In 2022, then Senate candidate JD Vance joined with the National Republican Senatorial Committee and other plaintiffs to challenge federal limits on coordinated campaign spending between parties and candidates.
In English, that basically means they want to make it easier for big money to buy elections.
Democratic candidates frequently trounce Republicans in small dollar, grassroots fundraising, leading Republicans to raise the majority of their money from billionaire donors like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and many more. And as we know, the candidate with the most money usually wins the election.
Nearly 94% of House candidates and 82% of Senate candidates that outspent their opponents won their elections. (RepresentUs).
Vance’s case is now being brought before SCOTUS. In the words of today’s guest, David Fox, “They [Republicans] do not like that this law limits their ability to use big money donors to national party committees to subsidize candidates who have a tough time raising grass for its money in support of their particular campaigns.”
If Republicans win this case, it will fundamentally change campaign finance laws in the United States, and will give a massive amount of power to big money to influence election results.
All this and more, right here on The Siren Network.
