Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Just Showed Us Exactly How Lobbyists Influence Policymakers From Both Parties
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has taken to Twitter again to teach us exactly how corporate lobbyists continue to influence and manipulate our policymakers.
The recently elected house member shared a link to an Intercept report detailing a resort event that was attended by dozens of lawmakers from the Republican and Democratic parties. At the event, which was hosted at Salamander Resort & Spa in Virginia, attendees were schmoozed with food, wine, and lectures from healthcare industry lobbyists interested in fighting Medicare for All.
Ocasio-Cortez states that this is far from unusual in our political system, and tweeted out a thread that described just how lobbyists are able to get what they want from our leadership.
Here’s what she said:
This is how corporate lobbying works:
Lobbyists ID bills they need to kill to keep profits high (no matter the human cost), come up w/ “sensible” talking points to mask intent + say policy is “misguided,” then schmooze policymakers in secret into accepting said talking points. https://t.co/EB9TDkANYj
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 13, 2019