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Elizabeth Warren: “Harris proclaimed that she would address high costs facing…”

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FULL REMARKS: Elizabeth Warren Issues Blunt Message To The Democratic Party About Its Future

Published January 12, 2026 | Video Starts at 21:28

Now to her credit, the Vice President didn't promise to fire Lina Khan, but she didn't promise not to fire her either. Now it wasn't just corporate influence at the ftc. In August, Harris proclaimed that she would address high costs facing families by putting in place tough corporate price gouging laws. Later, according to the New York Times, she narrowed those proposals after a quote, corporate allies of the campaign badgered her into doing so. (21:28–21:39)

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Asserts that Kamala Harris announced plans for corporate price gouging laws.

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“Most estimates are that we're about 3 million housing units short of what we need in America.”
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“The Trump administration just signed off on the biggest merger in the real estate industry in history.”
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“President Trump's tariffs are driving up costs for families.”
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“Millions of Americans have lost their health insurance so that Republicans could fund tax breaks for rich people.”
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“He [Donald Trump] not only has failed in both of those, he has actually made life worse.”
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“Trump is trying to push out the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and complete his corrupt takeover of America's central bank.”
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“Democrats lost power because we were too progressive for a lot of powerful people, wealthy people from Wall Street, Silicon Valley and…”
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“A Democratic Party that worries more about offending big donors than delivering for working people is a party doomed to fail in 2026, 2028…”
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“The top 1/10 of 1% of the economic ladder doesn't have a lot of votes.”
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“There is a different and frankly, much larger group of extremely wealthy people trying to influence policy.”
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“These people push Democrats to embrace candidates who will slow walk popular economic policies.”
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“They lobby for deregulation and special tax breaks that will pad their own bottom lines.”
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“They promote making big time corporate lawyers federal judges.”
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“They pressure presidents to appoint tepid leaders at regulatory agencies.”
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“Rich people can fund super PACs to prop up political campaigns for their chosen candidates.”
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“The slew of white collar pardons issued in recent months by President Trump reflects the same the rules only apply to someone else mentality…”
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“Democrats need to earn trust. Long term durable trust across the electorate.”
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“Democrats weren't always just the default option when the other guys were worse.”
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“We can't win unless we rebuild trust.”
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“For years I fought for a simple free government tax filing system so nobody has to pay a couple hundred bucks just to file their taxes.”
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“The giant tax prep companies have thrown up roadblocks to stop [a free government tax filing system].”
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“When the IRS finally built a free and wildly popular filing option for American taxpayers, the tax prep companies swooped in to kill it the…”
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“One of my favorite legislative achievements in the Senate is a bipartisan law I got enacted to cut the price of hearing aids by thousands of…”
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“Even after we got it signed into law, it failed, faced years of delay, and nearly died because hearing aid manufacturers mobilized to…”
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“The defense industry [is] blocking legislation that would have guaranteed our military the right to repair their own equipment.”
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“Reid Hoffman, one of the biggest donors in the Democratic Party, according to the New York Times.”
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“He's the same billionaire who donated $7 million to supporting Kamala Harris and then spent much of the campaign publicly pressuring her to…”
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“According to the New York Times, she narrowed those proposals after a quote, corporate allies of the campaign badgered her into doing so.”
FULL REMARKS: Elizabeth Warren Issues Blunt Message To The Democratic Party About Its Future | Uploaded January 12, 2026 | 21:39-21:54
“A recent poll by Jeff Guerin, the pollster for both Kamala Harris and Chuck Schumer, showed how much stronger a populist message performs…”
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“It means boosting pay and making life more affordable for working people.”
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“Building more affordable homes and cracking down on corporate landlords.”
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“Increasing the size of Social Security checks.”
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“Providing universal child care.”
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“Passing price gouging laws with real teeth.”
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“Strengthening unions.”
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“Building universal health care.”
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“Taxing the wealthy and giant corporations.”
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“Increasing the minimum wage.”
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“He's made it clear by threatening to fire Jerome Powell.”
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“It's going to be costly for the United States over a very long arc if Trump gets away with this.”
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“I've endorsed Peggy Flanagan in Democratic Party primary out in Minnesota.”
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