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Jill Karofsky: “The Citizens United decision gave corporations, gave outside…”

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Published | Video Starts at 18:12

And in order to do that, you need to trace it all the way back to where this started, which is 2010, the US Supreme Court. The Citizens United decision gave corporations, gave outside groups undue influence in our elections. And then it was exacerbated in 2015 when Governor Walker signed into law a bill that said that in Wisconsin, you can have unlimited contributions to the political party. (18:12–18:22)

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Asserts that the Citizens United decision increased corporate and outside group influence in elections.

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