Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday demanded action to curb billionaires' outsized influence on U.S. elections after new federal filings revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other ultra-rich Americans have pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into Republican nominee Donald Trump 's presidential campaign in recent months. 'In three months, three billionaires donated $220 million to Donald Trump ,' Sanders wrote on social media, referring to Musk, Miriam Adelson, and Richard Uihlein.
support imposing limits on money in politics. 'Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history,' former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich wrote Wednesday, pointing to the new campaign finance filings. 'It corrupts our system every day.' In addition to Sanders, Rep. Cori Bush called for the overturning of the 2010 decision as the 2024 election shapes up to be the most expensive in U.S. history, fueled by massive spending by big donor-funded super PACs.
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