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Bernie Sanders rallies at MSU

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He took Colorado, Virginia, Oklahoma and his home state of Vermont on Super Tuesday, now Democrat Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders says he's ready to win Michigan.

"We are here. I would not be here otherwise. A lot of other states that I can go to, we are gonna spend time in Michigan because we think we can win here in Michigan," Senator Sanders said.

The Senator told us his campaign has momentum and his team is not backing down.

"We are talking about raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour, we're talking about creating millions of decent jobs by rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, pay equity for women workers. And in Michigan, very significantly, we are talking about changing a disastrous set of trade policies," he explained.

It's those trade polices that he said weren't fair to the State of Michigan.

"Tens and tens of thousands of jobs were lost in the state, they went to Mexico, they went to China, they went elsewhere," Senator Sanders said. "We demand that corporate America start investing in Michigan, in Vermont, and in America - not in China, not in Mexico."

And, that's one reason why the candidate thinks he stands apart from his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. That and his plan for free public college.

"If we want to compete effectively in the global economy, if we want to have our young people with the job skills that they need, with the new technology, we need to make sure that all of our young people regardless of their income can in fact get a college education, that's what that proposal is about," Senator Sanders said.

A proposal he said he'll pay for by taxing Wall Street.

It's just one of his attempts to close the income gap.

"When you have major corporations in this country who make billions of dollars a year in profit, stash their money in the Cayman Islands and in Bermuda and in other tax havens, and don't pay a nickel in a given year in federal taxes, that's absurd. So yes, I will do away with that loophole," he explained.

But first, Senator Sanders has to win the nomination, which he admits won't be easy.

He said, "We're going to have to work pretty hard to achieve it, but I think we can do it."

As long as America continues to feel the Bern.

Senator Sanders also commented on the Flint Water Crisis. He's already held a town hall meeting where he spoke with residents. He told us hearing their stories was unbelievable and disturbing.

He'll be back in Flint on Sunday. The City will serve as the stage for a debate between he and Secretary Hillary Clinton.