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Bernie Sanders: “When 90,000 people are prepared to go out and knock on…”

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

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But this is a country that belongs to the working families of, of America and not just a handful of billionaires. This city, you, the people in the city, showed the oligarchs that when we stand together, When 90,000 people are prepared to go out and knock on doors, we can elect a city government that stands for working people. And right now our job is to take that message. All across this country, too many people have fought and died for democracy. We're not going to have an authoritarian government. (39:07–39:16)

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Asserts that grassroots efforts by 90,000 people can lead to the election of a government supportive of working people.

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