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Bernie Sanders: “They want to lay off some 80,000 people in the VA who…”

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

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‘Ain’t gonna to happen’ Bernie Sanders on Trump’s suggestion about federal judge.

Published | Video Starts at 03:32

And it's not only this movement toward authoritarianism, it's this movement toward oligarchy where you have a number of billionaires running the United States government, where you're seeing right now with Musk and others, massive attacks against veterans. And the Veterans Administration, They want to lay off some 80,000 people in the VA who provide health care to our veterans. who make sure they get the benefits that they deserve. You're now seeing a massive attack on Social Security. (03:32–03:41)

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