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Bernie Sanders
stated on November 10, 2024 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2024

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 7, 2020 newsletter from the Bernie Sanders campaign:

"In 2018, Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare."

By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2020

Bernie Sanders
stated on December 17, 2019 a video posted on his presidential campaign’s social media accounts.:

"I am very proud that I am the only candidate in the Democratic primary to have voted against all of Trump's defense budgets."

By Kit Norton • December 20, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 10, 2019 an op-ed in the Washington Post:

"42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black."

By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 18, 2018 a statement on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"Forty percent of the guns in this country are sold without any background checks."

By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2018

Bernie Sanders
stated on December 10, 2017 an interview on 'Meet the Press':

Says Donald Trump "has not apologized" for comments caught on tape by "Access Hollywood."

By John Kruzel • December 14, 2017

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 16, 2017 an interview with CNN's "State of the Union":

"When Trump won, we had the lowest voter turnout in 20 years."

By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2017

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 3, 2016 an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:

Says his campaign has released his past tax returns.

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.:

"When you're white ... you don't know what it's like to be poor."

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:

"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Durham, N.H.:

Says a Sanders campaign ad "never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not."

By Clay Wirestone, Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 3, 2016 a campaign ad:

Says he was endorsed by the Valley News newspaper.

By Clay Wirestone • February 4, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 19, 2016 a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.:

"Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on October 28, 2015 a speech.:

The Koch Brothers are "spending more money than either the Democratic or Republican parties" in the 2016 elections.

By Sean Gorman • November 6, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on August 16, 2015 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"We spend almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country."

By Will Cabaniss • August 16, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on September 25, 2013 an MSNBC interview:

"(Texas Republicans) believe in abolishing Social Security, abolishing V.A. health care."

By Julie Kliegman • October 2, 2013

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2011 a C-SPAN interview:

"We now work the longest hours of any people around the world."

By Robert Farley • March 14, 2011

Bernie Sanders
stated on November 30, 2010 a Senate floor speech:

"Last year, ExxonMobil made $19 billion in profit. Guess what. They paid zero in taxes. They got a $156 million refund from the IRS."

By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2010

Bernie Sanders
stated on August 19, 2009 an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show:

"We spend twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation on Earth."

By Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2009

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