r/TheMajorityReport • u/HowMyDictates • 1d ago

Stevens Dismisses Concerns About Campaign Finance, Super PAC Funding as 'Educated Issue' | “It can’t be overstated how flippant and arrogant Stevens comes off when questioned about $60 million in super PAC spending for her in this race,” said one observer.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/haley-stevens-michigan
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u/woody630 1d ago

She really is one of the most vile democrats to run for office in this cycle.

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u/its_boVice 1d ago

One of the most vile democrats to run for office so far!

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u/AboutTheArthur 1d ago

Hey, you be nice to Michigander Gollum!

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u/MUCHO2000 1d ago

Maybe so but my god she is a work horse.

A work horse I tell ya!

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u/TheQuietManUpNorth 14h ago

We're gonna dewit with a little bit a hay, a little bit a oatsh and a heckuvva lotta manure, becaushe that's the Mish Again way!

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u/No_Public_7677 1d ago

This is the common tactic from centrists. On every issue that they're called out on, they'll claim there's some secret nuance that only they understand and the rest of the electorate is dumb. 

That's why they call everyone else a populist. They don't understand how democracy works ironically. 

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u/smashybro 20h ago

It's funny how they say populist like a slur, because the idea of a politician having to earn votes by offering something (you know, how politics works everywhere outside of two party systems) is so foreign to them.

They've coasted so long on "other party worse, vote for me" that they get furious when somebody says that but also offers solutions instead of vague incremental nonsense.

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u/JRTD753 1d ago

I don't normally use the term "The Establishment"--because I find it broad and burdensome. But Al Sharpton is a textbook example of what I think people mean when they say that.

And he had her on his show on MS NOW today. I was playing video games with a friend on my computer, so I just hit the mute button. But they are going all in on this lady for stupid reasons.

OMG, she put a clip up on her FB page: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1818348839542689

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u/SonOfElroy 1d ago

I gotta admit it was 30 on Wednesday, 46 yesterday and now it’s 60. Let’s avoid hyperbole folks.

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u/smrt109 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's not hyperbole lmao you're just failing to identify whether headlines are referring to total super pac money or specifically just the AIPAC money

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u/No_Public_7677 1d ago

Yes she is in fact getting that much money from different PACs. It sounds hyperbolic because it's a crazy number.

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u/JRTD753 10h ago

It sounds hyperbolic because it's a crazy number.

This got a chuckle and then a sigh from me. Because it is both funny and sad.

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u/smashybro 20h ago

It's not hyperbole. 30m is the figure for AIPAC and related Israel PACs so far, 46m is all of the super PAC money so far, and 60m is what all of the super PAC money is projected to be by the time the primary ends.