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  • 6 weeks ago
During a "Fight Oligarchy" tour stop in Iowa on Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) criticized President Trump.
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00:00But what we have seen since Trump was elected is something unprecedented in American history.
00:14And that is you have a president who is usurping powers from the Congress.
00:22He is in too many instances ignoring decisions of courts.
00:30He is going after the media with lawsuits and in other ways like we have never seen before.
00:37Because this president, this great big bully, is afraid of people criticizing him.
00:49So, Mr. President, if you are afraid of criticism, get the hell out of politics.
01:00He is going after law firms because they had clients who opposed him.
01:14He is going after universities because they teach courses that he doesn't like.
01:22And right now, all across this country, including Iowa, we have ICE agents sometimes with masks around their faces, throwing people into vans and taking them illegally, unconstitutionally, to detention centers.
01:42And now you have military transportation, tanks, et cetera, in our nation's capital.
01:56And understand what all of this is about.
01:59We can argue about a sane immigration policy.
02:03Honest people have different points of view.
02:05We can argue how you effectively deal with crime problems, which are too high in many parts of the country.
02:14But this is not about immigration policy.
02:17This is not about dealing with crime.
02:19This is about a president who is showing the American people that he is prepared to utilize power and move against people who dissent and disagree with him.
02:32That's what this is about.
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