When everybody talks about middle class, middle class, but there's never an upper and a lower. There's only this middle. And again, it's because they're not making this stuff up. The Republicans have done a very good job of driving poor people into the underground, making people feel ashamed and guilty. and feeling that they have some character flaws based on their poverty. You know, Paul Ryan, speaker of the House, he's from my state, was chairman of the Budget Committee. (07:39–07:50)
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Asserts that Republicans have influenced public perception of poor people negatively.
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