Last year alone, Super PACs made total independent expenditures of $1,104,481,008 – according to data reported on Feb. They believe this decision was fueled by Super PAC donors to the party, who they think “ should be banned ” with a “constitutional amendment.”Īccording to the Center for Responsive Politics, Super PACs are “ relatively new ” kinds of political action committees, able to “raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals” and spend those sums to “advocate for or against” candidates. This reasoning comes from the betrayal of Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention this past summer, who was not chosen for the candidacy in favor of Hillary Clinton. In Uygur and Kulinski’s version of the Justice Democrats’ platform, the coalition says that “the corporate, establishment wing of the is responsible” for the party’s current division.

On the day of the announcement, Uygur expressed his belief that all Democratic victories were “made possible by strong progressives.” He said that, as of late, “Democrats haven’t lined up with the party’s ideals” and that their loss in the recent presidential election was caused by a “hostile takeover” from multinational corporations. The movement is their attempt at a progressive, left-wing “take over Congress” in 2018, which mirrors the right-wing Tea Party movement.Īccording to “ The Young Turks ,” the YouTube podcast which announced the coalition, their purpose is “to support and advance policy platforms that have stalled within the Democratic Party.” They have stated that their candidates “will not be funded by corporate donors,” but “by the people.” 23, Cenk Uygur of “The Young Turks,” Kyle Kulinski of “Secular Talk” and former Bernie Sanders staffers Zack Exley and Saikat Chakrabarti founded the Justice Democrats.

Justice Is Coming by Cenk Uygur