Peter Welch: “$277 million contribution to a campaign gets you a seat at…”

“He didn't like it, and he blew the entire thing up. And how is it that one person can make have so much power to destroy something that the American people really need? $277 million contribution to a campaign gets you a seat at the table, maybe the head seat at the table. And that flat out is wrong. The American people, those folks who suffered in Asheville, North Carolina, in Lindenville, Vermont, they are entitled to immediate action.” (04:07–04:17)

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