Into a nomination or to be President of the United States I
Don't think any
Billionaire ought to be able to do it and I don't think people who suck up to billionaires in order to fund their campaigns
Ought to do it. That's Elizabeth Warren talking a big talk it during the debate that took place
I believe in Iowa, but it was recent
it was early February when she made those statements and she even went further to attack and
Be dishonest about other
opponents and what they are accepting in PAC money, but before we get to that
Let me just give you the big update to this story
She's now taking PAC money, and she's defending her decision to do so. So according to CNBC
Senator Elizabeth Warren revised her position on rejecting super PAC support as she seeks a comeback in the Democratic presidential primary
a super PAC backing Warren called persist PAC
Obviously, this is a PAC specifically for her filed paperwork with a Federal Election Commission on Tuesday
the group immediately began airing television ads in Nevada showing former President Barack Obama
praising the senator and that makes a lot of sense because there are literally hundreds of
former Obama officials who have endorsed Elizabeth Warren and now some of whom work on her campaign and
This is a little bit of an issue aid
There's the hypocrisy component to it, of course, but we also don't know who's funding this political action committee
The group has spent 1.7 million dollars on television advertisements in Nevada and South Carolina
And that's according to the median medium buying an ad buying a firm the super PACs
Donors will not be publicly disclosed until after, Nevada and South Carolina
hosts their nominating contests this month and I want to give you orange justification for doing this, but before I do so
I just want to again remind you of what she claimed of other candidates
I heard everyone here talking about Democrats. We all want to overturn Citizens United
Because we want to reduce
Unlimited spending. Yeah
Except everyone on this stage
Except Amy and me is either a billionaire or is receiving help from PACs that can do unlimited
Spending so again a lot of criticism there toward others on that stage and the way that she worded it
Was meant to be dishonest
obviously Bernie Sanders is not a billionaire, but he
Accepts money from PACs not corporate PACs and at that time
so was Elizabeth Warren there was no difference between what Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren we're doing
Just want to make that clarification before I jump into her defense of taking PAC money. I wanted to get your thoughts
I see
I don't know whether this is a reflection of the fact that maybe she realizes that she needs this money to go forward
so
It almost makes me think of the movie, Doctor Strange
Where the ancient one it turned out that she was channeling power from the dark side to make it happen where you're kind of like
Well, however, it gets done. I guess like maybe she just hit a shoulder shrugs
But definitely the hypocrisy is there, but I guess at least she I she acknowledged it. So Dan I wanted to ask you about
When Warren rejected taking money from big dollar donors, right? She's like, I'm not gonna do these fundraisers
I'm not gonna have you know, the wine cave fundraisers like Pete Buddha judge does
The DNC was very displeased because the DNC needed her to raise money for the party
And so she agreed that she would not
Fundraise on her behalf, but she would continue fundraising for the DNC. I
Felt that that distinction
Made little difference and it showed like a level of dishonesty that I was concerned about and then now everything that I believed
Or suspected has come to fruition
I but I know I'm framing it in a way to make you answer sort and I don't mean to do that
I wanted to get your thoughts. Am I being unfair to her here?
No, I mean like I think you have to look at this in a number of different perspectives
Like there's the fact that the race is very heated and Warren's not doing very well. So like the gloves are off
there is the fact that in mentally speaking as far as like the political environment the fact that Bloomberg and steyr are like
Ramping up. All these advertisements is making it. So all of these networks can charge more for the ad space
so people like Bernie Sanders people like Elizabeth Warren who have
Flavors of grassroots campaigning by their side grassroots money are having to spend more of that regular people's teachers
Doctors money on these ads just to compete in the same ads basis Bloomberg
so there are these environmental factors, but still I think the best way the Democrats can run an election is by as
Cleanly as possible
expressing that their the anti-corruption party and when you get into these kind of issues where
It's very clear that Warren went back on her word a year ago to now
I mean a
Lot of candidates made the bet especially Pete Buddha judge that you could say a bunch of stuff on the campaign trail
It wouldn't matter because once all eyes are on you
We can run with that and we'll take over the country and like win the moderates, but that's not true
We have the Internet we could look back to see what happens and so every kind of misstep or switch in
Behavior is going to be looked back on as a judgment on
how trustworthy or Artic govern and if Democrats are trying to run against the most corrupt person we've ever had as president and
The waters are muddied around this person's integrity. It's not a winning strategy. So I am very concerned in that sense
so you almost think like that by means necessary is maybe where she is right now because primarily
Bloomberg's stepping in and doing so well ya know it's a great question and and maybe you know just to play devil's advocate
She feels backed into a corner and feels that this is the only way that she has a shot
but I think one thing that she needs to really consider is what this type of messaging does to the
Democratic voters or what it communicates the Democratic voters because
Now more than ever
young voters especially want someone who's consistent and someone who will not
Waver on their values and what this communicates is that she's willing to waver for political gain
now the situation is terrible because the DNC has empowered an emboldened someone like
Bloomberg to run and spend unlimited amounts of money and he's a you know,
billionaire on these ads and so it's difficult but
There remains one candidate who's refused to take any type of corporate PAC money and and to be clear
We don't know yet who's funding this PAC? We don't know where the money's coming from because we won't find out until after
South Carolina
but
This is just it's a frustrating situation. I get it
but if Bernie Sanders can continue being the front-runner by only raising money from small dollar donors and and
Non corporate PACs. I think that if Warren had a
compelling message
She could do the same but instead she has wavered on her progressive values that was certainly clear in her medicare-for-all
Proposal, right? Yeah, and and now with what she's accepting in super PAC money
I will say this is all making as being someone who's involved in politics and especially the Democratic side of it
The 2016 the 2020 election has made me more staunchly for overall voting reform like not just getting
private money out of politics
But publicly funding elections making sure that Bloomberg can't like Super Bowl ad buy his way to twenty percent in the polls
Like there's a whole shift the fact that we even have these difference between well, there's super PACs
But then there's corporate PACs and there's like it's all
To the regular person as you're getting Tiana is just gonna look like corruption and that's something that Democrats need to address
This is something that they prioritize in the house. I believe the first bill they passed in the house was like
Relatively simple, but a measure to enact certain voting level reforms and to go against voter suppression
but this
Needs to be a big thing
Not only for Democrats to reclaim some of the trust they need but for quite frankly Bernie Sanders agenda to be as successful as it
needs to be yes, definitely so from
Warren there were some
Justifications Warren said that the fact that only two women didn't have super PAC supports was just not right
Okay, that's again. She's intentionally being dishonest and it's frustrating
So here's where I stand she says if all the candidates want to get rid of super PACs count me in I'll lead the charge
But that's how it has to be
It can't be the case that a bunch of people keep them and only one or two. Don't now Bernie Sanders though
Let's talk a little bit about where he's at because she's like, you know, obviously throwing out all sorts of accusations here
But even as CNBC of all places reports senator, Bernie Sanders does not have a declared super PAC backing his bid
although the super PAC connected to the nurses union
National Nurses United which is endorsed Sanders is supporting him the group has spent about four hundred thousand dollars on radio ads
So it's a little different. There's a lot more transparency there. We know where the money's coming from, but
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