The former U.S. Secretary of Labor and Berkeley’s current Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy is fed up with money playing a role in politics, gosh-darn it! And he’s taken to Twitter to express his righteous indignation:
Obviously, Robert, you’re still sore about Citizens United (just like your buddies Peter Fonda, Ben, and Jerry). Stomp that foot! Maybe AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka will join you in your tantrum; he, too, thinks money’s “dangerous to democracy.” ::cough::
Reich found some support among fellow waaaaaahmbulance passengers:
https://twitter.com/Debeauche/status/222445703958511616
https://twitter.com/bobdobolina/status/222445501688201217
One lefty was willing to acknowledge something Reich did not:
Many conservatives echoed this point, countering Reich’s arguments by pointing out his hypocrisy when it comes to unions’ financial contributions.
https://twitter.com/TTrsquare/status/222448634040553473
https://twitter.com/headinjurykid/status/222451786424913920
https://twitter.com/WBPetersen/status/222447543383113728
Reich isn’t really in a position to take up the mantle of Crusader for Political Justice.
https://twitter.com/evilofindiff/status/222446658259140608
https://twitter.com/clarkcali/status/222451054783107072
Hopefully this November, Reich’s tears will be genuine:
