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Beto O'Rourke: “Ending Citizens United so that we don't have this flood of…”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 1:04:26

One, when Democrats get back in power, they have to reestablish the guardrails that are missing right now. I mentioned some of those on the democracy side, you know, Ending Citizens United so that we don't have this flood of corporate money that is buying the outcomes of elections. constraining the actions of the President. I mean, it's unconstitutional what he's doing with these tariffs right now. (1:04:26–1:04:33)

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Asserts that Citizens United leads to corporate money influencing election outcomes.

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