Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton faces an uphill battle when it comes to the credibility factor. In poll after poll, her honesty is called into question, even by her supporters. One of the problems voters have is her relationship with money. Center for Public Integrity Senior Reporter David Levinthal says Clinton talks the party line in condemning Citizens United, but is far different in her actual practice.
“We’ve been working on an investigation published (Thursday) that shows that Hillary Clinton stands, right now, to be one of the greatest beneficiaries of the Citizens United decision, if not just this election cycle, but perhaps ever since Citizens United became a thing six years ago.”
Levinthal says Clinton talks one way and does another.
“What we see, bottom line, is that there’s a constellation of super PAC’s, these groups that can raise and spend money, but also nonprofit organizations to an extent, too, that can do similar things, so long as they don’t have a primary purpose of engaging in politics. And together they’re raising millions and millions of dollars for the directed purpose of supporting Hillary Clinton.”
Even though candidates lack formal control over super PAC’s, the truth is, according to Levinthan, super PAC’s exist, generally speaking for the singular purpose of supporting a particular candidate’s effort to get elected.
“You can liken it to a parallel campaign structure.”
Levinthal says both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders scored higher in terms of credibility than Hillary Clinton in a recent poll commissioned by the Center for Public Integrity.
Levinthal was a guest on 790 KABC’s McIntyre in the Morning Show with Doug McIntyre and Terri-Rae Elmer.
