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Swalwell on How to Prevent Mass Shootings: Stop NRA from Donating ‘Dirty Money’

‘It’s the outside money right now that keeps members from doing the right thing’

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SWALWELL: “We’ve been told for so long that that’s a divisive issue. And I’ve come to figure out going across the country how being 28 members of the Congress in their 40s and under win this last election in Texas, in Iowa, in Oklahoma, in Kansas, that you can run on background checks and you’re not going to be punished, that the moms will have your back. That it was always used as a tactic to keep us from doing anything on it, but also we’ve got to get rid of the dirty money. It’s the outside money right now that keeps members from doing the right thing. So many Republicans tell me I know I want to do the right thing on this issue, I’m just afraid I’ll get primaried. They’re more worried about their job than doing the right things. So let's strip down to the studs the Citizens United' ruling and require corporations to disclose to their shareholders what they’re spending.” 

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