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Bernie Sanders: “The Republican Party, which used to be a conservative party…”

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

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Sen. Bernie Sanders | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #635

Published | Video Starts at 34:58

That's how you thought about it. All right, but all right, here is. This is the reality that I have to deal with every day. In my view, The Republican Party, which used to be a conservative party, a small government type party, has become, under Trump, kind of a right wing extremist party. Okay. There are some exceptions to be sure, but that's kind of where it is. Democratic Party, as I mentioned to you, their establishment more or less wants to protect the status quo. (34:58–35:08)

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Asserts that the Republican Party has shifted from a conservative, small government party to a right-wing extremist party under Trump.

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