Steve Peoples and Jonathan J. Cooper
01/17/25
(Associated Press) Tiffany Muller, executive director of End Citizens United, a Democratic-aligned organization fighting to eliminate big money from politics, penned an op-ed Thursday describing Trump’s inauguration next week as “the beginning of an oligarchy that’s been 15 years in the making.”
She acknowledged that the trend, enabled by the 2010 Supreme Court ruling for which her group is named that allowed wealthy donors to bypass political donation limits, is not exclusive to Trump’s party.
“To be clear, Citizens United has allowed both parties to raise money from the billionaire class and large corporations. And Vice President Kamala Harris pulled in more total donations in the 2024 presidential race than her opponent did,” Muller wrote. “But Trump is elevating his donors to major positions within the federal government.”