{"id":13154,"date":"2026-06-08T18:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=13154"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:23:09","slug":"platner-takes-cues-from-mamdani-aoc-to-claim-billionaires-shouldnt-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=13154","title":{"rendered":"Platner takes cues from Mamdani, AOC to claim billionaires shouldn&#8217;t exist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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Bukaty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>AOC also has said America\u2019s system of capitalism is \u201cimmoral\u201d because it allows people to become billionaires.<\/p>\n<p>Platner on Sunday also railed against the power of money in politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to get money out of politics. We need to get rid of Citizens United,\u201d he declared while calling for the overturning of the US Supreme Court\u2019s Citizens United v. FEC decision, which allowed companies and plutocrats to independently bankroll political ads that are independent from campaigns.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mega-billionaire Jeff Bezos argues that he made his fortune by building an e-commerce giant that has made people\u2019s lives better. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Citizens United, which has long been maligned by the left, is a conservative non-profit that had argued before the nation\u2019s top court that its right to free speech allowed it to advertise its anti-Hillary Clinton documentary.<\/p>\n<p>Platner dangled the possibility of impeaching the supreme-court justices or threatening to pack the court to keep it in line, praising then-President Franklin D. 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