At a "Fight Oligarchy" event on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke about Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA).
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00:00You know, Alexandria and I a few days ago were in L.A.
00:08L.A. is a city of some 4 million people,
00:13and we had some 36,000 people.
00:16That had a great turnout.
00:21Folsom is a city of 85,000,
00:24and we have almost as many people here as we had in L.A.
00:30I'm told we have close to 30,000 people here.
00:38Unbelievable.
00:43Let me thank Folsom Lake College,
00:49Aisha Shaw, Dogpatch, the Philharmonic, Jane Kim,
00:55Lorena Gonzalez, and Everett Kelly.
01:00And let me thank Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
01:06for not only being a great member of Congress,
01:15but for being an inspiration to millions of young people throughout this country.
01:19We are here this evening to say very loudly and clearly
01:30to Mr. Trump and people all over this country,
01:34we as Americans will not accept oligarchy.
01:39We will not accept authoritarianism.
01:47And we will not accept a rigged economy
01:53where working people struggle while billionaires become richer.
01:58We will not accept a situation where, if you can believe it,
02:10one man, Elon Musk,
02:13you've heard of Elon.
02:18Elon owns more wealth than the bottom 50% of households in America.
02:33That, brothers and sisters, is insane.
02:38We have got to together create an economy that works for working people,
02:47not just Mr. Musk and the billionaire class.
02:51And to make a bad situation even worse,
03:02at a time of unprecedented income and wealth inequality.
03:09Never had more inequality ever in America than we have today.
03:14Mr. Musk and the Republicans in Congress
03:17are working on a reconciliation bill.
03:21And this is legislation that would give $1.1 trillion in tax breaks
03:33to the top 1%.
03:36And they pay for that by cutting Medicaid by $880 billion.
03:48Cutting nutrition programs for hungry kids.
03:56And cutting affordable housing.
04:01Now, you've got a congressman here whose name is Kevin Kiley.
04:09So, I don't know if Mr. Kiley is watching
04:18the live stream or not.
04:19Well, Mr. Kiley, I think some of your constituents
04:27have a message for you.
04:34Don't vote to give tax breaks to billionaires
04:39and cut programs that the working class of this country
04:43desperately needs.
04:48And by the way, Mr. Kiley, I have a feeling
04:52that some of your constituents would love
04:56to sit down and chat with you on that issue.
04:59Thank you, Mr. Kiley.
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