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Congresswoman Katie Porter (CA-45) does it again! In just 24 hours, 20 million people viewed a new viral video of Katie Porter grilling a Big Pharma CEO.
Time and again Katie Porter brings powerful titans of industry to their knees. And that's how it went down yesterday with Big Pharma CEO Mark Alles -- who got paid half a million dollars from tripling the price of a cancer drug.
KATIE PORTER (scrawling "$13 million" on her whiteboard): "Do you know what this number is? Does it ring any bells?"
BIG PHARMA CEO: "I think you're referring to my compensation."
KATIE PORTER: "That is 200 times the average American's income -- and 360 times what the average senior gets on Social Security."
Porter then quickly takes the hearing step by step to the LAST thing Alles likely wanted to talk about.
BIG PHARMA CEO: "I receive very generous compensation but I..."
KATIE PORTER: "In fact, you personally received half a million dollars, personally, just by tripling the price of Revlimid [the cancer drug]."
Then comes her coup de grace.
KATIE PORTER: "So to recap here, the drug didn't get any better, the cancer patients didn't get any better -- YOU just got better at making money. YOU just refined your skills at price gouging."
This video is like a 2-minute Masters Degree in taking on powerful interests. And 20 million views in just one day is a testament to Americans' hunger for progressives who will fight for everyday people.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- The PCCC Elections Team (@BoldProgressive)
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