‘When people talk about uniparty, we are strangled by the money reality in our politics,’ says Cuomo.
News Nation reporter Chris Cuomo, brother of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, ripped into the corporate interests buying out politicians in both major American political parties while covering Wednesday’s Democratic National Convention.
There is a reality at the DNC that is the same as the RNC. And what makes the parties the same should worry you the most and must change. pic.twitter.com/3x4ZQD02TO
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) August 22, 2024
Pointing towards the top of the arena where the DNC was held, Cuomo said, “Look at the ring of suites, okay? This is not unique to Democrats. There is a game of money. When people talk about uniparty, we are strangled by the money reality in our politics. Those suites start at five-hundred grand. You think there’s like a teacher group up in there?”
“That’s the game. You pay to play,” he continued. “Those boxes are filled with the same people that they say they’re going to regulate. They are literally looking down on the faithful and being told, ‘Yeah, yeah, we’re going to break down on them. We’re going to make them pay their share.’ They paid 500, 700, a million, a million and a half to have those seats, they get hotel suites that are probably gifted to the party and the same thing is true on the Republican side.”
The clip went viral online as it’s refreshing for a mainstream journalist to call out the corrupt lobbyists and corporations paying to influence U.S. politics.
