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

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Who Owns America? Bernie Sanders Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Published | Video Starts at 1:08:46

It's a question of large numbers of people participating at the grassroots level. And Trevor, that is in fact how change always takes place. Right? It's not one. It's the leaders, follow the people. If you had millions of people saying, you know what, you're running for office, you damn well better give me health care as a human right. And I want that in the first month of your presidency. You know what millions of people say, you'll have it. If people are dormant and not active, they won't. (1:08:46–1:08:53)

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Suggests that public demand can lead to healthcare being recognized as a human right.

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