During Thursday’s ‘Fight Oligarchy’ tour, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) discussed President Trump's lawyer Alina Habba.
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00:00That is why it has always been up to us, the working class of America.
00:06Our power comes from remaining focused, together,
00:10and building a movement where there is a place for everyone.
00:18For all the big talk that Republicans and the Trump administration like to flap about working
00:24people, if you actually listen carefully, every once in a while they let the mask slip
00:30about what they actually think about us.
00:33You know, just last week, President Trump's lawyer, her name is Alina Haba,
00:40she went on television, and when she actually had to be faced with explaining her job,
00:47and when she actually had to be faced with doing her job,
00:52uh, this is what she had to say, quote,
00:56quote, what intellectual thought?
00:59When she was asked about me, quote, what intellectual thought?
01:03You were in a bar.
01:05You were in a bar, AOC, and not to have a drink, but to serve one.
01:12And I want you all to understand, I don't care what this woman says about me, but
01:17I want you to understand that she isn't just talking about me here.
01:28She's talking about you.
01:31She's talking about all of us.
01:34Because the entire job of the president's lawyer is to speak for him.
01:40Trump hired her to speak for him.
01:44So imagine what it means for our country that the president's own lawyer cannot even conceive
01:53of a working class person being intelligent simply because of the job that they have.
02:02This woman could not even recognize the American dream if it was fed to her on a silver spoon.
02:08But understand that this kind of disdain for working people by the most powerful people
02:17in this country doesn't just come from not being raised right.
02:22It's a shorthand for Elon Musk and Donald Trump's entire political agenda and a certain
02:29ugly kind of politics, lying to and screwing over working people so that they can steal
02:37from our health care and social security and veterans care to pay for tax cuts for
02:43the wealthiest and bailouts for their crypto billionaire friends.
02:49There's a word for this.
02:51Corruption.