This is what happens when you donate to a lib organization, they’ve definitely done a few good things w the money but really weird uses including basically a content house, paying consultants millions who were family / closely related to the people in charge of the $ and having a ton of money in stonks
This's the thing about populists - they see the establishment is feeding at the trough, and whenever they finally get some influence, they want a place at the trough. They are then shocked to see the establishment use its weapons to point out that they've got a place at the trough and how this is a very bad thing.