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El Sayed: Rogers made $14 million the last time he went through the revolving door.

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At a rally with Bernie Sanders, Abdul El Sayed accuses Mike Rogers of taking corporate money, doing corporate bidding in office, then going to work for the corporations he regulated. He says Rogers made $14 million the last time and claims Trump made $2.2 billion, adding: "We all pay for that."

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Who
Abdul El Sayed
Where
rally, El Sayed rally with Bernie Sanders in Grand Rapids
Original footage
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Length
51 seconds, unedited within the cut
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The whole goal is to go take one more lap through the evolving door. Because the game for people like my groggers is to take corporate money, to lie to people, to get elected to office, to do the corporate bidding, to then turn around after you leave office and go work for the exact corporations that you are regulating. That's the whole That's the whole bit. And the last time he did it, he made $14 million. Now he's watching Trump, who's clearly a fool. He's like, that fool made $2 .2 billion. And so he's willing to go along to get along. But here's the thing about it. We all pay for that.

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