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- [Narrator] If you're
wondering how we came to this,

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you just have to follow the money.

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Millions of dollars of donations

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from America's biggest corporations,

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and mega millionaires poured directly to the Trump campaign,

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and those of his most ardent cronies in Congress,

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Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Kevin McCarthy.

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Corporations with names part of the American lexicon,

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like Charles Schwab, and Johnson & Johnson.

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Families like the Ricketts who own the Chicago Cubs,

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and the Perlmutters, who until recently

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helmed the Marvel Comics Company.

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Mega donors, like Linda McMahon,

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from the World Wrestling Federation,

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global private equity billionaire, Steve Schwarzman,

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and Geoff Palmer, the billionaire

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Beverly Hills real estate magnate,

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and many, many, many more.

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Each American only gets one vote,

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but when there are millions of dollars behind that vote,

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that vote buys access at the highest level,

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and with that level of access comes complicity.

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These mega donors funded a Trump campaign that supported

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a coup at the Capitol

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and attempted to dismantle our democracy. 

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Supporting those determined to take the vote away from
millions of black Americans.

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They are the mega enablers,

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and it's time to call them out by name,

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and hold them accountable for their actions.

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<font color=#000000FF>- [Narrator] The Lincoln Project is responsible</font>

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<font color=#000000FF>for the content of this advertising.</font>