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Bernie Sanders: “You got one man, Mr. Musk, one man owning more wealth than…”

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

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Sen. Bernie Sanders | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #635

Published | Video Starts at 17:48

You're living in a society today where we have more income and wealth inequality than we've ever had in the history of this country. All right, you got the top 1% doing phenomenally well, owning more wealth than the bottom 93%. You got one man, Mr. Musk, one man owning more wealth than the bottom 52% of American households. What do you think? Well, I think it's tough. I think there's two ways to look at it. Well, I think. I think in a bigger scope for me, you have. (17:48–17:58)

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Asserts that Elon Musk owns more wealth than the bottom 52% of American households.

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