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The Democratic nominee, who lost to Mrs Clinton, said the investigation launched by FBI chief James Comey, was a “minor issue” after it was dropped three days before the Presidential vote later. Speaking to Charlie Rose on CBS, the furious politician insisted the election was not lost in the last week of campaigning. He blasted: ”It’s not a question of what happens in the last week. The question is that she should have won this election by 10 percentage points.

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The question is why it is millions of white working class people who voted for Obama turned their backs on the Democratic Party Bernie Sanders

“The question is why it is millions of white working class people who voted for Obama turned their backs on the Democratic Party. “And I think a lot of people do not think that the Democratic Party is standing with them – that has got to change” The politician said it was not enough to have the vote of the “liberal elite”.

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