Darrell Issa’s Legacy: Keeping Corporate Cash Flowing While Democracy Drowns

Darrell Issa has been a staunch defender of Citizens United and the corrupt, money-driven system it created. He has consistently opposed campaign finance reform, ensuring that billionaires, corporations, and dark money groups can continue buying elections without accountability.
Issa’s entire political career has been fueled by big-money donors and corporate interests. He’s taken millions from industries that profit off deregulation—Big Oil, Wall Street, defense contractors, and real estate tycoons. And thanks to Citizens United, those same industries can funnel unlimited cash into elections through SuperPACs, drowning out the voices of everyday voters. Issa has personally benefited from this system, raising massive amounts from dark money groups that operate with zero transparency.
He has opposed every effort to overturn Citizens United or rein in SuperPACs. He voted against the DISCLOSE Act, which would have forced SuperPACs to reveal their donors. He’s also been a vocal opponent of publicly funded elections, because the last thing he wants is a system where regular people—not corporate interests—have real political power.
Issa isn’t just a bystander in this corrupt system—he’s a product of it. He thrives in a political environment where money talks and regular voters don’t matter. And as long as he’s in office, he’ll fight to keep it that way, making sure billionaires and corporations can continue buying politicians like him while working people are left with nothing but broken promises.