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Bernie Sanders: “So the message here is that the days of a top-down party, I think, are finished.”

On the recordAugust 5, 2026
So the message here is that the days of a top-down party, I think, are finished.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the transformation of the Democratic Party.

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