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James Talarico: “We have an affordability crisis because we have a corruption…”

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 48:38

A house big enough to raise a family in and a little leftover so we can go on vacation every once in a while. 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. (48:38–48:44)

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Asserts that the affordability crisis in America is due to corruption.

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