Cruz stated, “How about free speech? Well, we’ve heard quite a bit about free speech. The senator from Rhode Island just gave a long presentation, complete with lots of charts. I’ll say a couple of things on free speech. First of all, our Democratic colleagues, when they address the issue of so-called ‘dark money’ in campaign finance contributions, are often deeply, deeply hypocritical and don’t address the actual facts that exist.” “Here are some facts: of the top twenty organizations spending money for political speech in the year 2016, fourteen of them gave virtually all their money to Democrats and another three split their money evenly, so only three of the top 20 gave money to Republicans,” Cruz fired. “What did that mean in practice? That meant the top 20 super-PAC donors contributed $422 million dollars to Democrats and $189 million to Republicans. Those who give these impassioned speeches against ‘dark money’ don’t mention that their side is funded by ‘dark money’ with a massive differential. The senator from Rhode Island talked about ‘big corporate powers’ without acknowledging that the contributions from the Fortune 500 in this presidential election overwhelmingly favor Joe Biden and the Democrats. Without acknowledging that the contributions from Wall Street in this election overwhelmingly favor Joe Biden and the Democrats.”
@@craigcorey7015 I have no doubt that it's all dirty. Something needs to be done about it all in general for both sides. Kinda tough to get money out of politics when they all benefit so greatly though.
Indeed but one like him did. He won the Iowa Caucuses then he won in NH but the DNC awarded him 2 less Delegates than the runner up who was (actually) proving unpopular ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DMmoB2WMMlo.html so then on Super Tuesday, a different Candidate Polling 5th, even 6th somehow placed first in most Super Tuesday States despite NOT Campaigning in several of them and despite a still crowded field of Candidates. _"If voting mattered, they would make it illegal."_ I am somewhat less cynical but I do know that major candidates are chosen FOR us. Troublemakers come from smaller states or smaller districts where campaigns can be more personal . For more, I recommend Greg Palast, Reporter for the BBC and the Guardian.
Cruz stated, “How about free speech? Well, we’ve heard quite a bit about free speech. The senator from Rhode Island just gave a long presentation, complete with lots of charts. I’ll say a couple of things on free speech. First of all, our Democratic colleagues, when they address the issue of so-called ‘dark money’ in campaign finance contributions, are often deeply, deeply hypocritical and don’t address the actual facts that exist.” “Here are some facts: of the top twenty organizations spending money for political speech in the year 2016, fourteen of them gave virtually all their money to Democrats and another three split their money evenly, so only three of the top 20 gave money to Republicans,” Cruz fired. “What did that mean in practice? That meant the top 20 super-PAC donors contributed $422 million dollars to Democrats and $189 million to Republicans. Those who give these impassioned speeches against ‘dark money’ don’t mention that their side is funded by ‘dark money’ with a massive differential. The senator from Rhode Island talked about ‘big corporate powers’ without acknowledging that the contributions from the Fortune 500 in this presidential election overwhelmingly favor Joe Biden and the Democrats. Without acknowledging that the contributions from Wall Street in this election overwhelmingly favor Joe Biden and the Democrats.”
@@craigcorey7015 Nice example of whataboutism there. And an empty argument. Whitehouse not only followed the money, he laid out their goals, their coordination, and the results - all bad for us, bad for the justice system. Cruz just points at the money. Remember - the goal of the money behind the Democrats is to give us (the voters) more information and control, not less.
This performance today was not only informative but jaw dropping! While Dark Money in politics isn’t a new revelation; how he was able to tie its impact to our courts and this nomination was excellent! Every American, regardless of their political affiliation should be angry and concerned.
Cruz stated, “How about free speech? Well, we’ve heard quite a bit about free speech. The senator from Rhode Island just gave a long presentation, complete with lots of charts. I’ll say a couple of things on free speech. First of all, our Democratic colleagues, when they address the issue of so-called ‘dark money’ in campaign finance contributions, are often deeply, deeply hypocritical and don’t address the actual facts that exist.” “Here are some facts: of the top twenty organizations spending money for political speech in the year 2016, fourteen of them gave virtually all their money to Democrats and another three split their money evenly, so only three of the top 20 gave money to Republicans,” Cruz fired. “What did that mean in practice? That meant the top 20 super-PAC donors contributed $422 million dollars to Democrats and $189 million to Republicans. Those who give these impassioned speeches against ‘dark money’ don’t mention that their side is funded by ‘dark money’ with a massive differential. The senator from Rhode Island talked about ‘big corporate powers’ without acknowledging that the contributions from the Fortune 500 in this presidential election overwhelmingly favor Joe Biden and the Democrats. Without acknowledging that the contributions from Wall Street in this election overwhelmingly favor Joe Biden and the Democrats.”
@@craigcorey7015 Oh Teddy, all I hear is how much Wall Street loves Trump, so why are all these Fortune 500 companies donating to Joe Biden? Ted Cruz just defeated Trump's loudest argument for reelection.
This was the most important presentation of the entire day. Can't imagine how uncomfortable some people were being forced to sit thru this. Lol. Amazing job, Senator.
Ooooo yeah dark money. Meanwhile joes campaign is propped up by the most powerful corporations to ever exist in history. The mental gymnastics you useful idiots play...
@@mikem9374 whataboutism all day all night huh? I'm fine with corruption called out on all sides. Saying it exists on the other side doesn't negate the horrendousness of it in action taking away people's rights as we speak!
@@mikem9374 talk about the policy. whatever policy Joe wants to implement that benefits the corporations over the working people, believe me conscientious Democrats and progressives will have no qualms to vocally and aggressively oppose that policy. Will Magats do the same???
Filling a vacant seat on the supreme court is the job of the President to nominate and the Senate to consider and accept or reject the nominee. Court packing is to increase the # of justices from 9 to>9.
@@robinragan1702 So they refused to do their “duty” and consider Garland, saving room for a future ideolog; what would you call that. Your point is no more than pointing out a distinction without a difference.
@@gregohare2406 The difference is Obama was already on his 2nd term. He was termed out as in couldn't run for reelection. Had his Senate been majority Democrat with him as a Democrat president his nominee would have been approved. DJT is Republican with a majority Republican Senate and may win the election. The difference between the 2 is only if the 2 branches come from the same party. As with BHO there was no way his nominee would pass. He couldn't have gotten enough votes. BHO put forth a nominee, Republican's considered and said no. I'm not saying it was right or wrong because I can see both sides. Regardless words matter and court packing is increasing the # of justices, not legally voting a judge to a vacancy.
@@robinragan1702 Obama nominated Garland with a year left in his term as president. He still had the authority to nominate and the Senate still had the responsibility to provide advise and consent. Instead they did nothing. BTW, no one has an exclusive franchise on the phrase ‘court packing’. If you watched the hearing, several republicans said they had a duty under the Constitution to consider Trumps nomination. And yet they felt no duty with Garland. Since when does party affiliation give a Senator the right to avoid their Constitutional responsibility? They want it both ways and now changed their reasoning to fit their needs. Totally corrupt party. So now we will be 6 to 3 - a very lopsided court. Adding two seats would still give the republicans the advantage without effecting the function of the court. What is wrong with that? Nothing in the Constitution limits the court to 5 or 7 total. And with what the Republicans have accomplished with a lopsided SCOTUS, it seems reasonable and not radical as they would like us to believe. At this point, with what the republicans have done over the last 5 years, ignoring Garland and pushing an ultra conservative agenda, their outrage doesn’t ring true. Pretty ironic that this all occurs with Trumps nomination of an Originalist Jurist. As they say, you can’t make this stuff up.
America is sick to death of dark money in our government and judicial systems. Get it out, and put term limits on senators, representatives and judges at all levels!
This was the most revealing information. It explains SO much. Thank you sir for your dedication to our country. I don't know if I'm more upset by learning of this scheme or if I'm more relieved to know that there is SOMEONE in my government who is willing to try and expose this. If I could give you a million thumbs up I would.
Thank you Senator Whitehouse. It is high time the American People understand what exactly going on in our political system and how it is being warped for the few by the Republicans. We are losing our democracy (republic).
Man because we on the right are experiencing the EXACT opposite. We're consistently being silenced by all social media and the overwhelming bias for leftism by all media outputs. Until you're willing to reach across the aisle and address the blanketing abyss that tech monopolies and media are silencing our voices with you're going to end up forcing a civil war. And It's going to be a literal hell on earth.
So cry baby Republicans want to shoot people up in a totally unnecessary civil war to make people listen to them. It will be even harder for you to force your imaginary enemies to listen to whatever it is you’re trying to say, after you needlessly killed them. The very idea you think civil war will solve anything is absolutely ridiculous. Our core problems will not be solved by war or Dems or Reps, neither party. They both are corrupt and have had decades to solve basic issues, but haven’t because that is not their intention. The intention of both parties is to put on a fake show, cause discord, and scam the American public together with the corporations that actually run this country and own both parties already
It has also continuously been shown that social media has a big positive bias towards voices like yours. You are not silenced, what you are seeing is criticism
Obviously you missed the response that cruz gave showing the statistics of how much dark money is and was being used and the democrats FAR outweigh the Republicans in relation to this.
@@ucfkid67 no mention of any facts. I don’t see where I mentioned any. I commented on an excellent presentation and now you are the one going off at a tangent. If you want to talk about them and us play with someone else. I’m not interested.
Cruz stated, “How about free speech? Well, we’ve heard quite a bit about free speech. The senator from Rhode Island just gave a long presentation, complete with lots of charts. I’ll say a couple of things on free speech. First of all, our Democratic colleagues, when they address the issue of so-called ‘dark money’ in campaign finance contributions, are often deeply, deeply hypocritical and don’t address the actual facts that exist.” “Here are some facts: of the top twenty organizations spending money for political speech in the year 2016, fourteen of them gave virtually all their money to Democrats and another three split their money evenly, so only three of the top 20 gave money to Republicans,” Cruz fired. “What did that mean in practice? That meant the top 20 super-PAC donors contributed $422 million dollars to Democrats and $189 million to Republicans. Those who give these impassioned speeches against ‘dark money’ don’t mention that their side is funded by ‘dark money’ with a massive differential. The senator from Rhode Island talked about ‘big corporate powers’ without acknowledging that the contributions from the Fortune 500 in this presidential election overwhelmingly favor Joe Biden and the Democrats. Without acknowledging that the contributions from Wall Street in this election overwhelmingly favor Joe Biden and the Democrats.”
@@The_Tiffster it's possible. My uncle was Arthur Kraft from Kansas City. He was an artist, Google him and see if you recognise any of his work (there is a lot online).
I appreciate visual aids when someone is trying to make a point, Im glad I watched the hearing when this gem started talking. Mr. Whitehouse, can you be our President? It would be nice to not be BS'd day after day.
This was too freaking good. Favorite bits: 15:13 "That can't be good." sounds like a teacher. 23:19 "It's a crime to tamper with the jury, it's standard practice to tamper Congress." That hits hard.
Thank you Senator! This was very informative, direct and well spoken. Just to see Senator Graham uncomfortable in his seat helped make this day less painful.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is a national hero. It is aways good to hear someone speaking the truth - especially when lying has become the coin of the realm.
Senator Whitehouse, outstanding presentation... I just keep telling myself, in our United States there is only one absolute power and that is the Majority of Americans. We need to start exercising our power... Amen.
That won't happen until we take over the election process. There's no good reason "the parties" should be defining districts, saying who can/can't vote in primaries, etc. etc.
I am a Newport native, and I am so proud to have you representing your constituents and the people’s best interests. Thank you for your dedication and relentless pursuit of justice and transparency.
Here to guide you on Mr. Whitehouse's comments: 0:00 Introduction 2:35 Republican change of opinion on Supreme Court during election year 4:30 Cases that Barrett will look over 5:55 Whitehouse introduces money behind groups funding Barrett's promoters 6:25 Roe v Wade 8:40 The Scheme 9:30 The 3 Movements behind Barrett's nomination 10:47 Amicus Briefs 11:25 Donors 13:00 Federalist Society 13:47 Funding Behind it All 14:29 Bradley Foundation Memo 15:27 Email from Bradley Foundation 16:27 3 Schemes - Same Funders 18:30 Republican figures supporting this. 19:27 - 240 Million in Dark Money 21:40 Cases Won By Rs 22:54 Civil Jury Waiving 23:26 Tampering 24:30 Source of Funding. 25:30 Minority Voting 25:50 Bulk Gerrymandering 26:30 Map redistricting 27:35 Bias Case (80-0) Please dont just leave a like, go vote!
Wow, I've heard a bit about this before but you really painted the full picture. This corrupt scheme needs to come tumbling down! Congratulations on such an articulate and passionate presentation.
Thank you senator for making this speech and bring this to light. At least this will be preserved for history so people won’t forget that people did try and speak up
in the past years i keep getting surprised by the quality of certain politicians in the us, that there are people that seem not to be in politics for the power, but for the people, for the country. people like katie porter, alexandria ocasio cortez, cory bush, elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, from today on i will add sheldon whitehouse to this list. my fear is that they never reach real power: the fact that hillary clinton and joe biden, two politicians who would not change the system, were the last two nominees for the presidency makes me think that a part of this dark money has also found a way into the nominations for the democrats. nevertheless if i could i would still vote for biden, but as a dutch guy that's not possible.
Yes, we call them Corporate Democrats, who spend most of their time raising money, who essentially take bribes, and who are put on the boards of corporations or work as lobbyists after they leave office. Its the Republicans or the Libertarian oligarchs that have decided to sidestep our entire system of representation to take power through the courts, that is WHY they Created the "pro life" movement to bamboozle the people to vote Republican, though it is in every other way against their self interest
Yes..I suspect the same thing. The dnc is dipping its ladle into the pool of dark money. There is SO much corruption and this revelation by Sen. Whitehouse is like getting awoken by the loudest smoke alarm...and the house being filled with smoke. I'm overwhelmed. Is there even a way out?
The #1 political affiliation of voters in the country is Independent, at 40%. And they are blocked from voting, in many states, in the primaries. And so the radicals of both parties pick and present the 2 on the ballot in the general election. Hence, deeper and deeper and deeper division.
@@svharken6907 Along with the single issue "They're trying to take your guns", [We're going to buy your vote for a trivial for non-elite] "Tax cut!", "Gays are the road to ruin!" (or any other preoccupation with what's in our pants) etc. movements. And the sold their soul too DNC are stymied because their mega donors prohibit these words, "Living Wage Jobs", "Full Employment".
Deeply grateful for your presentation here Senator Whitehouse! Please leave this video up in perpetuity. It WILL be important for a ll Americans to watch at least once regardless of our future.
Thank you senator Whitehouse, you spoke for the nation tonight. Being from California, I wish Feinstein would have made that speech but she is missing in action and I wonder why Californians still vote for her
Senator Whitehouse is on FIRE🔥🔥!!! Dropping facts and not missing a beat. And very interesting use of his time: Brilliant. Not wasting it on questions to Supreme Court Barbie! Lol. This was like a forensic class! We need to see/hear more of this man: face of a conservative with a soul of a liberal!
@@Sassafras30 because she had covid and one point and didn't bother to tell anyone until months later. That's actively harming people if you test positive for covid and pretend like it's not there because it's easy to spread and there aren't symptoms for multiple days for some people. For someone who helped spread the virus, I think a sarcastic and judgmental comment is justified. Super Spreader Trump deserves even more for this bullshit charade he's put up, taking a bunch of experimental drugs the people can't access and saying he's 'immune'.
SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE THIS GUY A TROPHE OR SOMETHING !!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS AMAZING AND FAR TOO LATE ... THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS !!!!!!!!!!
Truth. Yes! Finally someone asking the real questions. Without addressing this dirty reality first, we will continue to be a part of a charade which will ultimately lead to the end of civilization. The more this is brought to light we can begin to find real solutions and have real change.
Why cant we live in a society were we all have rights. And decent healthcare, less expensive military, and better public infrastructure. Its a pretty simple fix. Theres enough for everyone to eat and much more.
@@alexandrostheodorou8387 Because some people/companies aren't paying fair share. Ex, www.goodjobsfirst.org/amazon-tracker Because they collaborate to make that so. Ex www.alecexposed.org/wiki/What_is_ALEC%3F
Heartfelt "Congratulations," Senator Whitehouse, for exposing the connections among GOP dark money (e.g., Federalist Society), the GOP platform, & the Barrett nomination at yesterday's Senate Judiciary Cmte. confirmation hearing. I can't thank you enough for your work.
Senator Whitehouse, im just an average American, 79 years old, who listened to all of your description and explanation of the trail of dark money and the payoff behind it. My background is not law but I understood your excellent presentation, it almost seemed, better than Amy Barrett. I've seen and experienced a great deal in nearly eight decades and am aware this dark money and these dark people have been running much of the puppet show since written history. What really cheered me up today listening to you was the assurance that the only thing keeping the world from total implosion is bright men and women like yourself who will not stand down and will keep tilting at windmills as long as there is any chance to do so. Just want to say a heartfelt thankyou!
Excellent! Truly serving your citizens. (I'm not one of them, I'm in the UK and I wish we had guys to expose the dark money here as clearly as you have)
Someone has to care for normal folks not just greedy ass old horn dogs that most likely had gotten their sick ass jollies on EPSTEIN’S little girl island and they could make flight logs disappear and possibly help EPSTEIN TAKE A DIRT NAP ?
Thank you Senator Whitehouse! You did a great job! Much appreciated! Please keep up the good work and hopefully we can change the laws to disclosing these interest groups that are meddling in our democracy. People have a right to know.
Bravo, Senator Whitehouse! 👏👏👏👏 Thank you for talking about the Constitution, the Rule of Law, and the Presidency's bigotry toward the peoples', and voters' defend. You are the epytomy of anti-corruption, anti-racism, very fair and straight forward. I salute you!
How can she not be embarrassed? I would have! How can a judge, a JUDGE, be aware that others are seting to use her as a pawn and willingly engage with that? That is fundamentally contrary to what a judge represents and their job
I ask Senator Whitehouse and to anyone else for that matter... Shouldn't the dark money activities described in his presentation be considered RACKETEERING?
Thank you Senator Whitehouse for such a clear explaination. I am gobsmacked at what has been and is happening in the USA - what a corrupt country, as low as a third country where corruption is the norm. A real eye opener of the real world in the United States of America.
WOW! Senator Whitehouse showed up and showed out when he broke down his presentation. It makes a lot of sense to me now how Republicans really get down. DAM CRIMINALS!!! This should not be allowed unless a person is looking for some prison time!
