Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Ted Cruz backs unlimited campaign cash: 'Money absolutely can be speech'
Source: Associated Press
Ted Cruz backs unlimited campaign cash: 'Money absolutely can be speech'
Associated Press in Barrington, New Hampshire
Sunday 15 March 2015 20.16 GMT
Unlimited political cash would give rank-and-file conservative activists greater sway in picking their representatives, including the president, White House hopeful Ted Cruz told New Hampshire voters on Sunday.
Cruz, a first-term senator who represents Texas, said deep-pocketed donors should have the same rights to write giant campaign checks as voters have to put signs in their front yards. Both, Cruz said, were an example of political speech, and he added that “money absolutely can be speech”.
“I believe everyone here has a right to speak out on politics as effectively as possible,” Cruz said told a voter who asked him about the role of the super-rich in politics.
Cruz, making his first trip to New Hampshire this year, was using a two-day visit to the early voting state to lay the groundwork for an expected 2016 presidential campaign. Three of the seven questions he took during a town hall-style meeting were statements encouraging him to run for president.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Associated Press in Barrington, New Hampshire
Sunday 15 March 2015 20.16 GMT
Unlimited political cash would give rank-and-file conservative activists greater sway in picking their representatives, including the president, White House hopeful Ted Cruz told New Hampshire voters on Sunday.
Cruz, a first-term senator who represents Texas, said deep-pocketed donors should have the same rights to write giant campaign checks as voters have to put signs in their front yards. Both, Cruz said, were an example of political speech, and he added that “money absolutely can be speech”.
“I believe everyone here has a right to speak out on politics as effectively as possible,” Cruz said told a voter who asked him about the role of the super-rich in politics.
Cruz, making his first trip to New Hampshire this year, was using a two-day visit to the early voting state to lay the groundwork for an expected 2016 presidential campaign. Three of the seven questions he took during a town hall-style meeting were statements encouraging him to run for president.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/15/ted-cruz-backs-unlimited-campaign-cash-money-absolutely-can-be-speech
4 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
