It’s a familiar spectacle.

You’ve seen it at Cabinet meetings.

You’ve seen it in TV interviews.

You’ve seen it in front of Congress.

Donald Trump’s subordinates try to stay in his good graces by going on camera and lavishing him with over-the-top compliments. They lay it on thick, and this strategy often works out for them — after all, Trump’s primal hunger for praise is insatiable.

But this recent example was beyond ridiculous.

It came from RFK Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Normally, he’s busy firing experts and discrediting vaccines instead of addressing deadly measles and bird flu outbreaks.

But last week, he stood next to Donald Trump at the White House and declared:

“There's writers like Elizabeth Warren or Robert Reich who are saying that President Trump is on the side of the oligarchs. There has never been a president more willing to stand up to the oligarchs than President Donald Trump."

Where to begin…

Do YOU agree with RFK Jr. that Donald Trump stands up to oligarchs?

Do any of these actions sound like confronting the rich and powerful figures who’ve rigged the rules of our economy to make themselves richer and more powerful?

• Hosting million-dollar dinners between Big Pharma CEOs and their regulator RFK Jr.
• Turning the White House into a Tesla dealership
• Working to deliver a giant tax handout to his “rich as hell” donors
• Gutting agencies and firing staff that were investigating the companies of his co-president, Elon Musk, a.k.a. the richest man in the world
• Nominating billionaires to lead the Departments of the Treasury, Commerce, Education, and the Interior. And the Small Business Administration. And NASA.
• Inviting some of the richest men in the world — Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg — to enjoy prime seating at his inauguration, right beside family members and in front of cabinet nominees.
• Promoting a $5 million dollar “gold card” offering, inviting the wealthy to buy access to US citizenship.
• His son opening an invitation-only club in DC — called “the Executive Branch” — to host business and tech moguls who are looking schmooze with advisers and cabinet members.

I didn’t think so.

Trump and his administration have paved the way for the president, his top officials, and his billionaire buddies to personally feed at the trough of government corruption.

RFK Jr. won’t be able to stop me from calling out the Trump administration’s corruption.

I’ve proposed the most ambitious set of anti-corruption reforms since Watergate — including banning members of Congress, presidents, and senior administration officials from owning or trading individual stocks; slamming shut the revolving door between government and big businesses; and ending lobbying as we know it.

And I’m working to get the rich to pay a fair share in taxes so we can fund opportunity for all — where every kid can get a great public education, every family can find a decent place to live that doesn’t break the bank, every parent can find quality affordable child care, and no one goes broke because they got sick.

Taxing the rich, rooting out corruption — that’s what it actually looks like to stand up to oligarchs.

If you’re in this fight to end Washington corruption so our government can work for working families, and if it makes sense for you to make a financial contribution right now, please pitch in $28 or any amount to power our movement for reform.