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Bernie Sanders slams Ted Cruz for blocking FCC nomination in the name of oligarchy
Bernie Sanders slams Ted Cruz for blocking FCC nomination in the name of oligarchy
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) slammed his colleague Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday for blocking Tom Wheeler’s nomination to lead the Federal Communications Commission, telling MSNBC host Ed Schultz that Cruz is doing so to benefit high-powered corporate donors who have exploited the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling.
Not only do conservative funding sources like the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson have the ability to spend “hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars” on campaigns, Sanders argued, but what Cruz is pushing for the stripping of limitations from individual donations, as well.
“Ultimately, what they are about is creating a campaign finance system where billionaires can spend unlimited sums of money on campaigns and candidates electing the people they want,” Sanders told Schultz. “That is not, in my view, a democracy. That is called oligarchy, where a nation is run by a handful of billionaires.”
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Full article here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/28/bernie-sanders-slams-ted-cruz-for-blocking-fcc-nomination-in-the-name-of-oligarchy/
