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Bernie Sanders: “The United States was not in last place. We were in next to…”

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

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Now, the good news is, and I say this with really pain, not being facetious here, the so called good news is that of the 36 countries, countries that the UN looked at, looked at, The United States was not in last place. We were in next to last place. We were number 35 out of 36 countries in terms of the child poverty rate in America. How disgraceful is that. In terms of our kids? It's not only the high rate of childhood poverty that we have. (12:44–13:04)

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Asserts that the U.S. ranks 35th out of 36 developed countries in child poverty rates.

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