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Abdul El-Sayed: “Every time a corporation comes in and buys off a politician…”

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

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We're like at death's door now. But, like, we've been here, we've been sick. And so why don't you talk about it in ways that are actually fully complete? Every time a corporation comes in and buys off a politician, that kills your democracy a little bit. But, you know, most of these folks who want us to talk about democracy now didn't feel it when that happened. And I think we got to talk about it completely. (15:00–15:05)

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Asserts that corporate political contributions erode democratic processes.

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