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Bernie Sanders: “The very wealthiest people in this country are becoming…”

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

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FULL SPEECH: Bernie Sanders rallies with Graham Platner and Troy Jackson in Orono, Maine

Published | Video Starts at 14:32

It is all of these billionaires and their super PACs who want to own and control the United States Congress. We cannot allow that to happen. So bad news is, the bad news is that The very wealthiest people in this country are becoming much, much wealthier. But there's another economic reality today as well. And that while the rich become richer, the vast majority of the American people, middle class, the working class, low income people, are going nowhere in a hurry, despite. (14:32–14:39)

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Asserts that the wealthiest Americans are increasing their wealth significantly.

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