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Bernie Sanders: “When the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 90%.”

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

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Meet the Press Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders on Russia, Tariffs, and Oligarchy

Published | Video Starts at 06:47

We had 30,000 people in Folsom, California, which is kind of a rural area. I think the American people are not quite as dumb as Mislockin thinks they are. I think they understand very well When the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 90%. when big money interests are able to control both political parties, they are living in an oligarchy. And these are precisely the issues that have got to be talked about. (06:47–06:52)

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