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Peggy Flanagan: “This seat has never belonged to the most powerful. This seat…”

Featuring: Peggy Flanagan, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

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The Many Over The Money Rally in Minneapolis with Bernie Sanders and Peggy Flanagan

Published | Video Starts at 59:22

And I will tell you that what I know is that when I get to Washington, Then I am taking all of you with me. Because this seat, This seat has never belonged to the most powerful. This seat has never belonged to big corporations. This seat has never belonged to special interests. It belongs to Minnesota and Minnesota alone. And let me tell you the beautiful thing, and one of the easiest decisions I've ever made in my life is to not take a dime of corporate PAC money. (59:22–59:33)

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Asserts that the Senate seat in question has historically not been controlled by powerful entities, corporations, or special interests.

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