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Bernie Sanders: “Supreme Court decision said what Congress did was…”

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

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Theo Von Interviews Bernie Sanders on American Politics and 2024 Election

Published | Video Starts at 08:45

Well, what happened is there were laws put in place. Not as strong as I would like, but SLIT did limit the power of big money. Yeah. Okay. And what that Supreme Court decision said what Congress did was unconstitutional, denied big money their freedom of speech. If you're a billionaire, you have freedom of speech. That means you can run ads all over the day and to, you know, beat Bernie Sanders, beat anybody. (08:45–08:48)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court ruled against congressional limits on big money in politics.

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