Donavan McKinney: “Groups like Meta and Google came in flooded dollars to our…”

“And so, you know, as a state rep myself, we put some guardrails in the legislation even though it was watered down because, you know, Groups like Meta and Google came in flooded dollars to our elected officials to water down our legislation. But in Michigan, we put some protections in there. Doesn't necessarily go far enough, but at least we have some guardrails on there saying that if you take taxpayer dollars …” (04:04–04:22)

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