Bernie Sanders: “You need, in my view, public funding of elections.”

“Right. You got to deal with Citizens United in creating a democratic society. It's only getting money out of pocket because You need, in my view, public funding of elections. So maintenance of democracy is important. Dealing with Trump's authoritarianism, enormously important. And you got to deal with this issue of oligarchy.” (18:59–19:02)

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