30+ Years Ago Bernie Sanders Addressed Presidency

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Bernie Sanders is running for president again. His progressive agenda is well-known — and it hasn't changed in 30 years. Here he is in 1988, previewing what a potential Sanders presidency would look like.

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00:00What kind of a person would you like to see as president of the United States?

00:04Well, I would like to see somebody who has the guts to begin to stand up to the people

00:08who own this country, to recognize that in our nation today we have an extreme disparity

00:15between the rich and the poor, that elections are bought and sold and controlled by people

00:20who have huge sums of money.

00:21So my first concern is to have a president who has the courage to look reality in the

00:26face and say that we need some radical changes in this country so that every American can

00:32have the opportunity to have a decent standard of living and live a decent life.

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