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Bernie Sanders: “The vast majority of the American people do not believe that…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:26

That's media stuff, Caitlin. That's not what people are worried about. It's Democratic. Wake up. What we have got to do now is wake up the American people, The vast majority of the American people do not believe that we should give tax breaks to billionaires and cut Medicaid, cut Social Security, cut veterans programs and nutrition. And our job is to rally the people at the grassroots level, have them run for school board or Congress or the Senate on an agenda that says that we're going to stand up for working class people, not the rich. (08:26–08:41)

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Asserts that most Americans oppose tax breaks for billionaires and cuts to social programs.

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