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Bernie Sanders Goes Viral Over Tax-Cut Deal [VIDEOS]

Dec 7, 2010 – 2:17 PM
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David Knowles

David Knowles Writer

(Dec. 7) -- Suddenly, he's everywhere.

Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont indicated Monday that he may seek to filibuster the new deal struck between President Barack Obama and Republicans over keeping the Bush tax cuts in place for the wealthiest Americans in exchange for a 13-month extension of unemployment benefits for those Americans out of work for longer than six months.

Sanders, who has described himself as a "socialist," spoke to liberal MSNBC host Ed Schultz about what he views as a betrayal.



Days earlier, on the floor of the Senate, Sanders delivered an impassioned speech on the prospect of continuing the Bush tax cuts, in which he said the Republican Party was waging a war on behalf of America's wealthy citizens against the poor and the middle class. Since hitting YouTube, it has been viewed nearly half a million times.




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