Bernie Sanders actually said...

I will never forget sitting in a room with the president of South Africa... and he was being berated, berated, for standing up to the pharmaceutical industry.

Context

Sanders recalls a past experience highlighting bipartisan pressure on leaders regarding pharmaceutical pricing.

05/14/2012

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