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Bernie Sanders: “When Donald Trump campaigned for President, he told the American people that he would be a different type of Republican…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
When Donald Trump campaigned for President, he told the American people that he would be a different type of Republican, that he would take on the political and economic establishment, that he would stand up for working people, that he understood the pain that families all across this country were feeling.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Highlighting Trump's failure to fulfill his campaign promises to working-class Americans.

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