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"Bernie Sanders Calls 100,000th
Campaign Contributor"
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1:52 video from May 20, 2015.
[Phone Rings].
Voice: Hello.
Sanders: Hi.
Kinsey? This is Sen. Bernie Sanders. How are ya?
Kinsey: I'm wonderful, [inaud.] Senator. How are you doing?
Sanders: I'm
great. Listen. As you know, I'm just calling you to thank
you very much for your contribution to my campaign for president.
You are, as I understand it, the 100,000th campaign contributor.
Kinsey: Oh, that's
[inaud.] There's more like us.
Sanders:
Yeah. Say, I'm just...listen, you're what, a park ranger in
Florida?
Kinsey: Yes sir I
am. I live in [inaud.] Florida, so a very conservative part of
Florida but it is still part of Florida.
Sanders: [laughs]
Well listen, what we're trying to do in this campaign is to show that
we can win an election without being dependent on you know billionaires
and people who make million-dollar contributions to super PACs.
So you know we are raising a good amount of money from people like you,
folks who don't have a lot of money, and your $10 contribution to me is
extremely important and we're going to use it well.
Kinsey: Oh, I
appreciate it. I will [inaud.] again, that's just all I had at
the moment.
Sanders: [laughs]
Kinsey: Everything
I can do to help from you know small donations like that to just word
of mouth or whatever...
Sanders: I'm not
hitting you up, now; I'm just thanking you, and ...
Kinsey: I know, I
know; it's what I wanted to do.
Sanders: Okay, and
get the word out. Look, I think we can win this thing when
ordinary people begin to stand up and fight for a government that
represents all of us and not just the very, very wealthy. So once
again, thank you very much and I hope someday we'll get a chance to
meet each other.
Kinsey:
Absolutely. That would be wonderful. Thank you very much
and good luck.
Sanders: Thanks
very much, Kinsey. Take care. Bye-bye.
Notes: Kinsey from
Fernandina Beach, the 100,000
contributor to the campaign, co-stars in this video via telephone.