Bernie Sanders: Everybody in This Room Took Big Pharma Money, ‘Are They All Corrupt?’
EXCERPT:
SANDERS: “Every single Republican, I don't mean to be political here Mr. Chairman, has received PAC money from the pharmaceutical industry. Are they all corrupt as well?”
KENNEDY JR.: “And I'm telling you the American Heart Association has been co-opted by the --“
SANDERS: “Everybody but you senator, but you know what? When you ran for president, you know, we have a corrupt campaign finance system. Maybe you will agree with me or not. OK? You were running for president, you got a billionaire behind it. You received $300,000 from people, not from the industry, people in it, as I did, from individuals. You're corrupt. President Trump got $3 million. Every Republican got corporate PAC money from the pharmaceutical industry. Democrats as well. Everybody is corrupt, but you? Is that what we're looking at? I don't think so.”




