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Brad Lander: “Dan Goldman, a quarter billionaire heir to the Levi Strauss…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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He Has the Money, We Have the People

Published | Video Starts at 00:25

Last night, Dan Goldman announced that he is putting in $1 million of his inherited personal fortune into his campaign and that he is going to match additional contributions. Let's be clear. Dan Goldman, a quarter billionaire heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, is trying to buy this [election]. We can't live in a world where the only loud voices in our democracy are the voices of billionaires. You have that dark money out there that lifts you up and gets you into Washington. (00:25–00:32)

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Asserts that Dan Goldman, heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, is attempting to buy the election.

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