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On the recordDecember 12, 2017
I think there is significant truth to that and I think also there is another truth. In my view, too much of Democratic party money has gone to consultants, maybe too much to TV advertising and not enough to grassroots get out to vote organizing, getting into the communities.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders critiques the Democratic Party's funding priorities and emphasizes the need for grassroots organizing.

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