How Elizabeth Warren Plans to Fight Corruption

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At a massive New York rally, Sen. Elizabeth Warren explained how if elected president she would block lobbyists from working in government — and vice versa.

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00:00Corruption is breaking our democracy.

00:14Donald Trump is corruption in the flesh.

00:20He swore to serve the people of the United States,

00:24but he only serves himself and his partners in corruption.

00:29I think she has an understanding from her background of being a teacher,

00:32really struggling from, you know, her family background,

00:34and she built herself into what she is.

00:36Holding Wall Street and big money accountable is something

00:39Warren has a huge track record on going way back.

00:41I love what she says about gun control.

00:43Being in the military, I've shot M4s before.

00:47I understand what those weapons do to people,

00:49so when you're talking about banning assault weapons,

00:52I'm totally with it, and I'm glad she's on board.

00:55From watching her in debate, she actually has a clear idea

00:57of what she wants to do with the country if she were to be president,

01:02so I just want to do a little more research on her.

01:21Too many politicians in both parties

01:25have convinced themselves that playing the money-for-influence game

01:29is the only way to get something done.

01:33So what has this corrupt business-as-usual gotten us?

01:38The extinction of one species after another as the earth heats up.

01:42Children slaughtered by assault weapons.

01:46The highest levels of inequality in a century.

01:55A new era of government

01:59A new era of government

02:03A new era of government

02:07A new era of government

02:11The tragic story of the Triangle Factory Fire

02:15is a story about power.

02:18A story of what happens when the rich and the powerful

02:22of government, and use it to increase their own profits while they stick it to

02:28working people. But what happened in the aftermath of the fire is a different

02:35story about power. A story about our power. A story about what's possible when

02:43we fight together as one.

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