The next Democratic nominee for president needs to be a woman.

[JHan]

132. "no they aren't okay" . Interesting so...

You would object to employees in a pharma company, or employees of a bank who are not executives, donating to a campaign?

Bear in mind there isn't a single soul in Congress right now who has run an election without donations from either "corporations" or entities that aren't very progressive ( like the NRA) or they've supported projects which provide jobs/economic activity to their district or state from problematic industries - like the defense industry.

The purity you seek is not there and never will be. Ideological purity and the language or purity politics produces failure in politics. No matter what side of the aisle you're on. Ideologues have poor legislative records, no matter what the ideology.

I suppose then you think crowdfunding is the only kind of legitimate political contribution to make - but should a Political Candidate seriously avoid help from Emily's List, Human Rights Campaign, Public Sector Unions, George Soros, Steyer, .....or filthy rich Hollywood liberals?

What's notable about Ro Khanna is that he's seen as a bastion of progressiveness, yet he's also a favorite of Silicon Valley big money donors. How people could not know this mystifies me since "corporate donations" borders on obsession for some.

"he needs to get off the money train" - Well he won't, I mean there are progressive groups very critical of Democrats listing themselves as 501c4s - proving that the purity metric is either a cynical ploy or cognitive dissonance has become increasingly endemic under Trump.