Rosendale has received $140,000 from corporate PACs
Since the Citizens United decision, Montana has been a hotbed of outside special interest spending with over $170 million spent in just 10 years
Citizens United, the namesake special interest group behind the disastrous 2010 Supreme Court decision, recently donated $5,000 to Matt Rosendale’s campaign for Montana’s at-large seat. The Citizens United decision gave corporate special interests and wealthy political donors nearly unlimited ability to influence elections and drown out the voices of the people.
“Matt Rosendale hasn’t seen a check from his corporate special interest allies that he doesn’t like, but the donation from Citizens United is particularly telling,” said End Citizens United Tiffany Muller. “It’s clear that Citizens United, the group responsible for the unlimited and unchecked money in politics, sees an ally in Rosendale. They know Rosendale will be a rubber stamp for the corporate special interests and mega-donors rigging the system. Rosendale’s relationship with Citizens United flies in the face of Montana’s proud tradition of supporting good government and clean, transparent elections.”
Meanwhile, Kathleen Williams doesn’t take a dime from corporate PACs, and has made reforming our broken system a top priority in Congress. Williams will support an amendment to reverse Citizens United that has left Montanans’ voices unheard for so long due to the unchecked influence of money in politics. She supported Montana’s DISCLOSE Act, one of the strongest transparency laws in the nation, and has held her own party accountable to keep campaign contributions low. Williams knows that Montanans are sick of politics as usual, and that progress is delayed because Washington is full of lobbyists, career politicians, and corporate special interests that stand in the way of getting things done for Montanans. While Matt Rosendale is deep in the pocket of corporate special interests and beholden to their wants and needs, Kathleen Williams will only fight for Montanans’ best interests.
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