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Jon Stewart: “El Sayed is running on banning corporate money, higher taxes…”

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Sen. John Fetterman on Democratic Divides, DSA & Israel | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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It's communism. It's, you know, that, that's not an economic model that has never worked in, in the history. But that's, aren't you just. That sounds like a caricature. El Sayed is running on banning corporate money, higher taxes on billionaires for housing and education, Medicare for all. You know, when you say that's communism, that feels like, that feels like a caricature. No, no, I never said that. I never, I call, I call real communists that, that are cheering for communism. (24:51–25:00)

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Asserts that El Sayed's platform includes banning corporate money, taxing billionaires more for housing and education, and Medicare for all.

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