Dark Money Opponent Hillary Clinton Forms Group to Handle Dark Money
Hillary Clinton announced on Monday that she’s launching a new organization, Onward Together, to help educate, train and embolden her former supporters to oppose the Trump administration—but she’ll remain quiet on at least one issue key to progressive Democrats.
She’ll be following in President Obama’s footsteps, working as a “community organizer” to help empower other community organizers to “get involved.” According to Onward Together’s about page, she and her group will aim to “resist bullying, hate, falsehoods, and divisiveness, and stand up for a fairer, more inclusive America.”
But Clinton’s new organization isn’t a selfless, 501(c)(3) charity designed to help further democracy out of the goodness of her and her donors hearts. It’s a 501(c)(4), better known by Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters as a “dark money” organization.
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During the Presidential campaign, Clinton routinely brought up “dark money” and “campaign finance reform,” even pledging on her campaign website to “get unaccountable money out of politics,” overturning the Citizens United decision that allowed corporations to give to 501(c)(4)s and SuperPACs without limit, and force outside groups, like her own, to disclose their donors in the name of transparency.
Onward Together won’t have to do any of that, and won’t be accountable to Americans who are legitimately concerned that too much money moves through secret back-channels in Washington.
Hillary Clinton announced on Monday that she’s launching a new organization, Onward Together, to help educate, train and embolden her former supporters to oppose the Trump administration—but she’ll remain quiet on at least one issue key to progressive Democrats.
She’ll be following in President Obama’s footsteps, working as a “community organizer” to help empower other community organizers to “get involved.” According to Onward Together’s about page, she and her group will aim to “resist bullying, hate, falsehoods, and divisiveness, and stand up for a fairer, more inclusive America.”
But Clinton’s new organization isn’t a selfless, 501(c)(3) charity designed to help further democracy out of the goodness of her and her donors hearts. It’s a 501(c)(4), better known by Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters as a “dark money” organization.
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During the Presidential campaign, Clinton routinely brought up “dark money” and “campaign finance reform,” even pledging on her campaign website to “get unaccountable money out of politics,” overturning the Citizens United decision that allowed corporations to give to 501(c)(4)s and SuperPACs without limit, and force outside groups, like her own, to disclose their donors in the name of transparency.
Onward Together won’t have to do any of that, and won’t be accountable to Americans who are legitimately concerned that too much money moves through secret back-channels in Washington.
