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Bernie Sanders: “If Trump were to win this election, the word would go out to…”

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

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Bernie Sander's Podcast Interview with environmentalist Bill McKibben.

Published | Video Starts at 21:23

But this is not. This is obviously a global issue, and correct me if you think I'm wrong here, but If Trump were to win this election, the word would go out to every country on Earth, to China and every other country, that the game is over. You really do not have to transform your energy system because the United States, a major second largest polluter, is not going to do it. Is that pretty right? I think that's absolutely right. Look what happened when Trump won last time. He pulled us out of the Paris Climate Accords. Of all the shameful things he did. (21:23–21:38)

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Asserts that a Trump election win would signal to other countries that they don't need to transform their energy systems.

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