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Bernie Sanders: “We were engaged in a horrible, bloody civil war, but we…”

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

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1830S, 1840s, 1850s, people in the abolitionist movement who said, you know what? Slavery must be abolished once and for all from this country. And they were taking on some very powerful people. And We were engaged in a horrible, bloody civil war, but we prevailed. Slavery was abolished. Sean. Sean Fain of the UAW was up here a few minutes ago, and I was just thinking, I was reading something today about the labor movement. (1:07:05–1:07:12)

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Asserts that the U.S. engaged in a civil war and emerged victorious.

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