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Related: About this forumSanders' campaign admits to lying their asses off in a fundraising email
SophieCT ?@SophieInCT 4h4 hours agoBernie Sanders' campaign admits to lying their asses off in a fundraising email @CNNPolitics http://cnn.it/1QBuKVc
Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) Bernie Sanders' campaign will clarify an incorrect fundraising email they sent Tuesday morning that claimed Hillary Clinton's campaign was charging "some donors" $27,000 to attend a fundraiser in Los Angeles on Monday night.
"It's no exaggeration to say this is the most important stretch of our campaign," reads the email. "Secretary Clinton's supporters are responding: her campaign is holding at least a dozen high-dollar fundraisers this week, including one last night where some donors paid $27,000 to attend."
Dan Merica @danmericaCNN
This Sanders fundraising email flat out isn't true: None of Clinton's events yesterday cost $27,000 to attend.
After sending the email Tuesday, Mike Casca, Sanders' rapid response spokesman, acknowledged the email needed clarification.
"Our supporters are really fired up about Clinton's high-dollar fundraising, so when we send another fundraising email about it tonight we'll be sure to clarify that the high-dollar donors 'bundled' instead of 'donated' $27,000, which is more than the annual salary of a worker making $12 per hour," Casca said.
Clinton capped off a six-event, two-day fundraising swing through California with a gathering at the Hancock Park home of Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Jon Vein. Goldsmith-Vein is a movie producer and entertainment executive and Vein is the co-founder and CEO of MarketShare.
According to invites, the top ticket price for the fundraiser was $2,700, the legal max for primary donations. Event hosts raised $27,000, meaning they invited enough people to the event to break that threshold.
The event was solely a fundraiser for Hillary for America, Clinton's campaign, not the Hillary Victory Fund, Clinton's joint effort with the Democratic National Committee and state Democratic parties, or Priorities USA, Clinton's high-dollar super PAC, according to Josh Schwerin, a Clinton spokesman.
No donors paid $27,000, he added.
Initially, the Sanders campaign stood by their fundraising email, with Casca tweeting a shrugging emoji next to bags of money and a picture of the event invite that notes hosts "raise $27,000."
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mike casca (@cascamike) February 23, 2016
Michael Briggs, Sanders' spokesman, also sent a similar invite to CNN, noting the fact that hosts raised $27,000.
"We relied on media reports that said her top donors at the fundraisers 'donated' $27,000," Casca wrote in a later email, linking to two incorrect media reports from CBS and ABC local news stations in Los Angeles.
Sanders, however, has headlined a fundraiser in Los Angeles. In October, the Vermont senator attended a reception at the Beverly Hills home of Linda and Syd Leibovitch. According to an invite, $2,700 was the top ticket price but co-hosts were asked to "raise" $10,000 per person, using the same terminology that Clinton had used for similar events.
read: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/bernie-sanders-email-fundraising-clarification/index.html
Garance Franke-Ruta ?@thegarance 9h9 hours ago
Sanders team defends fundraising email CNN reporter says is untrue.
Jo Lown ?@JLownLaw 4h4 hours ago
Explanation for false amount in Sanders' email doesn't pass smell test b/c his campaign reports amounts the same way http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/bernie-sanders-email-fundraising-clarification/index.html
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Sanders' campaign admits to lying their asses off in a fundraising email (Original Post)
bigtree
Feb 2016
OP
K&R. Now let's count...impersonating Union members, inappropiare use of logos, falsely
lunamagica
Feb 2016
#11
FSogol
(45,488 posts)1. K&R. n/t
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)2. He will get a pass on this too. nt
hoosierlib
(710 posts)3. Damn extra zero...that's why I'm an analyst and not a coder...lol
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)4. OMG!
Well, that's it! I'm switching to Hillary and all her Wall Street connections! Give me a break!
bravenak
(34,648 posts)5. What a SHAME!!
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)6. Oh, my!
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)12. LOL! Nailed it!
Armstead
(47,803 posts)7. They fucked up....But small beans comparatively
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)8. Ding! Ding! Ding! You Are Correct!
SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)10. K & R for exposure. nt
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)11. K&R. Now let's count...impersonating Union members, inappropiare use of logos, falsely
claiming endorsements, misleading robo-calls...and now this?
From the most honest, cleanest campaign ever in the history of campaigns?