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Bernie Sanders Rallies in Phoenix Ahead of Election Day

November 7, 2016 8:17AM

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Miriam Wasser
Senator Bernie Sanders on the stump.
Just days before the November 8 election, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders fired up a crowd of about 1,100 in Phoenix while stumping for Hillary Clinton. "It's no secret that Arizona is a swing state," he said to great applause. But the question, he added, is "whether or not we go forward as a nation and elect a candidate that brings people together."

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