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Bernie Sanders: “We have to make sure that we do not cut Social Security…”

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

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It is a strong platform, standing up for working families, taking on the oligarchs, fighting for Medicare for all. Maine, like Vermont, is an older state. He understands that We have to make sure that we do not cut Social Security benefits, in fact, expand Social Security benefits by demanding the wealthy starting to pay their fair share of taxes. So I've known Troy and I look forward to working with him in the US Senate. Are you going to endorse him? If you ask me to, I certainly will. (01:02–01:13)

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Asserts the need to expand Social Security benefits by taxing the wealthy fairly.

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