Sen. Whitehouse Gives Presentation On ‘Dark Money’ Influence On Supreme Court Nomination | MSNBC

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse used his time at the confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett to give a presentation about how "dark money" was playing a role in the Supreme Court nomination process. Aired on 10/13/2020.
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Sen. Whitehouse Gives Presentation On 'Dark Money' Influence On Supreme Court Nomination | MSNBC

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  1. THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HEARING FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. DARK MONEY IS AN ENEMY OF LIBERTY-BUT Trump/Putin likes it!

    1. I hate how her look never changes during this speech. It tells me that it’s not a legitimate expression, but an act. She’s looking at him like he’s crazy, and she’s holding it for too long. It’s a poker face.

    2. @Xeno_2GTHR She’s a very smart person, she knew this already. Her blank stare is the knowledge the argument is to complicated to convince the people she needs to get away with it.

  2. Look at her playing her “concerned” part. She knows what’s going on and she is on the republican team!

    1. Because the cameras are rolling , the lights are up, and most critically because she hasn’t been confirmed.

  3. Man ! This was the guy in school that Trump should’ve Copied off ! He does his home work! He nails it

  4. This has so little to do with Roe. It is about big money overcoming democracy. Big business overcoming people’s rights. Notice that the new Trump judges are deciding to allow voter suppression? No coincidence. It is about power. It is about money.

    1. Bingo… So all protestors please stop breaking windows and statues.. coalesce to a functional group in one location, make this guy and people as intelligent/non corrupt as him generals and let’s get to work please..

    1. Judge Amy should recuse herself. Why sully her future reputation by being nominated by a criminal incompetent president, confirmed by a hypocritical lying Senate? Is being a Justice really worth a lifelong stain?

    2. spaxxed Ted Cruz is simply a spineless eunuch. Never saw anyone grovel like he did with Conald Trump. Two worthless politicians who need to be fired by the People!

    3. @spaxxed “no hope”

      Why don’t you answer the question? What did Cruz say that so invalidated Whitehouse, and caused you gush over Cruz so obscenely?

    1. Now whoduthunkit that the “deep state” was in fact the RepubliKKKan party all along. Just follow the dark money and you’ll find the culprit.

    1. If the Democrats do take all three branches they need to really show some nerve and put in a bunch of sweeping reforms to prevent another Trump/McConnell from happening. They’ve exploited unwritten agreements, so write them.

    2. @Waterparkeu WE ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING PLANNED OUT, INCLUDING THE 2021 ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO OF NY. WILL BE INDICTING FRED FLINTSTONE BILL BARR AND OTHERS. MORE OF THE UNREDACTED MUELLER TO COME OUT ETC. THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IS COMING TOGETHER 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷

    3. No, they’re clever for convincing republican voters that screwing themselves will somehow make things better…

    4. @Waterparkeu well… judiciary is out of reach so only parliament and WH are concerned. But the dems have not waited – take a look at HR1, the first law they proposed to begin the changes you mention. McConnell refused to allow it a vote in the senate. In a video game, that guy would have hypocrisy and scheming maxed out….

  5. This needs an Oscar winning cast like All the Presidents Men to bring this to justice. A great takedown by Senator Whitehouse. Dirty Supremes.

  6. this guys staff is good, republicans better be ready for blue backlash,..the elective wall is about to fall on them

    1. That’s a good one.
      This would be a real WALL.
      Not the fake wall of the Incompetent failure.
      Mexicans pay for it…. Ha ha ha! What a joke.

  7. This is the real threat that most Americans just can’t be bothered thinking about or who don’t have the faintest idea what he’s talking about and therefore let it pass. This is where the ‘buck stops’ and this is why the republicans have pushed and pushed for years to stack the court system. This is scary stuff. It’s like watching a slow-motion car crash and knowing there’s nothing you can do to stop it. And the result is going to be catastrophic.

    1. @LOVIE PERKINS Typical trumptydumpty lies and idiotic statements. You have absolutely no understanding of socialism.
      Your comment parrots Fox nonsense.

    2. @LOVIE PERKINS It is curious that so many people in the US call Democrats “socialists” or “communists”…
      No offense meant, but I wonder whether the differences between “socialism”, “communism”, “liberalism”, “social democracy”, “state socialism”, and so on, are left out of school in the US? Or why is it that you don’t seem to know what actual radical left activism looks like?

    3. @LOVIE PERKINS you seem to be fine with dark money in politics. Care to explain why you’re a bootlicker for corporate America? Keep in mind that the only good fascist is a dead fascist. We sent one of our greatest generations across the pond to put fascism down. Why is this history lost on you?

    1. @Micah Burns I sympathize, but not voting can’t be the answer either. Given bad options, you chose the lesser evil.

    2. @Micah Burns Regarding Biden vetoing universal healthcare; usually when politicians state something like that there is more to it. Oftentimes other things are crammed into bills and a sensible politician may say, “I can’t support this bill, because other terrible things are piggybacking on the legitimate issue. Here is my better proposal”.
      Not saying that is the case here, but i think that is more realistic than someone not wanting millions of Americans to have healthcare during a pandemic AND an election cycle.

    3. @mrm95 nah, man, he was asked straight up, nothing else included, if he would support universal healthcare and he said he didn’t, and he would even veto it if it came across his desk. Don’t make excuses for the Dems. They are the other side to the same coin.

  8. Why isn’t this front page news across the planet? This is probably one of the best laid out and given speeches I’ve seen! This guy (I’m ashamed to say I need to find out about him!) just won the day in my book.

    1. Yes, meanwhile, he’s been an important voice for years and will be a force in the Senate once McConnell is out on his face

  9. The Republicans aren’t just Corrupt because their stupid, but because that’s where the money is.
    Senator Whitehouse should speak more often. Powerful words.

    1. The money is with the huge funding of the socialist Democratic Party via the Soros , new world order they have billions wake up

    2. @jm z well sure, if fox says so. The progressives are bestowing to no one. So if dark money is your concern, vote progressive.

    3. @jm z
      All research shows that 10X Dark Money flows to Republicans. Dems are no where in the same league. This is why Republicans were all over Citizens United.

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