Beth Van Duyne: “Democratic aligned dark money groups outspent Republican…”

“They endanger lives, they erode national security and the destabilize our democracy from within. You've described dark money as enabling a corporate oligarchy that rigs the system against ordinary Americans. Yet in the 2024 elections, Democratic aligned dark money groups outspent Republican ones by nearly double $1.2 billion versus $664 million [in the 2024 elections]. Why hasn't, why hasn't Public Citizen highlighted this disparity or called out Democrats for benefiting the most? From the from the Post Citizens Unite landscape, Public Citizen has led campaigns against dark money from groups like Americans for Prosperity.” (01:32–01:44)

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