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Ted Cruz: “Nearly 23,000 candidates and groups used [ActBlue] in 2025…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Nearly 19 billion with a B billion dollars in contributions since its founding in 2004. Building a donor database with millions of credit card numbers that is unmatched in American politics. Nearly 23,000 candidates and groups used [ActBlue] in 2025 and raised almost $1.8 billion from 52 million contributions. million contributions, some of which recur every month. And what is striking is the Covington memos said, and here's the really killer sentence, quote, it can be alleged that ActBlue accepted and or facilitated the acceptance of foreign national contributions into American elections. (29:11–29:32)

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Asserts that nearly 23,000 candidates and groups used ActBlue in 2025, raising almost $1.8 billion.

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