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Bernie Sanders: “You have super PACs where billionaires can put unlimited…”

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

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Theo Von Interviews Bernie Sanders on American Politics and 2024 Election

Published | Video Starts at 07:46

You're billionaires. You should be able to spend as much money as you want to buy elections. And that's what you have. So right now, this is literally the truth. You have super PACs where billionaires can put unlimited amounts of money, hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. to defeat people they don't like or to support people they do like. That's power. And that is a corruption of what democracy is supposed to be. (07:46–07:54)

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Asserts that super PACs allow billionaires to contribute unlimited funds to influence elections.

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