And how did they get away with it? Well, we were promised a political system that delivers for the public, but instead it delivers for the donors. Citizens United was the most destructive court decision in modern American history. It's unleashed a flood of secret money, court corporate money, billionaire money on both sides. And Donald Trump's rise is a symptom of this deeper disease. (18:15–18:23)
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