Clinton targets young voters with new fundraising group

[insta8er]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton launched a bid on Thursday to draw young voters and small donors to her campaign, targeting the strengths of her rival, Bernie Sanders, as she looks ahead to the general election.

Dubbed "for45" - for Clinton as the 45th president of the United States - the group will offer associate level membership for as low as $250, according to an invitation seen by Reuters for an April 25 Philadelphia event.

"We will have an opportunity to fund-raise and host low-dollar events, speaking to what we are passionate about and why we support her," said Akilah Ensley, a 32-year-old Clinton supporter planning to join the group. "It's important that we engage."

The group held its "kick-off" conference call on Thursday, featuring the Clinton campaign's finance director, Dennis Cheng, other campaign officials, and actress Lena Dunham, according to an invitation to the call.

The group includes two other tiers, according to an information sheet seen by Reuters - a "member" level with minimum fundraising of $2,500 and an "advisor" level for raising at least $10,000.

[link:https://www.yahoo.com/news/clinton-targets-young-voters-fundraising-group-005632204.html|

[HooptieWagon]

1. "An associate level as low as $250" targeting young people?

Talk about tone deaf...does she think every millenial is married to a hedge fund manager? This plan is going to be an epic fail, but at least it will waste their time.

[antigop]

3. yeah, I thought that was pretty funny. So tone deaf. nt

[TM99]

2. Give me money kids

so I can use it to hire astro-turfers to shut y'all up on line.

[antigop]

4. Exactly! nt

[bbgrunt]

5. Whoopee! Another group to target for contributions!

[Downwinder]

6. Bill is getting the word out.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

7. Did ya hear what Bill said about you?

Now give me some money.

[Downwinder]

8. Between this, Bill's comments,

unpaid interns, and over paid trolls, one has to wonder who is running the campaign.

[RATM435]

9. That's rich the clintons asking for $250.00 from people who havent had a pay raise in 8 years.

Bill Clinton Blames Millennials For Anger, Economy, Congress
If only the youth had voted in 2010, everything would be different.

“The reason that there’s so much anxiety, intensity, anger, blame in this election is that 80 percent of the American people have not gotten a pay raise since the crash eight years ago, after inflation,” Bill Clinton said.

“A lot of young people feel like they’ve played by the rules, went to school, they’re gonna graduate with debt they can’t repay, or they’ve already graduated with debt they can’t repay, and they may not ever get to do what they really wanted to do with their lives,” Clinton said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/politics/

[insta8er]

10. What do you expect from someone who gets paid 200k an hour? like in touch with regular folks?