Bernie Sanders: 'Billionaires Play A Much Too Significant Role In The Democratic Party As Well'

At a "Fight Oligarchy" rally in Portland, Maine, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) slammed the influence of billionaires in U.S. politics.

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00:00political system so as a result of this disastrous citizens united

00:09supreme court decision they said hey they said billionaires hey you have the freedom

00:20to own the american political system and the billionaires responded accordingly

00:25they create these super packs where they can spend as much money as they want democracy is not about

00:35elon musk spending 270 million dollars to elect donald trump president

00:42and obviously his reward was to become the most powerful person in government for three or four

00:52months until he and trump had a lover's quarrel but it is not just republicans it is also the fact

01:03that billionaires play a much too significant role in the democratic party as well

01:10let me tell you let me tell you what a corrupt political system looks like and it's not just

01:34billionaires buying elections that's bad gets even worse than that when trump brought forth

01:40his big beautiful bill which is in my view by the way you're all familiar with that bill

01:47that is the most dangerous disgusting piece of legislation ever passed in the modern history

01:52this country

01:59as you all know this is a bill they gave i mean just think about it at a time when the rich have never

02:07had it so good gave a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the top one percent