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Graham Platner: “Everybody knows that this system is built to screw working…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Graham Platner Speaks to PACKED Augusta Crowd

Published | Video Starts at 30:22

And when I ask them, do you think you live in a political and economic system that has your best interest at heart? Nobody says yes. Everybody knows. Everybody knows that this system is built to screw working people. And our grievance and our anger and our resentment about it, it manifests itself in so many ways. And what we need in this country is a clear political message about who is to blame. (30:22–30:27)

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Asserts that the current political and economic system is designed to disadvantage working people.

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