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Abdul El-Sayed: “The corporations, the special interests who would rather get…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 17:27

And we forged a movement out of that to get money out of politics, put money back in pockets and pass Medicare for all to guarantee health care in this country. And for our troubles, The corporations, the special interests who would rather get to decide who our elected officials are than let us decide who our elected officials are, they spent an unprecedented amount of money to beat us. Attack at after attack ad after attack ad after attack at wall to wall ads. But it turns out the commercials are the part of the television show most people don't want to watch. (17:27–17:43)

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Asserts that corporations and special interests spent an unprecedented amount of money against his campaign.

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