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Bernie Sanders: “If they [the corporate wing of the Democratic Party] were…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Interview Lex Fridman Podcast #450

Published | Video Starts at 50:53

And the corporate wing takes a whole lot of money, sees its salvation in getting a whole lot of money from wealthy individuals and large corporations and is not very vigorous, in my view, in representing the needs of working class people. If they [the corporate wing of the Democratic Party] were [representing working class people], we would have health care for all. We would have a minimum wage that was a living wage. We would not have a housing crisis. (50:53–50:57)

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Asserts that the corporate wing of the Democratic Party is not representing working class people, as evidenced by the lack of universal health care.

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