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Mondaire Jones: “I tried to block members of Congress from getting rich off…”

Featuring: Mondaire Jones, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 17

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Published | Video Starts at 01:48

The roads and bridges around here need help. He got a lot of money to fix them up. That puts people to work. Some people in my party got mad at me when I tried to block members of Congress from getting rich off the stock market. or when I said no to taking money from corporations. I have never been Washington's choice because I stand up to corruption. The funding that Mondaire provided will absolutely keep communities safer and really, ultimately save lives. (01:48–01:53)

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Asserts that he attempted to prevent Congress members from profiting from the stock market.

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