The fundraising effort centers on a campaign eliciting funds in exchange for donors names being scrolled during a live stream of the president's speech.
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“I will deliver a historic State of the Union Address on February 4th. If you donate TONIGHT, your name will be one of the names shown LIVE,” reads another Facebook ad.Some of the ads specify that donors names would be shown during the campaign’s livestream, while other don’t. “His perversion of this national moment in the halls of Congress to advertise campaign access and fundraise is yet another case study on his corrupt Presidency,” said Lisa Gilbert, Vice President of Legislative Affairs at Public Citizen. “This administration has no shame. This latest outrage underscores the need for national reform to our system of moneyed politics.”
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