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James Talarico: “We don't have a government of by and for the people. We have…”

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

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Texas Senate Democratic Candidate James Talarico holds rally in Houston

Published | Video Starts at 48:44

That is. That is harder than it should be. Harder than it should be. In America. We have an affordability crisis because we have a corruption crisis. We. We don't have a government of by and for the people. We have a government of by and for the billionaires. They have bought puppet politicians like Ken Paxton. And then those puppets turn around and rig the rules of this economy in favor of those billionaires at our expense. (48:44–48:51)

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Asserts that the government serves billionaires rather than the general populace.

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