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Bernie Sanders: “This is a country that belongs to the working families of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 38:39

They want to leave America and go to Saudi Arabia or wherever they want to go, let them go. But This is a country that belongs to the working families of America and not just a handful of billionaires. This city, you, the people in the city, showed the oligarchs that when we stand together, when 90,000 people are prepared to go out and knock on doors, we can elect a city government that stands for working people. (38:39–38:48)

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Asserts that America should prioritize working families over billionaires.

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