Bernie Sanders: “Donald Trump won the election because a lot of people are…”

“I do not think that Donald Trump won the election because he promised tax breaks for billionaires and to cut Medicaid and nutrition and education. That's not why he won the election. He Donald Trump won the election because a lot of people are saying, who is going to do anything? And Trump comes along, I'm going to smash the system. People say, yeah, well, I'll take a chance. Better than nothing.” (08:54–09:00)

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