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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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Apr 4, 2017

It is the fact that we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.

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Apr 4, 2017

He said he was, 'Going to stop Wall Street from getting away with murder,' but he has drained half of Goldman Sachs into his administration.

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Apr 4, 2017

He said he would provide, 'Health insurance for everybody,' but he just supported an embarrassing, disastrous healthcare proposal that would have thrown 24 million people off of health insurance.

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Apr 4, 2017

He said he would, 'Drain the Swamp.' He now has more billionaires in his administration than any President in American history.

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Apr 4, 2017

He said that he would not cut Social Security, and Medicare, and Medicaid.

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Apr 4, 2017

When you help the suffering, stand up for the little guy and try to make this world a better place, you become more beautiful.

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Mar 23, 2017

If Republicans are serious, let's work together. That's one way to save billions of dollars for Americans in terms of health care costs.

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Mar 23, 2017

The Republican agenda, tax breaks for billionaires, massive cuts to health care, great increase in expenditures for the military budget. Not acknowledging the reality of climate change. All of those ideas are way out of touch with where…

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Mar 23, 2017

I believe in a Medicare for all single-payer program but it ain't going to happen right now. We don't have the support in the Congress for that.

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Mar 23, 2017

Nobody really cares that it's a failure of Trump or a failure of Ryan. What the American people are asking is how does it happen that we are the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people as a right?

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Mar 23, 2017

The American people understood that this is not a health care bill, Anderson. This was a $300 billion tax break for the top 2 percent, massive tax breaks for the drug companies and for the insurance companies, and threw 24 million people…

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Mar 23, 2017

Well, I think the evidence suggests that that is not the case. But on the other hand, what is fair to acknowledge is deductibles in many cases are too high. Premiums are too high. And while Obamacare has slowed down the rate of health care…

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Mar 23, 2017

Our job is to transform our energy system away from fossil fuels, not increase dependence on oil, coal, and other carbon pollution sources.

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Mar 6, 2017

The goal of real healthcare reform must be high-quality, universal coverage in a cost-effective way.

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Feb 27, 2017

I have very serious concerns about the direction of a Trump administration that wants to throw people off of health insurance, do away with pre-existing conditions, ignores climate change, hasn't said a word about the fact that college is…

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Feb 27, 2017

Well, all you have to say is this is reprehensible behavior, that in America we will not tolerate racism of any kind, we will not tolerate Islamophobia, we will not tolerate anti-Semitism.

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Feb 27, 2017

The idea is the right thing to do. The question is, how you pay for it? You don't pay for it, I think Trump is talking about, by giving huge tax breaks and tax credits to Wall Street and billionaires.

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Feb 27, 2017

I have believed forever we need comprehensive immigration reform. I believe we need a path towards citizenship.

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Feb 27, 2017

I hope he will tell us tonight he's not going to give huge tax breaks to billionaires.

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Feb 27, 2017

Yes, this is a man who has been attacking Muslims. He's been attacking Latinos. He has been attacking the media. He has been attacking judges who ruled against him, and now, he has concluded that the time for trivial fights is behind us.

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Feb 26, 2017

I think when he comes forward with priorities that says we're going to make apparently massive cuts that impact our children, impact the elderly, impact the sick, impact the poor and we're going to significantly increase the military…

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Feb 26, 2017

What matters to me is that the American people have got to learn the truth. And that means an independent investigation.

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Feb 26, 2017

Did the Trump campaign collude with the Russian government in order for Mr. Trump to be the next president of the United States? That is an issue that has to be investigated.

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Feb 26, 2017

No, of course, I don't agree with him. Look, what we have happened is unprecedented in the history of our country. We have a major government, the Russian government led by Mr. Putin actively interfering in our elections, determining and…

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Feb 26, 2017

We remain today, and let's not forget it, the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people.

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