Harvard Law Professor Crowdfunds $1 Million, Launches Presidential Bid : The Two-Way : NPR
Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig met his self-imposed goal of crowd-funding $1 million by Labor Day, and Sunday on ABC announced he’s running for the Democratic nomination for President.Lessig, an activist with a grassroots following among some progressives, says he’s running on a singular platform — the Citizen Equality Act of 2017. It would expand voting access, ban gerrymandering and institute campaign finance reform.”I think I’m running to get people to acknowledge the elephant in the room,” Lessig said Sunday on ABC. “This stalemate, partisan platform of American politics in Washington right now doesn’t work. And we have to find a way to elevate the debate to focus on the changes that would actually get us a government that could work again, that is not captured by the tiniest fraction of the one percent who fund campaigns.”
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