During Friday’s ‘Fight Oligarchy’ event in Denver, Colorado, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) discussed President Trump's record on economic policies and support to the working class.
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00:00And here's one thing I will say, Donald Trump, he does see, he sees the immense pressure
00:13that working people are under, but his answer to that pressure is an America that operates
00:20on the principle of every man for himself, and we can see this clear as day, he has handed
00:29the keys of the federal government to Elon Musk, and has sold off our country for parts
00:38to the richest people on the planet, and in exchange those oligarchs will bankroll his
00:46campaigns and those of his allies, they scratch his back, he scratches theirs, and all of
00:53us are left behind.
00:55The clever thing, I will say, the clever thing of what Donald Trump and what the right tries
01:03to do is make working people like you and me feel like we're just one step away from
01:12being inside that club.
01:15That maybe one day we will be a billionaire too.
01:18Any billionaires here?
01:20I didn't think so.
01:22But here's the thing, the spoils of that kind of corruption at billions of dollars
01:32are not earned, they are stolen.
01:37Just look at what Elon and Trump are doing to our healthcare, our veterans benefits,
01:45and social security.
01:47They are slashing the programs that we have spent a lifetime paying into.
01:53By the way, not them, because they haven't paid their fair share in taxes in years.
02:01So let me tell you about Medicaid and Medicare first.
02:05Because every single House Republican voted to cut Medicaid.
02:10Not their position.
02:14And you see, these budgets aren't just fights about numbers.
02:19They are fights over our values as a country.
02:25Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security were promises that we as a people had made to each
02:34other about the kind of society we want to live and the people and the nations we want
02:41to become.
02:44They are not promises from politicians to people or charity from billionaires to the
02:51working class.
02:52These are promises that we have made to each other, neighbor to neighbor, friend to friend,
02:59elderly to young person, teacher to student.
03:03There you go.