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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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Dec 1, 2020

I think the American people right now want a President who understands that the times we are living in, Anderson, are probably more dangerous than in any time since when Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in 1932.

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Dec 1, 2020

what is unbelievably disappointing is that when you have a President who is working overtime, to sabotage and destroy American democracy that you don't have more than a handful of Republicans will have the guts to say, yes, Joe Biden is…

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Nov 13, 2020

Thank God, Biden won.

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Nov 13, 2020

What we have got to do right now is to pass a strong COVID-19 emergency relief package.

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Nov 13, 2020

the American people right now, as a result of this election, are aroused politically.

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Oct 27, 2020

We deserve Cabinet appointments. We deserve to have strong progressives filling important posts, so whether it's me or anybody else, Alexandria is absolutely right. The progressive movement now has earned its stripes. It deserves…

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Oct 27, 2020

You've got a President who is doing exactly the opposite by view of what he shouldn't be doing.

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Oct 27, 2020

While it may be exciting for him to be with his supporters, people are turning on the television and they are saying, 'My God, this pandemic is surging all across this country.' We've lost over 225,000 people already.

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Oct 27, 2020

I think people have a sense of who Trump is, his anti-science attitude. I think people, Anderson, are sick and tired, really, of his lying every single day. They are concerned about his threats to the foundations of American democracy…

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Oct 27, 2020

This is the most important election not only in our lifetimes, but in the modern history of this country. And I will do everything I can to see that Trump is defeated.

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Oct 27, 2020

The political world in America has changed and the Democratic Party has changed. And that is, we now have a very potent and growing progressive movement in this country of many, many, many millions of people. And the progressive movement…

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Oct 21, 2020

Mitch McConnell has already told you, and that is no matter of what Trump wants, no matter what Nancy Pelosi wants, he has 20 United States senators who don't want to vote for anything. They're turning their backs on American workers in a…

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Oct 21, 2020

They would like a president, maybe, who would focus on their needs. How do we get health care for all? How do we deal with the pandemic? So maybe it's time for us to focus on the needs of the American people and not just the craziness of…

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Oct 21, 2020

I do not believe that most people today, after the pandemic, consider themselves better off than they were four years ago.

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Oct 21, 2020

What Mitch McConnell does not want is a bill which essentially becomes a Democratic bill and the Republicans look stupid.

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Oct 21, 2020

They would like a president maybe who would focus on their needs.

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Oct 21, 2020

Right now, if there was ever a moment in American history where the Democratic Party has got to be strong, bold, and stand up the powerful special interest, this is that moment.

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Oct 21, 2020

I think the American people, frankly, are sick and tired of the lies. They're sick and tired of an anti-science president who endangers all of us.

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Oct 21, 2020

People understand not only that climate change is an existential threat to the planet, they do understand that we can create millions of good-paying jobs transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel to energy efficiency.

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Oct 21, 2020

I'm going to fight for 100-day agenda which speaks to the needs and the pain of working families today.

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Oct 15, 2020

Let me be very clear, Lawrence, if you make more than $400,000 under the Biden plan, your taxes are going to go up. Joe Biden is not going to raise taxes on anyone who makes less than $400,000.

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Sep 24, 2020

Let me make this clear to Donald Trump -- too many people have fought and died to defend American democracy, and you are not going to destroy it.

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Sep 24, 2020

In Trump's mind, there is no conceivable way that he should leave office. He's attempting massive voter suppression.

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Sep 24, 2020

What I am going to talk about is something that in my wildest dreams, I never thought I would be discussing. And that is the need to make certain that the president of the United States, if he loses this election, will abide by the will of…

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Sep 24, 2020

If they love America, then they love American democracy and now is the time for them to stand up in a very forceful way and say, hey, Mr. President, if you lose this election, you are leaving office, no ifs, buts and maybes.

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