PLAYING WITH PACS
Despite disavowing big money in politics (or at least corporate money), the reality of political politics – i.e., to win – it takes big money. Which means political action committees – PACs – supporting dueling candidates. The latest to jump into the U.S. Senate race are U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Democrat Abdul El-Sayed met quietly with Schumer and other Senate Democrats in D.C. in mid-September, and while El-Sayed had previously criticized Schumer during the primary and said if he was elected he would not support him, post-visit, they’re buddies, with Schumer’s PAC, IMPACT, promising $10 million to El-Sayed’s campaign. His opponent, Mike Rogers, received $1 million from Elon Musk’s America PAC, a super PAC, with $60,000 going to digital ads against El-Sayed.
