Tulsi Gabbard

Both groups of these people are people who swore an oath to the Constitution like you and I did and who are defying and breaking that promise in the oath that they swore and the promise that they made to those who voted for them to serve in office.

It is a very cozy relationship.

You make friends.

You run in the same social circles.

There are lobbyists.

There are retreats that either members of Congress or political parties host, and lobbyists are very much a part of that.

You know, I...

And I'm sure that in some cases they, oh, actually, I know for sure in some cases they make direct threats that if you vote a certain way, there was someone I knew in Congress that was going to run an ad in their political campaign that was calling for negotiating lower prescription drug prices for Medicare to help seniors who couldn't afford it and a couple other things.

Again, common sense reforms that would actually help people and perhaps, I wouldn't even say hurt Big Pharma because they make so much money, but it might reduce a little bit of the profits that they make.

And the industry and the lobbyists for the industry said, if you run that ad, we're going to pull the however million, five, $10 million that we had set aside to run ads supporting your candidacy.

They pulled the ad.

They pulled the ad.

And so you have the direct threat approach of pulling back of monetary support.

And then you just have lobbyists who build up that friendship.

And obviously they're funding these people's campaigns.

And just be like, hey, bro, here's what I need you to do.

This is what my boss is asking for.

This is why it's important.

I know this probably isn't a big issue for your district.

So this is an easy one.