Sen. Whitehouse: Republicans Packed the Supreme Court Using Dark Money

LEMIRE Senator good morning ░░░░░░░░ of the other major ░░░░░░░░ for voters minds per ░░░░░░░░ are threats to democracy ░░░░░░░░ is behind WHITEHOUSE Yeah ░░░░░░░░ the economic issues that ░░░░░░░░ were just discussing But ░░░░░░░░ something in the aftermath ░░░░░░░░ January 6 the hearings ░░░░░░░░ saw all summer something ░░░░░░░░ people are concerned about ░░░░░░░░ in this closing argument ░░░░░░░░ closing stretch of the ░░░░░░░░ what in particular on ░░░░░░░░ do Democrats need to ░░░░░░░░ to voters to say ░░░░░░░░ if you put the ░░░░░░░░ guys in charge this ░░░░░░░░ thing could come crashing ░░░░░░░░ WHITEHOUSE I think it ░░░░░░░░ ought to be pretty ░░░░░░░░ that one of the ░░░░░░░░ threats to democracy if ░░░░░░░░ the biggest threat to ░░░░░░░░ is the unlimited anonymous ░░░░░░░░ that has just sluiced ░░░░░░░░ our politics like a ░░░░░░░░ of slime and what ░░░░░░░░ is doing to the ░░░░░░░░ of ordinary voters to ░░░░░░░░ heard Again there are ░░░░░░░░ only four or five ░░░░░░░░ interests that are behind ░░░░░░░░ billion dollars in spending ░░░░░░░░ Republican Senate candidates and ░░░░░░░░ will have demands of ░░░░░░░░ McConnell And he s ░░░░░░░░ going to listen to ░░░░░░░░ he s going to ░░░░░░░░ to people who were ░░░░░░░░ to put billion dollars ░░░░░░░░ the line to push ░░░░░░░░ candidates forward BRZEZINSKI So ░░░░░░░░ ve had a very ░░░░░░░░ message discipline here Why ░░░░░░░░ t We get to ░░░░░░░░ book Tell us what ░░░░░░░░ scheme is And you ░░░░░░░░ what exactly can be ░░░░░░░░ Is this corruption Is ░░░░░░░░ criminal Explain it WHITEHOUSE ░░░░░░░░ it s for sure ░░░░░░░░ as the Founding Fathers ░░░░░░░░ have defined that term ░░░░░░░░ first noticed it when ░░░░░░░░ was looking at why ░░░░░░░░ at all evaporated on ░░░░░░░░ change When I got ░░░░░░░░ the Senate they were ░░░░░░░░ working on climate change ░░░░░░░░ as Citizens United was ░░░░░░░░ as soon as the ░░░░░░░░ money flowed and huge ░░░░░░░░ after that decision they ░░░░░░░░ stopped You couldn t ░░░░░░░░ a Republican near a ░░░░░░░░ bill And so I ░░░░░░░░ to look at that ░░░░░░░░ that was pushing climate ░░░░░░░░ that dark money apparatus ░░░░░░░░ then I began to ░░░░░░░░ that it s a ░░░░░░░░ of the same groups ░░░░░░░░ are backing the Republicans ░░░░░░░░ like we described in ░░░░░░░░ billion dollars in this ░░░░░░░░ for the Republican Senate ░░░░░░░░ and then as I ░░░░░░░░ at the Supreme Court ░░░░░░░░ began to see the ░░░░░░░░ groups showing up there ░░░░░░░░ the effort to pack ░░░░░░░░ court in the effort ░░░░░░░░ make sure that Garland ░░░░░░░░ not get on the ░░░░░░░░ and that Gorsuch and ░░░░░░░░ and Barrett did get ░░░░░░░░ the court And all ░░░░░░░░ the machinations that we ░░░░░░░░ to live through in ░░░░░░░░ Senate as they rammed ░░░░░░░░ judges through against all ░░░░░░░░ of Senate precedents and ░░░░░░░░ and rules So this ░░░░░░░░ is about the way ░░░░░░░░ the dark money effort ░░░░░░░░ apparatus over time and ░░░░░░░░ over half a billion ░░░░░░░░ actually has packed the ░░░░░░░░ Court captured it the ░░░░░░░░ the old railroad barons ░░░░░░░░ have captured a like ░░░░░░░░ century Railroad Commission.”