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Bernie Sanders: “During COVID you died. That's what happened. Tens of…”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 29:32

And you're not getting the advantage. And by the way, let me add a little bit of trauma here. During COVID you died. That's what happened. Tens of thousands of these workers died. And after Covid was ended, you know, forget about them. So. Oh, gross. Grocery workers, bus drivers, I remember there must have been 100 bus drivers that, that, that died of COVID But it speaks to that idea that labor has been devalued. (29:32–29:39)

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Asserts that tens of thousands of essential workers died during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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