Sen. Bernie Sanders
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It's many, many other issues.
So to my mind, by the way, when we talk about bringing about the necessary changes this country needs, a campaign finance reform and doing away with Citizens United, that terrible Supreme Court decision, top of the list.
Citizens United was the Supreme Court decision that said, you're a billionaire, okay, you got it?
you have the freedom of speech, First Amendment, to say anything you want about Bernie Sanders.
You want to put ads on the air, you can spend zillions of dollars, freedom of speech, and that's what Citizens United said.
And obviously that undermines democracy because it allows billionaires the right to buy elections.
No, he likes Citizens United because it works very well for those guys.
And I got to tell you, some Democrats like it too.
But I think the American people, you go out and you talk to, again, people all across the political spectrum.
They understand you're not a democracy when billionaires buy elections.
I wouldn't frame it in that way.
I would, you know, frame it.
I would say it's kind of cool to be a congressman or a senator.
Oh, that's super cool.
You get your name in the paper, you get on nice shows like this one and all that stuff.
And you have a certain amount of power.
I mean, that's real.
And you associate with the rich and the famous, and that's cool, I guess.