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Bernie Sanders: “What's going on right now in our very corrupt campaign…”

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

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FULL SPEECH: Bernie, Troy Jackson & Graham Platner say NO To oligarchy & endless war in Portland, ME

Published | Video Starts at 23:34

What's your views on the issue? What do you think we should do on health care? What should we do on education? That ain't democracy anymore. What's going on right now in our very corrupt campaign finance system...is you're seeing big billionaires and their super PACs as a result of this disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision. You're going to see billionaires spending unbelievable amounts of money to destroy candidates like Graham and progressive candidates all over this country. (23:34–23:52)

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Asserts that the campaign finance system is corrupt due to the Citizens United decision, allowing billionaires and super PACs to influence politics.

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