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Tammy Baldwin: “We have a campaign finance system that is totally broken…”

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

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Published October 21, 2024 | Video Starts at 27:33

Are you troubled by the record breaking amounts of out of state money being solicited by campaign operatives to influence our elections here in Wisconsin? I think We have a campaign finance system that is totally broken after the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case. created what are called super pacs and they probably in many cases are spending far more than the candidates are spending themselves, obviously to influence the outcome of elections. (27:33–27:45)

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Asserts that the campaign finance system is broken due to the Citizens United decision.

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