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Bernie Sanders: “I introduced legislation to say we're going to block the…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Discusses Politics, Wealth Inequality, and Healthcare on Flagrant Podcast

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It's horrible. Absolutely. Children are starving. Absolutely. Malnutrition growing and all that stuff. All right. I introduced legislation to say we're going to block the sale of certain military weaponry to Israel. I got 15 Democrats to support me. I got zero Republicans. Why do you think more Democrats didn't support me? Because the Democrats support me. They will have to take on aipec. (26:41–26:48)

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