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Something i'm very concerned about. we need to stop corporations from blackmailing local community to get giant tax giveaways or they'll move. we need to stop that race to the bottom. i have some ideas about how to do that. we cannot allow us to be subject to extortion just because a company threatens or jobs if you don't get a billion dollars in tax breaks. i've seen communities victimized by that. it's not just amazon. every corporation in america looks for that. so let's talk about climate change. first of all, what do you say to a voter who hears about your campaign is climate change, an...

>> i guess the interesting, but not really addressing elizabeth warren's bill. her basket premise is amazon, companies like it are too big. do you think it should not be allow to do own whole foods, should not be allowed to own entities like amazon basics? do you agree with that? >> when you do antitrust law, you should set up the lays for the whole economy, not just one company. i'm not sure it should be rifle shots at one company that you decide you don't like. but i do believe it's appropriate to have a review of our antitrust laws. i'm not proposing anything at the moment, but i don't thin...

Of relationship to go forward with the project we and others envision. mayor bill de blasio called out amazon for walking away instead of talking about the community's concerns. instead of an actual dialogue to try and resolve the issues, we get a call saying we're taking our ball and going home. >> representative alexandria ocasio-cortez celebrated the victory. >> we should not be giving away our infrastructure, our subway system, our schools, our teachers salaries, our firefighters budgets to a company that has not shown good faith to new yorkers. >> amazon says it has no plans to reopen t...

Build in new york. in a statement, amazon said a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project. we and many others envisioned in long island city. new york mayor, bill de blasio called out amazon for walking away, for caving instead of talking about the cities and community's concerns. >> instead of an actual dialogue to try and resolve those issues, we get a call this morning saying we're taking our ball and we're going home. i've never seen an...

New home. each city was expected to have 25,000 workers over time. after backlash from the community, amazon decided to scrub plans to build in new york. essentially the idea among many of the communities was corporate welfare to one of the richest companies was not going to be tolerated. amazon said a number of state, local poll hraeugzs made it clear they oppose our presence and will not work with us for the types of relationships to go forward with the project. mayor de blasio called out amazon for walking away instead of talking about the community's concerns. >> instead of an actual dialo...