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Bernie Sanders: “We need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:47

He is running against an establishment Democrat, Congresswoman Haley Stevens. As a physician, Abdul knows how broken our health care system is and supports Medicare for all. He understands that We need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. and that we must make it easier for workers to join unions. He understands that at a time when the billionaires have never ever had it so good, we need … (05:47–05:50)

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Asserts the need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage.

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