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Bernie Sanders: “We have a corrupt campaign finance system. Billionaires are…”

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Published July 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 07:06

It tells you that they had to spend huge amounts of money to defeat him. But I hope very much that he will win. But all of this gets down to the fact that We have a corrupt campaign finance system. Billionaires are trying to buy elections. We need not only to overturn Citizens United, we need to get super PACs out of the political process. Most important political issue to my mind. (07:06–07:12)

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