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AOC tells Missoula crowd money in politics fuels inequality, urges local organizing and healthcare fight
Summary
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told a Missoula rally that concentrated wealth and dark money threaten democracy, urged local organizing to oppose Medicaid cuts and support Medicare-for-all, and called for release of a detained protester she named in remarks.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. representative from New York, told a large crowd in Missoula that concentrated wealth and "dark money" are undermining democracy and urged sustained local organizing to protect social programs and defeat proposed Medicaid cuts.
Ocasio-Cortez framed the rally as part of a broader movement against what she and other speakers described as an oligarchy. She criticized billionaire influence on elections and policy, saying dark-money spending "funnel[ed] tons and tons of money trying to buy elections right here in the state of…
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