Bernie Sanders: America's Ultra-Wealthy Are Waging ''War Against The Working Class'

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At a "Fight Oligarchy" town hall in Brooklyn, New York, with Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, Democratic nominee for NYC Mayor on Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke about how no Americans, Democrat or Republican, want to see billionaires controlling the country.

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00:00Thank you!

00:21Thank you very much.

00:24And it is an honor and privilege to be with you this evening

00:31and to congratulate the next mayor of the city of New York

00:43on an extraordinary campaign.

00:46This guy started at 2% in the polls and he blew away the opposition.

01:01And what was most extraordinary about his primary campaign

01:06and the campaign he is running right now?

01:10He says campaign is not ugly 30-second TV ads.

01:15It is a grassroots movement

01:21which you have been part of.

01:22I don't know, Zorana, if it is a world record or not,

01:29but having 50,000 volunteers in a mayor's election

01:34is pretty good to me.

01:44Now, as part of our fighting oligarchy tour

01:48which Zorana is joining me on tonight.

01:52We have now been to 21 states.

01:58We have done 35 events

02:02for over 300,000 people

02:06from Maine to California.

02:07And what I can tell you without any fear of hesitation

02:18is the American people in red states

02:22and in blue states

02:24do not want to live in an oligarchic society.

02:28They do not want to live in an authoritarian society.

02:39They do not want the White House

02:46to be practicing unprecedented kleptocracy.

02:51And they sure as hell do not want to see

02:56a continuation of the oligarch's war

03:00against the working class of this country.

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