Jon Ossoff: ‘Trump Himself Is a Symptom of a Deeper Disease in Our Society’

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OSSOFF: “So, first of all, I led a team, ran a business that exposed official corruption, war crimes, abuses of power all over the world. And we worked with people who smuggled the truth out of repressive societies with authoritarian governments, places where opposition figures were rounded up and arrested, places where journalists critical of the government faced official persecution, places where television hosts had to deal with official censorship.
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And I’ll just say that more and more, Donald Trump’s America reminds me of those places and those societies, and that should chill us all to the bone.
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But as for why, I think Donald Trump’s rise, Donald Trump himself is a symptom of a deeper disease in our society. I mean, how is it that a demagogue who promised to tear it all down was twice elected to the presidency on false promises? It’s because the system really is rigged. He’s not un-rigging it, he’s re-rigging it for himself, but especially since the Citizens United decision, which was such a deeply destructive court decision.”