Clinton supports constitutional amendment against money in politics

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Oh, the irony...

Yes, this. She's been in bed with special interests for years, so this is clearly a "I'm one of you middle class folk" move.

She voted for McCain-Feingold. Don't be a dumb.

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I don't know what the point of this forum is if you people are just going to parrot youtube-comment-level nonsense. Clinton has been a support of campaign finance reform for a very long time, just like basically every other Democrat. She voted for McCain-Feingold, which Citizens United (among other decisions) struck down. In fact the subject of that case was ads attacking her! This is not shocking or surprising or hypocritical.

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Look at the end of the day, the only way that we're getting citizens united et al. overturned is by waiting until Scalia or Kennedy (or, inshallah, Thomas) die and then replacing them with a liberal justice. Of course Clinton can't come out and say that. A constitutional amendment is obviously never happening, and legislation can't really fix the problem. I don't know why progressive activists waste their time on constitutional amendments that are literally never going to pass, but they do, and instead of being asked the question "will you appoint a 50-something lesbian judge who clerked for ginsburg if/when scalia has a heart attack" people ask her this nonsense, so she answers the questions she's asked and hopes people understand her position.