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James Talarico: “They are closing our public schools, they are gutting our…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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James Talarico Campaigns for U.S. Senate in Austin, Texas

Published | Video Starts at 09:20

And they keep getting rich off of it. They divide us by party, by race, by gender, by religion. So we don't notice that they are picking our pockets, that They are closing our public schools, they are gutting our health care, they're raising taxes on all of us while they cut taxes for themselves. They, they They have literally transformed how we talk to one another, how we learn about the world. (09:20–09:28)

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