At a news conference in East Lansing on Thursday morning Bernie Sanders shared that he recently learned that in 1960, Detroit was the most wealthy city in America.  Today, he said, it is the poorest major city.

Sanders talked about the damage trade deals has done to the American economy over the course of the past 50+ years.

Watch a replay of the press conference on the WLNS-TV website.

Sanders spoke in front of 10,000 people at Michigan State University's Breslin Center on Wednesday night.

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