Tulsi Gabbard: “Politicians [are] putting themselves or their own political…”

“Why is that? Why didn't they feel that needs to be done to make that, to rectify that? Ultimately, when you look at the different things, ultimately it comes down to Politicians [are] putting themselves or their own political power ahead of the interests of the people. That's really what it comes down to when you start taking people for granted, when you're not interested in what they care about, the challenges that they and their families are going through.” (07:43–07:49)

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