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The U.S. Senate is a country club

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  SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION OF THE IMPACTS OF DARK  MONEY AND VESTED INTERESTS ON ELECTIONS! The U.S. Senate is a country club. It’s full of billionaires, former business execs, lawyers with Ivy League degrees, and trust fund kids born with so many silver spoons in their mouths that they have no idea the reality for working-class people like me. If I defeat my opponent, the literal billionaire Republican Pete Ricketts, I will be the least wealthy member of the U.S. Senate. I don’t come from money, and I’m not rich. I’m a steamfitter and mechanic who’s worked 50 and 60-hour workweeks my whole life to give my kids a better life. I will be the only senator without a college degree. After my wife and I found out we were expecting a baby, I had to drop out and kill my dream of hanging a diploma on the wall because my family needed health insurance, diapers, and food on the table. I will be the only senator who is a blue-collar, card-carrying, union member. When Kello...