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Dick Durbin: Secondly, let me tell you what. I guess I was born in a different era from this President and the people around him. But…

On the recordJuly 28, 2026
Secondly, let me tell you what. I guess I was born in a different era from this President and the people around him. But I kind of understood going into public life that if you wanted to get rich, this was the wrong job. You’re supposed to take this job to serve the public, make enough money to get by, but not get rich. How did the President do in the first year of his second term? $1.4 billion added to his income from… cryptocurrency.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Critique of President's financial gains.

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