Because the premise of Citizens United, even if you take it at its face, is that independent spending does not corrupt, but direct contributions are corrupting, but a coordinated outside expenditure is equivalent to a direct contribution.
Cicilline discusses the flawed assumptions of the Citizens United ruling regarding campaign finance.
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