Chris Hayes: For Mitch McConnell, ‘Money Is Speech But Speech Is Not Speech’

‘Mitch McConnell wants corporations to keep giving him money’

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HAYES: “And McConnell’s devotion to corporate interests has paid off for him specifically. Just days before the 2020 election, he was leading all senators in competitive races in campaign donations from S&P 100 CEOs. Notably, not a lot of Democrats at the top of that list. Now, few corporations have just said they oppose a Republican law, haven’t even done anything, and Mitch McConnell says they should just shut the hell up and keep the money flowing into his campaign coffers. Because Mitch McConnell's theory is this: Money is speech, but speech is not speech. And that’s because none of this was ever about speech for McConnell or any of the other Republicans now taking umbrage. It was always about power."

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