Summary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused Bernie Sanders of taking millions from Big Pharma during a heated exchange, but Sanders refuted the claim, stating his donations came from workers, not corporate PACs.

Kennedy repeatedly insisted Sanders was the top recipient of pharmaceutical money in 2020, but financial data shows no corporate PAC contributions to Sanders.

Meanwhile, Kennedy has profited from anti-vaccine activism, earning millions from lawsuits and speaking fees.

The debate ended without Kennedy answering whether he would guarantee health care for all as HHS secretary.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    2 days ago

    no because the accusation does not really fit what I would call rigged. which would be like changing votes or something. what they did was basically influence influencers.

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      Anything where an election is manipulated is “rigging” an election. You’re just splitting hairs.

      https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_super/3/33013/2638039-election rigging.jpg

      Notice that the image I just showed is named “election rigging.jpg”?

      The Definition for “rig”:

      rig: manage or conduct (something) fraudulently so as to produce a result or situation that is advantageous to a particular person.

      Having literal media organizations promoting the idea that the Super Delegates were all in the bag for Clinton and emails that showed they actively tried to hamstring him all falls under “rigging.”

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        2 days ago

        Are you suggesting a video game as a source for a definition of election rigging? Was there a better quality source you could use?

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          He doesn’t need a better source. We’re talking about how language is used in society, and it proves that point fine.

          I might hate terms like “Rizz” but as long as people use them to refer to a certain context, there’s no room to argue that “Technically, Rizz isn’t a word!!11”

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            No, he does as not all sources are valid. I for one would argue a game designer and writer aren’t going to be sources I would rely upon to define matters related to elections. There are better sources that are reliable and valid this game is not one.

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        2 days ago

        but influencing is not really manipulating or if you believe it is then any promotion or advertising becomes rigging. I think again the big thing here is fraudulently and what that means to folks. For me again its like changing votes, disenfranchisement, and jerry mandering would fit but getting one guy to be on your side publically over another with promises. Thats always gonna be a thing.