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Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. A member of the Independent party, Sanders is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice, healthcare reform, and income equality. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007, where he was the first independent elected to the House in 40 years. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a vocal critic of economic inequality and corporate influence in politics.

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Feb 11, 2020

I believe we're going to win in Nevada. I think we're going to win in South Carolina. I think we're going to win a whole lot of states on Super Tuesday.

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Jan 28, 2020

The U.S. should leverage military aid to Israel in order to manufacture changes to Israeli domestic policy

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Jan 14, 2020

As a matter of fact, I didn't say it. And I don't want to waste a whole lot of time on this, because this is what Donald Trump and maybe some of the media want.

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Jan 5, 2020

Joe Biden voted and helped lead the effort for the war in Iraq, the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in the modern history of this country.

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Jan 5, 2020

It is a war crime. And to be learning from the Taliban about destroying cultural sites is unbelievable.

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Jan 5, 2020

It is absolutely imperative that the United States Congress stand up, because, by the way, let us never forget that according to the constitution of the United States, on which some of us actually believe in and respect, it is Congress…

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Jan 5, 2020

And I will do everything I can as a United States senator, in terms of defunding any effort of the Trump administration to go to war, do anything I can to stop what I think will be another disaster.

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Jan 5, 2020

What frightens me most is what we are seeing now sounds very much like what I observed and the American people observed in terms of the war in Iraq, something that I vigorously opposed.

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Jan 5, 2020

Just yesterday, you had Trump saying very loudly that if the Iraqis want us to leave, the Iraqi government want us to leave, we're going to impose trillions of dollars of sanctions. They're going to have to pay for everything that we spent.

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Jan 5, 2020

It says that there's mass chaos. That the administration hasn't a clue about what it is doing. But it's creating a very dangerous world scenario.

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Jan 5, 2020

When I win or at least when I hope I win the election, we will have the momentum in this country to finally tell the drug companies who are charging us by far the highest prices in the world, the insurance companies who are ripping us…

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Jan 5, 2020

If we're going to beat Trump, we need turnout. And to get turnout, you need energy and excitement. And I just don't think that that kind of record is going to bring forth the energy we need to defeat Trump.

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Jan 1, 2020

It's just a lot of baggage that Joe takes into a campaign, which isn't going to create energy and excitement.

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Dec 29, 2019

It is fair to ask me how I'm going to pay for it. That's fair. But it is also fair for my opponents to explain to the people in this room why it is just ain't right that people are paying $10,000, $15,000, $20,000 a year for healthcare…

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Dec 18, 2019

We need a president who will do everything humanly possible to end all forms of discrimination against the transgender community.

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Sep 19, 2019

The overwhelming, overwhelming majority of our contributions comes from the working people of this country and I'm proud of that. We contrast that with how my good friend Vice President Biden is raising money today.

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Sep 11, 2019

I think that what we have got to do is bring this world together -- bring it together on climate change, bring it together in fighting against terrorism.

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Sep 11, 2019

We should not be in a position where teachers have to work two or three jobs to support themselves.

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Sep 11, 2019

I never believed what Cheney and Bush said about Iraq... I voted against the war in Iraq and helped lead the opposition.

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Sep 11, 2019

I believe that the United States should not be the only major country on earth not to provide paid family and medical leave.

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Sep 11, 2019

We're going to make public colleges and universities and HBCUs debt-free.

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Sep 11, 2019

We are not going to bomb our way to a solution in Afghanistan.

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Sep 11, 2019

It goes without saying that we must and will defeat Trump, the most dangerous president in the history of this country.

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