It's nice that we all like her--She's great.
“I am running for Congress to break down those doors in Washington, D.C.; the doors that are keeping the people of America — the real people, the citizens of America — locked out,” Teachout said in an email to supporters after her win. “I’ve been fighting well-paid lobbyists on behalf of working families my entire life. I will fight until we win — for the people of NY 19. For the American people.”
It turns out that this is a popular agenda.
"Teachout is one of the top progressive recruits in the 2016 field, a law professor who specializes in the study of corruption and corporate power.
Teachout’s campaign has focused on money in politics, denouncing the ease with which big business is able to distort both consumer markets and the political process."
"Zephyr Teachout is running to shake up the Democratic Party, American politics, the US Congress and economic arrangements that favor billionaires over working Americans."
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