And yet there's more. Because it was also due to a political system that had over decades and across parties become totally enmeshed in a financial and electoral politics that stopped … Big money is flooding our political system more than ever before. … Donald Trump and this corrupt Supreme Court, it is now worse than ever before. So instead of putting voters first year after year, with little exception, Washington now elevates the desires of lobbyists and powerful corporations at the expense of the rest of us. (08:12–08:19)
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Asserts that financial influence in politics is at an all-time high.
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