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Bernie Sanders: “Democracy is being undermined by these billionaires.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 09:58

The next day you'll have AI spending huge amounts of money defeating that candidate. Members of Congress look over their shoulders. I can't talk about this. I can't talk about that. All right? People are frightened. Democracy is being undermined by these billionaires. That's the bad news. The good news, I think that all across this country, whether people are progressive, as I am conservative, people understand that the economic system is rigged. (09:58–10:03)

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Asserts that billionaires are undermining democracy.

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