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On the recordJanuary 2, 2026
The billionaire class in this city and country have to got to understand that in America they cannot have it all.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders emphasizes the need for the wealthy to recognize economic inequality during Mamdani's swearing-in ceremony.

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