Chuck Schumer: Dark Money Web
on Friday, May 29, 2020Chuck Schumer Money Quote saying the Republicans and leader McConnell plotted to capture the courts using right-wing judges installed with dark money. Chuck Schumer said:
“We’re launching a campaign to highlight how courts — with help from Sen. McConnell & Senate GOP — have been captured by dark money. There’s a twisted web of dark money invested to plant ideological activist judges & rewrite the Constitution” — Chuck Schumer
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Chuck Schumer is criticizing how he believes courts have been influenced by “dark money” contributions from undisclosed sources. He is arguing that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican senators have helped special interest groups capture the courts by appointing judges who will rule based on their ideological preferences, rather than impartiality.
Schumer asserts that these judges are being “planted” through a “twisted web” of dark money funding aimed at rewriting the Constitution to advance certain policy priorities. Overall, he is accusing Republicans of inappropriately influencing the judicial system through secret political donations.
We’re launching a campaign to highlight how courts—with help from Sen. McConnell & Senate GOP—have been captured by dark money.
There's a twisted web of dark money invested to plant ideological activist judges & rewrite the Constitution.#CapturedCourtshttps://t.co/XRfnuAGBch
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) May 27, 2020