Bernie Sanders Schools Clueless Chuck Todd On The Impact Of Citizens United(Full Interview)

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Bernie Sanders schooled Chuck Todd after the Meet The Press host suggested that Jeb Bush's departure from the Republican race meant that the Sanders message on Citizens United was resonating.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/02/21/bernie-sanders-schools-clueless-chuck-todd-impact-citizens-united.html

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CHUCK TODD:

You know, it’s interesting. The guy who had the bigger super PAC of all time had to drop out of the race. Jeb Bush outspent everybody. He it’s arguably had more special interests supporting his candidacy. Isn’t sort of the people already overturning Citizens United, isn’t your message, and Donald Trump, who have done this without super PACs, isn’t this already resonating?

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS:

No, well, in some ways it is. But I think, you know, if you looked at Jeb Bush’s campaign, it’s more than just money. It’s the nature of the candidate and the message and all that stuff. Look, but let me give you an example. Right now, we have raised, as I understand it, Chuck, more contributions from people than Hillary Clinton has. But she’s now going into the super PAC that she has which comes from Wall Street and very wealthy individuals. She will be outspending us in the next number of weeks, precisely because of that super PAC. Do these things matter? Yes, they do.

Todd tried to draw a political connection between Jeb Bush’s flop and Citizens United, but he completely missed the main point. Jeb Bush is out of the Republican race because he ran a terrible campaign. Bush blew through $150 million in three states. He should have had enough money to last through the entire primary. Instead, Bush himself was dialing for dollars in the week before the South Carolina primary.

The problem is that Jeb Bush was able to raise $150 million from a handful of the wealthiest Americans. The only reason that Bush dropped out of the race was that the money men closed their checkbooks and decided that Marco Rubio is their best chance to beat Trump.

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2. Jeb was a candidate beyond resuscitation.

He was horrible! Eternally mystified.

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[Ed Suspicious]

3. Chuck Todd's dismissive little "mhhmms" drive nuts.