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Bernie Sanders: “Working class people have left the Democratic Party in large…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:34

But over the years, I think it got captured by corporate money. And in that sense, it has become more conservative, much more conservative than it should be. And the results are that Working class people have left the Democratic Party in large numbers. One of the big issues facing the Democratic Party are divisions, divides, a lack of unity, different wings, different factions. Are you not part of that problem? (05:34–05:38)

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Asserts that many working-class people have left the Democratic Party.

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