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Abdul El-Sayed: “$70 million spent in a primary for U.S. Senate [is]…”

Featuring: Abdul El-Sayed, Podcast Host, America Dissected | National

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The disease is the system that allows billionaires and corporations and special interests like AIPAC to buy and sell politicians to rig the system against us. And if you don't believe me, what does $70 million spent in a primary for U.S. Senate [is] corporations and billionaires and special interests trying to buy politicians. to rig the system against us? Eight years on, Trump has been elected a second time. I'm sitting in my office. They froze federal funds. (04:39–04:43)

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Asserts that $70 million was spent in a U.S. Senate primary to influence political outcomes.

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