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Bernie Sanders: “He had 100,000 people in New York City knocking on doors.”

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

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He was taking on the Democratic establishment who hated him, the Republican establishment, the President of the United States, and the oligarchs in New York City who detested him. And you know what? He won. And he won. You know why he won? Because He had 100,000 people in New York City knocking on doors. And our belief is that is how you do good politics. And I think we could do it not just in large cities like New York. (27:38–27:44)

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Asserts that Mamdani's campaign involved 100,000 people canvassing in New York City.

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