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Bernie Sanders: “The wealthiest three people in America now own more wealth…”

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

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Bernie Sanders shares his takeaways from the Trump Inauguration

Published | Video Starts at 01:41

Everybody knows it. And Trump, in his inaugural address, did not devote one word to it. Today in America, we have more income and wealth inequality than we have ever had. The wealthiest three people in America now own more wealth than the bottom half of our society. But Trump had nothing to say, not one word about the growing gap between the very rich and everybody else. (01:41–01:48)

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Asserts that the top three wealthiest Americans own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.

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