It is disturbing to see the airwaves flooded with ads, sponsored by dark money political action committees, that are full of falsehoods and half-truths. But it is no surprise to see that Karl Rove‘s super PAC (American Crossroads) is against HR 1/S.1, the For the People Act, which would, among other things, eliminate dark money in politics, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is attempting to protect the pharmaceutical industry’s grossly inflated profits by preventing Medicare from negotiating drug prices.
I am all for free speech, but there should be a line drawn against the intentional spreading of falsehoods. At a time when the very existence of our democratic form of government is under attack, these ads serve no useful purpose.
Joseph Duclos
Shapleigh
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