Not enough attention has been paid to how powerful dark money interests mobilized to pressure Manchin and Sinema to maintain the filibuster—and, in turn, to maintain the power of those wealthy special interests at the expense of voters. 🧵
For example, last April, the dark money group Heritage Action described a $24M plan to “block federal legislation & tackle state based reform." A key part of that anti-voter effort was blocking filibuster reform: “It’s an all-hands-on-deck moment," said a top Heritage official.
The full video, obtained by @ItsDocumented, was described by @AriBerman & @NickSurgey here: motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
@brendan_fischer @tchevalier10 I guess they invested in the right politicians
@brendan_fischer Wow. Excellent thread. OMG! There’s a lot of money on the Rs destroying democracy side.
@brendan_fischer Democrats need to VEHEMENTLY deny they are for “defunding the police” as that was A KEY piece of rhetoric. If we don’t get more nuanced and tackle the extreme rhetoric on the left, we will lose potential voters that could be our slim margin of victory. @PressSec @POTUS @WHCOS