're going to defend the forgotten man. (17:11–17:18)

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Asserts that Citizens United and super PACs have worsened the influence of money in politics.

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