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Bernie Sanders: “Gave a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the top 1% and then…”

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

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"Fight Back NOW!" Bernie Sanders Demands Democratic Party Revolution In Fiery Michigan Rally

Published | Video Starts at 21:32

But it's not just Trump's authoritarianism, his pathological lying, his kleptocracy, et cetera, et cetera, that we have got to oppose. It's not just the fact that while a million middle class is struggling, this guy Gave a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the top 1% and then threw 15 million Americans off the health care they need. But it's also a foreign policy which has been a total disaster. Let us be honest. Important to understand this, not a new phenomenon. (21:32–21:43)

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Asserts that tax breaks were given to the top 1% and 15 million Americans lost health care.

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