Senate candidate Roy Cooper, taking reporters' questions after a campaign event in North Carolina, accuses his opponent of being a DC insider and former lobbyist for big oil and utility companies who still owns the stock. Cooper says his opponent cheers on the war in Iran while his oil stock goes up, and calls for strong anti-corruption laws, saying the swamp is "deeper than ever... all the way up to the president."
The receipt
- Who
- Roy Cooper
- Where
- rally - Roy Cooper U.S. Senate campaign event, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Original footage
- Forbes Breaking News · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 54 seconds, unedited within the cut
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Yes, he is a DC insider. Yes, he was a lobbyist for big oil and utility companies. And yes, he still owns the stock. And when you have a situation where he is cheering on the war in Iran and his oil stock goes up and people are paying more at the pump, that's money out people's pockets and into his. When utility rates go up, money out of people's pockets and into his and he's not going to change when he gets to the United States Senate. Let me tell you this, we need strong anti -corruption laws in Washington. They said that we're going to drain the swamp. Folks, it is deeper than ever through Congress all the way up to the president of the United States we have to pass these laws.
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