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Summer Lee: “The government...can't be responsive to people...if it's…”

Featuring: Summer Lee, Democratic | U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 12

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The government, the big we. Because, you know, I fight for what I fight for. But the big, the House, the Congress, The government...can't be responsive to people...if it's also being responsive to Elon Musk, if it's being responsive to big pharma, if it's being responsive to oil and gas, big fossil fuel. right? And that's what fundamentally people are seeing. And that's why they don't believe that a democracy can work anymore. Because if this is. (20:17–20:35)

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Asserts that government responsiveness to corporations undermines its ability to respond to citizens.

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