Bernie Sanders Calls Republican Blocking Of Citizens United Amendment A Defeat For Democracy

[Galraedia]

After Senate Republicans blocked a constitutional amendment that would have overturned Citizens United, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called the Koch victory a defeat for democracy.

In a statement, Sanders said, “I am extremely disappointed that not one Republican voted today to stop billionaires from buying elections and undermining American democracy. While the Senate vote was a victory for Republicans, it was a defeat for American democracy. The Koch brothers and other billionaires should not be allowed to spend hundreds of millions of dollars electing candidates who represent the wealthy and the powerful. The fight to overturn Citizens United must continue at the grassroots level in every state in this country.”

Earlier this week when Republicans voted with Democrats to allow debate on the constitutional amendment to move forward, it was a sign that associating with the Koch brothers had become toxic. Senate Republicans tried to fool the voters back home by supporting moving forward on the amendment, but everyone knew that when the time came for final passage, Senate Republicans would bow to their Koch masters.

Before the vote, the Senate’s top Koch whore, Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said, “Given the urgency of this situation, I have to say it’s a little disconcerting to see the Democrat-led Senate focusing on things like reducing free speech protections for the American people. At a time when the rest of the country is worried about the threat of ISIL. At a time when millions wonder how they’re ever going to find a job in this awful economy. At a time when we find out that crushing federal regulations have gotten so out of control that they now cost our economy more than $2 trillion a year. This is what they chose to make their top legislative priority this week. Taking an eraser to the First Amendment.”

Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/11/bernie-sanders-calls-republican-blocking-citizens-united-amendment-defeat-democracy.html

[Fred Sanders]

1. The GOP has drank deeply from The Fountain of Kochcash, and say, erasing all history and

reason, that CU opened the floodgates for freedom of speech....never mind the corruption it has unleashed.

How can folk have their freedom of speech if they do not even know who they are speaking to in opposition?

[Louisiana1976]

2. I'm for Bernie Sanders running as a presidential candidate. We need an alternative to Hillary.