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Bernie Sanders: Because they know what you know and what I know, is that they are the 1%, we are the 99%.

On the recordApril 14, 2025
Because they know what you know and what I know, is that they are the 1%, we are the 99%.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders reiterates the class divide in America.

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