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a campaign video.
In the video, Booker, 50, speaks about his childhood and when he moved to Newark as an adult “to fight slumlords and help families stay in their homes.”
“I grew up knowing that the only way we can make change is when people come together,” he narrates in the video. “The history of our nation is defined by collective action, by interwoven destinies of slaves and abolitionists, of those born here and those who chose America as home, of those who took up arms to defend our country, and those who linked arms to challenge and change it.”
Booker repeated a phrase he used in his speech at the 2016 Democratic Convention, which had spurred talk of him making a future run for the White House. “Together, America, we will rise,” he said.” data-id=”126706881″ data-link=”https://amnewyork.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/6019_image.jpg” class=”wp-image-1.26706881″/>
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a video blasting corporate money in U.S. politics.
"Corporations don’t have hearts. Or souls. Or futures. They don’t have children. They have a short time frame and they really care about just making money," he said. "If you give them the unlimited ability to participate in politics it will skew everything because they only care about profits."
Steyer said the lack of action on issues like climate change and the opioid epidemic is directly because of corporations’ influence on politicians.
"Almost every single major intractable problem, at the back of it, you see a big money interest for whom stopping progress, stopping justice is really important to their bottom line," he says in the video. "All these issues go away when you take away the paid opposition from corporations who make trillions of extra dollars by controlling our political system."
Steyer has been a force in Democratic fundraising over the past decade. NextGen America, a political nonprofit he formed in 2013, has poured millions into elections, focusing on climate change, immigration and access to affordable health care, among other issues.” data-id=”133635973″ data-link=”https://amnewyork.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/6618_image.jpg” class=”wp-image-1.33635973″/>
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Two dozen Democrats have launched campaigns to run for president with less than a year to go before the first caucus in Iowa on Feb. 3, 2020.
Here’s a look at the members of congress, former representatives, mayors and more who are running.
