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Look, leftist Democrats now heartily embracing big-money super PACs they used to rail against
May 17, 2020 | Jon Dougherty | Print Article

 

If Democratic complaints about high-dollar super PACs always rang hollow to you, it’s because they never meant it, as evidenced by the fact that the Left now relies on them just as much as conservatives and Republicans do.

And while some outlier candidates like socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont are genuine in their disdain for super PACs in favor of ‘millions of small donors,’ the fact remains it takes money, and a lot of it, in order to run for office. That is especially true of the presidency.

Speaking of Sanders, as The Hill reports:

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/05/17/look-leftist-democrats-now-heartily-embracing-big-money-super-pacs-they-used-to-rail-against-922280