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On the recordFebruary 5, 2020
the biggest impact of Citizens United is that it really took the gloves off with the broad language in Citizens United about how ingratiation and access can't possibly be corrupting.
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Dean discusses the negative implications of the Citizens United ruling on political corruption.

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