Do you think if you were not a multibillionaire, if your family has not made hundreds of millions of dollars of contributions to the Republican party, that you would be sitting here today?
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.
There is a growing fear in this country that we are moving toward what some would call an oligarchic form of society, where a small number of very, very wealthy billionaires control to a significant degree our economic and political life.
Reserving the right to object, and I won't, I would appreciate it if we could add to the end of that tranche the Klobuchar-Sanders amendment. Would that be all right?
Anderson, I'm going to say, I don't think they probably even thought about the ramifications of what they were doing.
You cannot be a party which, on one hand, says we're in favor of working people, we're in favor of the needs of young people but we don't quite have the courage to take on Wall Street and the billionaire class.
I know what a tomato looks like, too, but you don't know what kind of pesticide was used or how that tomato was grown. The idea that we cannot get a product from across the border safely really doesn't pass the laugh test, frankly. This is…
I am very supportive, he is dead right. But I was wondering if my friend--when he said we are going to get to it next year, what does that mean? Does that mean you will be pushing the ability of Americans and pharmacists and distributors…
Two points. First of all, let me reiterate that is for inflation-adjusted dollars, not nominal dollars. The funding for the National Institutes of Health this year will still be roughly $7 billion less than what it received in 2004. That…
I think TPP is something that Donald Trump ran on, that was one of the places where he and Senator Sanders actually aligned.
I call upon Mr. Trump to rescind the appointment that he made of Mr. Bannon. A president of the United States should not have a racist at his side. Unacceptable.
And we have come too far in this country to elect a president who objectifies women, who insults women, who brags about his sexual assaults.
And let us be very clear, a $7.25 federal minimum wage is a starvation wage. Let's be clear.
That's why I believe Secretary Clinton should release the transcripts.
Not only is he going to lose this election, but he and his billionaire friends are going to start paying their fair share of taxes.
It is imperative that we elect Hillary Clinton as our next president.
This election is enormously important for the future of our country. It is imperative that we elect Hillary Clinton as our next president.
Please, anybody who supports me, do not think that Donald Trump in any way, shape or form reflects the point of view that I have.
The fact is, there is a maldistribution of health care resources in the country.
You're not going to have a government that represents all of us, so long as you have a candidate like Secretary Clinton being dependent on big money interests.
I am going to release all of the transcripts of the speeches that I gave on Wall Street behind closed doors not for $225,000, not for 2,000 and not for $0.2. There were no speeches!
One of us has given speeches on Wall Street for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Trust me, on his worst, worst, worst, worst day, Tim Kaine is 100 times better than Donald Trump will ever be.





