(The Blaze)—Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont (I) tried to make his case against campaign contributions on the right in front of Joe Rogan, but the popular podcaster shut him down quickly.
Sanders made his pitch against large campaign contributions made by tech billionaire Elon Musk while being interviewed by Rogan on his show.
Sanders got Rogan to agree that the U.S. has a “corrupt campaign finance system” and then went on to assail the Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.
“What it says is, ‘You’re a billionaire. You have now the constitutional right because your money is your freedom of expression,’ right?” Sanders explained.
“So you don’t like Bernie Sanders. You can put millions or hundreds of millions of dollars into a campaign and express your view about how terrible Bernie Sanders is, and you can buy that election, right?” he added. “That’s your constitutional right.”
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