AOC reveals political corruption in US with a few easy questions:

[DetlefK]

- Could I run a campaign funded entirely by PACs and dark money? Would that be legal?
- Yes.
- So, when I'm in the pocket of some lobbyists, would there be limits to the legislation I'm allowed to write?
- No.
- Could I hold stocks in an industry and then write legislation to deregulate it to make the stock-price go up? Would that be legal?
- Yes.
- What would you say, who has the toughest regulations on ethical behavior? Is it Congress, the White House...
- There are almost no laws regulating the President.
- Are members of Congress held to a higher ethical standard than the President of the United States?
- Yes.

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[MaryMagdaline]

1. AOC knows how to hammer a point

This was educational and interesting

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. K and R

[ProfessorPlum]

3. I'm so impressed with her

time to start bringing these horrible practices up and getting in elite faces about them. The corruption is plain to see, but not spoken of in polite company. But she brings it.

[mitch96]

6. The problem is the fox is legislating the hen house..

The congress would have to self police and thats a long way away... They have it too good.
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[disillusioned73]

4. k&r..

This is so good.. we need more of this - expose the broken system, lay it bare for ALL to see.. The ignorantly bliss masses need this injected into their consciousness..

There are young ppl (& some older) that have been politically awoken by AOC & some of the other young faces from the 2018 elections - they are watching this stuff on twitter & utube thinking...WTF!?!? Is this really how it all works?!?!

[Hortensis]

5. :) Like the direction she took this. A simple lesson

crisply delivered to those young people who are hopefully paying attention to what she says.

[KG]

7. and some are concerned she hasn't opened her district office yet.

and shouldn't she just watch and learn before asking such hard hitting questions?

[akraven]

8. She was magnificent, so I saved the whole thing to my smallish hard drive.

Talk about gutsy? You GO, girl! My daughter is the same age, and would probably be as badass if she were in political mode - but dayum!