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Edward Markey: “We need to tax the rich, block the bombs and stop data…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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FULL VICTORY SPEECH: Ed Markey Obliterates Seth Moulton In Massachusetts Democratic Senate Primary

Published | Video Starts at 16:54

No more will we allow corporate greed and poverty to live side by side and allow the criminal enterprises of Big Oil and Big Tech and Big Ag and Big banks to mortgage our family's future, make children sick and devalue life. We need to tax the rich, block the bombs and stop data centers from polluting our community. We must fight for the laws of good people, of heaven profit. Why should we be hopeful in this moment when there is so much fear and hate? (16:54–17:00)

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Asserts the need for taxing the wealthy, halting bomb production, and preventing pollution from data centers.

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