Today marks 11 years since #CitizensUnited—when SCOTUS opened the floodgates for billions in dark money to pour into our elections + corrode our democracy. (1/4)
Our political system is fundamentally broken, and at the core of this deep rot is money. Show me a supposedly “unfixable” problem in Washington and I’ll show you the political corruption standing in its way. (2/4)
When the NRA wants to block changes to our nation’s gun laws, it pours money into elections to ensure members of Congress vote against even the most common sense reforms. The story is the same with polluters. Insurance and drug companies. Oil companies. The list goes on. (3/4)
We must get big, unaccountable money out of our elections and put power back into the hands of the people. It's time to pass the #ForThePeopleAct and end #CitizensUnited. Grateful to @StopBigMoney and @Tiffany_Muller for leading this fight. (4/4)
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