Big business is targeting liberal Democrats who are hostile to its interests, presenting those Democrats with a wonderful fundraising icebreaker: “Yeah, you know those corporations that have already bought our entire government and are running our country as a plutocracy for their own evil ends? They’re trying to boot me out of office. Won’t you help me tell them no, once more?”
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