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On the recordAugust 10, 2026
If the people of Minnesota can stand up -- and I’m confident that they can -- and tell these billionaires and their lies and their 30-second ads and their super PACs to go to hell, democracy is going to reign.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Speaking at a campaign event for Flanagan.

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