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Bernie Sanders: “What is radical is when billionaires control our political…”

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

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FULL SPEECH: Bernie Sanders rallies with Graham Platner and Troy Jackson in Orono, Maine

Published | Video Starts at 41:51

We need bold action now, Which transforms this country so that all of our people can live with dignity and respect. What we're talking about is not radical. What is radical is when so few have so much. What is radical is when billionaires control our political system. It is not radical to say that we should not have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any nation and that so many of our seniors should live in economic despair. (41:51–41:57)

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Asserts that it is radical for billionaires to control the political system.

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