What this is about is not complicated. Trump may be crazy, but he is not stupid. And he looks at polling, he is behind. And I think what he and his friends believe that if they can suppress the vote, make it harder for people to vote, they have the better chance to win the election.
Bernie Sanders: “What this is about is not complicated. Trump may be crazy, but he is not stupid. And he looks at polling, he is behind.…”
On the recordAugust 12, 2020
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Sanders discusses Trump's strategy to suppress voter turnout through actions against the Postal Service.
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