Billionaire-backed Koch network halts Nikki Haley campaign funding after South Carolina loss

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Billionaire-backed Koch network halts Nikki Haley campaign funding after South Carolina loss
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Did anyone notice how one billionaire has the power and control to decide who can be elected and who can't?

That isn't a democracy - government by the people

That's known as a plutocracy - government by the wealthy

We need campaign finance reform (among a LOT else but this would help) preventing corporate money entirely. Which means getting rid of Citizens United first

a) very true.
b) best of fucking luck on that.

Yes, the corruption stems almost entirely from the legalized bribes.

wolf-pac.com if you’d like to join the effort to stop this madness

People have been yapping about wolfpack for years now. I think you're being hoodwinked.

They like to hammer talking points to the masses to control the message. How does one spread this realization for the masses to hear it?

We're somewhere between a total plutocracy and an oligarchy. The millionaire class has a ton of sway

I disagree .... the millionaire class has ALL the sway

Naw the billionaires drink the millionaires milkshake

She's done, it doesn't matter if she drops out Tuesday or a week from Tuesday. Republicans now are Trump voters and that's the end of it.

40% in SC preferred her over Trump, that does not bode well fir the cheetoh

They wanted gerrymandered districts, and now they have to deal with the consequences.

MAGoos are going to keep winning the primaries, because they are super motivated to vote in every election. Then they'll keep losing the popular vote because people will turn out on election day.

South Carolina hasn't voted Democratic since 1976. They aren't going to change now.

That's to bad, I was hoping she would continue to divide the red team as much as possible.

LOL

I heard her for the first time the other day and she was AWFUL. Wooden and patronising.

Yea we need to tax the fuck out of billionaires so they cease to exist.

That’s the only story here.

This is good, the last thing I want is competent people running the republican party

Considering how she handled the civil war slavery question I’d say describing her as competent is a stretch

Compared to the alternative‽

Haley holding the title of “least awful venereal disease from the GOP” doesn’t make her a competent politician

I'd rather have her running against Joe and orange man in jail

Every American politician at the upper levels relies on such vast sums of money to campaign. Its just a question of finding out who owns them. Doesn’t matter which side

Yeah? Who owns Katie Porter.

Demand better from your politicians

Marching orders coming down from the powers that be