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On the recordMarch 8, 2016
Really, you intimidate Wall Street? Well, then, why they are given you $15 million? That's how much you intimidate Wall Street.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Bernie Sanders challenges Hillary Clinton's claim of intimidating Wall Street.

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