Good morning!

I hope y’all can help me with this one. The photo up top is from DailyKos, and it popped up on Facebook last night. It suggests that Ted Cruz’ support from the fossil fuel industry implies that he wouldn’t represent us if elected.

Fair enough.

But a quick check of OpenSecrets.org shows that Hillary has way more outside money than any other candidate. She has raised $57 million in outside money to $46 million for Cruz and a whopping $45,000 for Bernie.

And no matter what industry you look at, she’s in the lead. Money from lobbyists, for example. She has raised more money from lobbyists than Bush, Rubio, Christie, Kasich, and Cruz combined.

Looks the same with donations from people in the hedge fund industry:

We also know that, as of December:

Ninety-eight percent of the money raised by Priorities USA Action came from donors giving $100,000 or more; 90 percent came from donors giving at least $1 million.

And, compared to Ted Cruz, we know that much more than 15% of the Clintons’ personal wealth comes from corporate interests, in the form of speaking fees. $153 million worth.

I’ve posted her list of fundraising events with the financial sector, and people demand proof that she’s traded votes for cash, which is silly. That’s the whole problem: none of this is illegal.

That’s why we know that her “artful smear” comment was pure theater. No one is suggesting that she is being given money to change her positions. It’s quite clear, if you look at her voting record and platform, that she is given money because she already takes positions that these industries like.

So I want to ask a sincere, 100% snark-free question: Who do you think she represents? Do you think she represents you? And why does one standard apply to Ted Cruz and another for Hillary?

Thanks.

UPDATE

I’ve asked a real question and a lot of you are responding with fuzzy math. These two charts are just representative of her total haul, nothing like the whole thing. Her “outside money,” as OpenSecrets calls it, is more than any other candidate has raised.

This list of financial industry events is another piece of data. Does this bother you? Is it just the cost of doing business? Do you mind having their interests placed above yours? Do you know that Princeton has found that Congress literally doesn’t care about you because of the special interest money? Wouldn’t you rather not have our side taking this money?

FINANCIAL INDUSTRY FUNDRAISING EVENTS FOR HILLARY CLINTON

2015 ​Though February 2016

Apr. 28 - New York - Richard Perry (Perry Capital)

Apr. 28 - New York - Doug Teitelbaum (Homewood Capital)

May 13 - New York - Steve Rattner (Willett Advisors/Quadrangle Group)

May 13 - New York - Marc Lasry (Avenue Capital Group)

May 28 - Atlanta - A.J. Johnson (Georgetown Capital)

Jun. 1 - New York - Silda Wall (New World Capital Group)

Jun. 5 - Greenwich, CT - Malcolm Weiner (Millburn Corp.)

Jun. 25 - New York - Karen Persichilli Keogh + Eric Giola (JP Morgan Chase)

Jun. 25 - New York - Blair Effron (Centerview Partners)

Jun. 29 - New York - Martin Sosnoff (Atalanta Sosnoff)

Jul. 1 - Washington - Patrick Steel (FBR Capital Markets)

Jul. 21 - Chicago - Rajiv Fernando (Chopper Trading)

Jul. 22 - Raleigh, NC - George Reddin (FMI Capital Advisors)

Aug. 4 - Aspen, CO - Robert Hurst (Crestview Partners/Goldman Sachs)

Sep. 17 - Chicago - J.B. Pritzker (Pritzker Group)

Sep. 19 - Washington - Frank White (DuSable Capital Management)

Sep. 24 - Cresskill, NJ - Michael Kempner (Pegasus Capital Advisors)

Sep. 25 - Greenwich, CT - Cliff + Debbie Robbins (Blue Harbor Group)

Sep. 28 - Saratoga, CA - Harry Plant (UBS)

Nov. 11 - New York - Howard Lutnick (Cantor Fitzgerald)

Nov. 17 - New York - Jay Snyder (HBJ Investments)

Nov. 30 - Chevy Chase, MD - Jerry Johnson (RLJ Equity Partners)

Dec. 1 - Miami Beach - Bob Wagner (Silver Point Capital/Goldman Sachs)

Dec. 3 - Los Angeles - Michael Kong (MAPTI Ventures)

Dec. 6 - Washington - Julius Genachowski (Carlyle/Rock Creek Ventures)

Dec. 11 - Chicago - Howard Gottlieb (Glen Eagle Partners/Glenwood)

Dec. 14 - Potomac, MD - Frank Islam (FI Investment Group)

Jan. 27 - Philadelpha - Michael Forman (Franklin Square Capital Partners)

Jan. 27 - New York - Charles Myers (Evercore Partners)

Feb. 5 - Boston - Jonathan Lavine (Bain Capital/Sankaty Advisors)

Feb. 16 - New York - Matt Mallow (BlackRock)