This claim is such a profound misunderstanding of how corporate campaign finance works. For one thing, the money goes to the campaign, not the senator personally, and for another, not a single incumbent senator has any difficulty fundraising these days.
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1441055759576436736
The article mentions that Sinema has raised $923,065 from various nefarious interest groups, which is approximately 5% of her 2018 campaign budget. She could flip all of her political positions and raise the same funds from PACs and corporations that back the other stance.
Make no mistake, the current system of campaign funding and PACs is institutionalized corruption. But the idea that senators are somehow beholden to their $5,000 corporate donors is ridiculous and obscures the real way power and influence flow in Washington.
If you want to really follow the money, look at how senators and their families get rich in office. If you want to understand their motivations, look to their social circle. If you want to follow the lobbying, see who they golf with. But campaign contributions tell you nothing
There is nothing easier in the age of social media than online political fundraising, so the idea that Manchin or Sinema quake in their boots at the thought of losing a $5,000 donation from some random chamber of commerce is preposterous.
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