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. It's unleashed a flood of secret money, corporate money, billionaire money on both sides. And Donald Trump's rise is a symptom of this deeper disease. I suspect many of you are here because you recognize that our task is not just to contain his wickedness, but to cure the rot that gave rise to it. (18:52–18:58)
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Asserts that Citizens United has unleashed a flood of secret, corporate, and billionaire money in politics.
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