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Bernie Sanders: “There are people who voted for the war in Iraq, which was…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 35:25

I can tell you that there are people who have voted for tax breaks for billionaires and through 15 million people off of the health care that they have, which result in tens of thousands of Americans dying. There are people who voted for the war in Iraq, which was based on a lie. There are people who voted to support the President in this terrible war in Iran right now. So I think when you look at politics in general, there are no saints in the United States Senate. (35:25–35:32)

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Asserts that the war in Iraq was based on a lie.

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