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Bernie Sanders: “The major defense contractors spent over $38 million this…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:42

Elon Musk alone spent at least $277 million to back Donald Trump. How's that one guy? $277 million. And we saw the results of that investment working pretty Good for him. The major defense contractors spent over $38 million this election cycle. And you know what? They're going to have a trillion dollar military budget with enormous amounts of waste and fraud in it. (03:42–03:49)

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