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Bernie Sanders: “We have a corrupt campaign finance system which is allowing…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:53

Rockefeller, J.P. morgan, Jay Gould, all those trillionaires. What you got now is more inequality than existed during those days at the end of the 19th century. And the American people also understand that We have a corrupt campaign finance system which is allowing billionaires and their super PACs to buy elections. Bottom line, the working families of our country want change. They want real change. That's why progressives all over this country are winning elections. And that's what Tuesday's election in Minnesota is all about. (02:53–03:03)

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Asserts that the campaign finance system is corrupt and allows billionaires to influence elections.

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