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Tammy Baldwin: “I'm opposed to the Citizens United decision, but it's very…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 28:03

And they probably in many cases are spending far more than the candidates are spending themselves, obviously to influence the outcome of elections. Is that troubling to you? Absolutely. I'm opposed to the Citizens United decision, but it's very, very hard to reverse because they've said that these are constitutional free speech rights. rights. And they've equated the expenditure of money with free speech, which I find very troubling. We need to, we have no disclosure really with the super PACs. (28:03–28:16)

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Asserts opposition to Citizens United decision and its difficulty to reverse due to constitutional free speech rights.

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