Bernie Sanders: “Republicans, as everybody knows, controls the US Senate…”

“Agreements were reached in a bipartisan basis based on negotiations. People talked to each other. This year, we are in a different state situation. Republicans, as everybody knows, controls the US Senate, controls the US House, and controls the White House. In other words, they are running the government. But what is happening now, which has never happened before, is they are not sitting down and negotiating. Yesterday, Trump met with the Democratic leadership.” (01:21–01:29)

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