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On the recordJune 19, 2018
You have a president who has given tax breaks to billionaires, who wants to cut programs that working people desperately need and he thinks as authoritarian types all over Europe believe, that if you foment anger against immigrants and show how strong and tough you are on those little children, that it will get you votes in elections.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders critiques President Trump's strategy of using anti-immigrant sentiment to gain political support.

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