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Greg Casar: “You can send hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Because public schools can't. It's hard to steal their money and get it for yourself. But if you shut down our nation's public schools and then have these voucher scams, You can send hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money to private companies that then continue to donate to Republican campaigns. And so voters see through that grift. We're going to stand up for our public schools because our public schools are not piggy banks for private corporations like Elon Musk's. (24:04–24:13)

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Asserts that taxpayer money is being funneled to private companies that donate to Republican campaigns.

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