Harry Reids Farewell Address Warns Against Dangers Of The Trump Era

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The departing Senate minority leader spoke of plutocrats, George Orwell’s advice to the press and the need for women to be in charge.


n a speech that ran well over an hour as he recalled his 34 years in Congress, Reid never mentioned the name of the billionaire president-elect, as he did so often in the weeks and months leading up to the election.

Instead, Reid’s criticism of a man who is stocking his cabinet with billionaires, and who has routinely offended women, incessantly lambasted the media and praised Russia, was more implicit.

They Take the money.

“Something has to be done about the outrageous amount of money from sources that are dark, unknown, now involved in our federal elections,” Reid said, in a reference to the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court ruling that allowed unchecked spending on elections.

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1. Separating real from fake has never been more important

“We’re entering a new Gilded Age. It has never been more important to be able to distinguish between what’s real and what is fake,” Reid said. “We have lawmakers pushing for tax cuts for billionaires and calling it populism. We have
media outlets pushing conspiracy theories disguised as news. Separating real from fake has never been more important.”

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2. This will be called the age of the new feudal system.

A society where only the ultra rich and the ultra poor will exist.
Thanks to all the stupid, irrational, brain-dead drumpf supporters!