Summer Lee: “Pharma and, you know, the insurance companies, all of them…”

“Right? Everyday people are like, oh, you know, you, you ask most Americans, they believe in Medicare for all system. Well, why don't we have it? Well, because Pharma and, you know, the insurance companies, all of them have more lobbying power in Congress, more money support and undergird campaigns than the average person does. Why can't we stop mass shootings in our schools? Well, because the NRA has, you know, such an intimate relationship with politicians. Right? Why, you know, do we know that climate change is real?” (19:03–19:16)

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