AOC Bemoans 'Big Money' In Politics, Says Trump Is The 'Most Corrupt Administration' In US History

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During a 'Fight Oligarchy' event in Los Angeles, California on Saturday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke about the role of 'big money' in politics.

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00:00This is what oligarchy feels like and it only will get worse until we act. It is

00:08this system that relies on division to legislate greed that has brought us the

00:14most corrupt administration in American history and the Republican majorities to

00:19support it. Big money is how we got Donald Trump and his whole presidency

00:29began with launching tools for bribery, meme coins to fleece working people and

00:35move around money in the dark, extortion settlements from media companies and law

00:40firms who gladly pay them. The removal of duly elected officials on

00:48inauguration day Donald Trump removed duly elected officials from the chamber in

00:54order to make space for who's really in charge behind the really in charge who

01:00were the billionaires who sat behind him. They have one central economic mission to

01:07make billionaires richer at the expense of the United States of America. And it

01:13does not surprise us that their first economic mission has been to target

01:18Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security to fire our federal workers and fleece and

01:25abandon our veterans so that they can hand that money off to the billionaires who

01:30are backing them. But this isn't just about the Republican attacks on working

01:37people, LA. We need a Democratic Party that fights harder for us too. And that means our

01:49communities, all of us coming together, choosing and voting for Democrats and

01:55elected officials who know how to stand for the working class.

02:00And they'll-

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