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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We bailed out Wall Street and did very little for Main…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Published | Video Starts at 28:42

You know, we had no problem blinking or snapping our fingers and passing, passing the stimulus package, which created a large amount of political resentment as well, because We bailed out Wall Street and did very little for Main Street. And, you know, this, I think, is the answer to that, is that I think, agreement when people say, oh, this is so expensive. (28:42–28:46)

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Asserts that past stimulus efforts favored Wall Street over Main Street.

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