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Bernie Sanders: “Right behind them are 13 other billionaires who he has…”

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

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Bernie Sanders' May Day Speech in Philadelphia on Workers' Rights and Oligarchy

Published | Video Starts at 07:41

Oligarchy is a president who, when he gets inaugurated, he doesn't hire, hide it. Right behind him are the three wealthiest people in America, Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg. And Right behind them are 13 other billionaires who he has appointed to head major government agencies. I think all of us remember, all of us remember that when Abraham Lincoln was in Gettysburg, right here in Pennsylvania, and he looked out at a battlefield where a … (07:41–07:54)

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