When Rev. Jackson ran to be the nominee for the Democratic Party for the presidency of the United States, he asked me and us to come by his side, which we did. I pointed out then, before the world press in a July 30, 1984 speech at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. that the people that we have elected to public office are no longer our “representatives,” but they are representatives of a corporatocracy; the oligarchy, the rich and the powerful! And because they can be bought by the lobbyists that are exercising sway in Washington, D.C., they are gradually eroding democracy for the American people. -The Honorable Minister Louis Farrahan, Oct. 16, 2012

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