US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) has resurrected the old argument over Citizens United. The Supreme Court decision opened up the power of independent PACs to spend unlimited amounts on candidates and causes, but they could not collude with candidates to do so.
Now he's hoping that this issue will bring in donations to help him in his re-election bid, although it would seem to me that because of his corrupt stance on illegal immigration as well as fanatical push for climate alarmism, he is facing more challenges than he realized.
Check out this eblast, and tell me if you think he is as delusional as I think he is:
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Friends:
Eight years ago this month, the Supreme Court made a monumental decision to allow special-interest groups to spend unlimited money in political elections.
Ever since, we've watched dark-money groups throw obscene amounts of cash into election after election, with most of them backing hardline conservatives. Before the ruling, "outside" groups spent $143 million on the 2008 elections – but in 2016, they spent a whopping $1.4 billion. The current sorry state of our politics and the advance of partisan extremism owes a lot to this terrible ruling.
Enough is enough. If we let dark money decide elections, America could fall into the hands of big anonymous donors. Friends, grassroots support is the key to fighting back against the influx of dark money: Give $5 or more now to help me win reelection and keep up this fight for accountability in our politics.
A single court ruling opened the floodgates to anonymous, untraceable spending. That's why we've got to make it harder for Trump to nominate special-interest nominees to the Supreme Court. He's already begun stacking it with right-wing justices and could nominate more in the years to come.
If we want any chance of overturning Citizens United, we can't let Trump pack our highest court, so strengthening our Democratic firewall in the Senate is essential. But I need your help to win reelection and strengthen the Democratic firewall:
Thank you,
Sheldon