The answer is that he's going to stand up to the oligarchies.
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So what are the billionaires worried about? Why are they spending so much money trying to defeat this guy?
All I can tell you is that the wealthiest people in this country have now reserved close to $100 million in TV ads in a small state like Maine.
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People can’t afford healthcare. Can’t afford groceries. Can’t afford to put gas in their cars. And I think it might be a good idea if we focused on the important issues facing the working families of Maine and this country.
I think it's important for us to focus on the issues facing working families a little bit more than Graham Platner’s marriage.
I think what we, as a nation, need to do is to focus on the important issues facing working families, 60% of whom are living paycheck to paycheck.
And the reason that they do not want him in the Senate is he has had the guts to stand up to the big money interests, to fight for healthcare as a human right, to demand the billionaires start paying their fair share of taxes.
What we're looking at right now is a situation where billionaires have already pledged to spend $90 million in a tiny state like Maine.
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