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"I don't want to break the bad news, but Democrats are not always right," Bernie Sanders says in a clip. | Getty Koch-backed group praises Bernie Sanders

The group at the center of the Koch brothers' vast political network is praising Bernie Sanders for opposing the Export-Import Bank and for his attacks on corporate welfare.

Freedom Partners put out the web video highlighting its common ground with the Vermont senator ahead of Wednesday night's Democratic debate.

The video features a clip of Sanders responding to a question from the previous debate about why he opposed the Export-Import bank, a favorite punching bag of the Koch brothers. Sanders' stance has put him at odds with many of his fellow Senate Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren.

"I don't want to break the bad news, but Democrats are not always right," Sanders says in the clip. "Democrats have often supported corporate welfare."

Another clip features Sanders saying, "Seventy-five percent of the funds going from the federal government to the Export-Import Bank goes to large, profitable corporations."

Text then reads "we agree" and continues, "that's why we oppose corporate welfare across the board."

Freedom Partners has also swiped Clinton for supporting the Ex-Im bank.

And Clinton supporters seized on Wednesday’s video as proof that the Koch network was trying to boost Sanders, with the suggestion being that the Kochs see him as easier to defeat in the general election.

But a Sanders campaign official shot back, suggesting that the video was intended to hurt Sanders, by creating the perception that he is the preferred candidate of the Kochs — an association that would be toxic in the Democratic primary.

Sanders' digital fundraising manager Michael Whitney went so far as to suggest the ad was a contribution to Clinton, tweeting, “Congrats to Clinton campaign for the contribution from the Koch Brothers.”

Watch the Freedom Partners ad here.

Kenneth P. Vogel contributed to this report.