Steyer: I Oppose ‘Citizens United’ But I’m Still Spending $100M Against GOP

‘There have been legal decisions, some court decisions which I absolutely disagree with, like Citizens United’

TODD: "Are you at all concerned that so many sort of wealthy people are suddenly taking control of the political process in a way that has parties? -- Weakened the two political --"

STEYER: "Well, let me say this. I think there are two points here. One is we absolutely believe in the democratic process. And that is the process which we believe America and Americans use for major social changes. The second thing is there have been legal decisions, some court decisions which i absolutely disagree with, like Citizens United, which have led to this explosion of money, which --"

TODD: "--You believe you should not be allowed doing this? You pledged 150 million of your own. do you believe you should not be legally be able to do this?"

STEYER: "I believe there should be a different system. And I think that when that happens, then that will be the system that we follow. But right now, what we're doing is accepting American democracy rules. And parts of it we disagree with, but the fact of the matter is, that's the system we have. That's the system we believe in. It's imperfect"

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