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On the recordOctober 18, 2022
The Republican agenda for working class people is a total reactionary disaster. You have a party, which in the midst of a moment when the rich are getting much richer, you know what they want to do, they want to give massive tax breaks to billionaires, when so many of our seniors are struggling to keep their heads above water.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders critiques the Republican Party's economic policies and their impact on working-class Americans.

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