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While there are ideological differences of opinion within the big tent of the party, I would hope that we can all agree that Republican special interests should not play a role in determining the outcome of Democratic primaries. The time…
What is particularly obscene is not only the outrageous amount of money coming into Democratic primaries from billionaire-funded super PACs, but the reality that these special interests have no particular desire to see Democrats win.
My message to Democratic leaders: Ban super PACs from Democratic primaries NOW.
If the people of Minnesota can stand up -- and I’m confident that they can -- and tell these billionaires and their lies and their 30-second ads and their super PACs to go to hell, democracy is going to reign.
I urge you to take action and make clear that the Democratic Party will no longer maintain this corrupt system.
Look, in the world that we live in, until we get rid of Citizens United and get rid of super PACs and move to public funding of elections, that is the reality.
What you are seeing is, it doesn't matter that you're a Democrat or Republican.
Margaret, in my view, Abdul's victory was one of the most extraordinary victories in modern political history.
We have so many problems at home. We have people sleeping out in the streets. People can't afford health care.
I think Abdul has run a brilliant campaign, and he's more than capable of making his own political judgments.
People, many people, experts, including myself, consider what's going on there as a genocide.
What you had is AIPAC spending 30 million dollars in the Democratic primary trying to defeat Abdul.
Raising taxes on the rich, making sure that everybody in Wisconsin or America has health care as a right, sounds quite reasonable to me.
Vermont’s agricultural industry is integral to the state’s economy, and hemp is an innovative and worthwhile part of that sector.
I think she is being outspent seven to one. And, under those circumstances, it's tough for anybody to win.
We need a candidate like Abdul who has the guts to stand up for working class families.