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Sanders: Americans ‘sick and tired’ of working longer hours for low wages

Monday, 29 June 2015 7:19 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 29 June 2015 8:28 AM ]

Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign event at Drake University on June 12, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AFP Photo)

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders says the American people are sick and tired of the economic situation in the United States.

“The American people are sick and tired of seeing the disappearance of the great middle class of this country,” he said in an interview with ABC News on Sunday.

“They're sick and tired of working longer hours for low wages while at the same time 99 percent of all new income generated is going to the top one percent,” the senator added.

A recent poll conducted by Fox News and released last week showed 59 percent of voters think the economy is hurting.

According to the survey, 22 percent said the United States is still in recession and 37 percent said the country is in an economic downturn.

The senator also noted that he would win the 2016 presidential election.

“We are going to win New Hampshire. We’re going to win Iowa, and I think we’re going to win the Democratic nomination, and I think we’re going to win the presidency,” Sanders said.

He defended his "strong record" on gun control after an ad attacked him over his votes against background checks.

"I cast what I think was a pretty brave vote banning assault weapons, doing away with the gun show loophole and fighting for instant background checks so that we make sure that guns do not fall in the hands of those people who should not have it," he said.

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