Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumFrom the Bernie campaign re "Hillary Victory Fund"
Heres the truth, merrily: since the start of this campaign, a majority of the money raised by the Clinton campaign has come from people giving the maximum amount allowable.
On our side, something happened that no one ever expected. Millions of people came together giving an average of $27 at a time to our campaign, and we actually started raising more money than the most inevitable candidate ever. Not even Wall Street could keep up!
So, as we got closer to the primaries and caucuses, the Clinton campaign had a problem how were they going to deal with this? They responded as youd think: they asked the richest of the rich (think Walmarts Alice Walton) to contribute $353,400 to something called the "Hillary Victory Fund," and the majority of the money the "Fund" has spent has gone to support the Clinton campaign in the form of cash transfers, advertising, and efforts to attract new donors. Tens of millions of dollars put to use to try to defeat us in a primary.
Its an arrangement that stretches campaign finance rules to the breaking point or beyond. But its what we are facing in New York tonight and in five states next week. And thats why we have to ask:
You have made a $--- contribution to this campaign previously. Its one of the reasons weve done so well. But now we have to fight back against this "Victory Fund" spending, and thats why Bernie needs you to match that $--- donation today. You can do that here.
What makes this worse, honestly, is the way the Clinton campaign has touted the "Hillary Victory Fund" as a tool to benefit the DNC and state parties.
Weve heard it on television, in debates, and theyve used it as a line of attack against Bernie repeatedly. But now, that turns out not to be true.
Because of reporting timelines, it wasnt even clear until this week just how much of the money theyve been claiming is going to elect Democrats has actually been spent trying to defeat us. And we wont know again for another three months how much more of that money they're going to try and use to beat us in New York, five states next week, and the huge delegate haul on June 7.
Thats why we have to ask:
You have made a $--- contribution to this campaign previously. Its one of the reasons weve done so well. But now we have to fight back against this "Victory Fund" spending, and thats why Bernie needs you to match that $400 donation today. You can do that here.
This campaign has accomplished more than anyone could have ever imagined when it comes to taking on the corrupting influence of money in politics. Now it seems we have to do even more.
In solidarity,
Jeff Weaver
Campaign Manager
Bernie 2016
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)The tentacles of the Clinton money shell game are amazing.
No More Clintons!
azmom
(5,208 posts)For all the shenanigans. The victory fund being one of them.
merrily
(45,251 posts)only in this primary.
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)H.R. CLINTON.
Pure sleaze
PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)Duval
(4,280 posts)We contributed yesterday. I was sad and now I'm outraged over the fiasco in NY. I hope the investigation sheds some light on how this happened in NY and other States. And if and when we do find out (they know how to cover their tracks) I hope "they" face the consequences. This will do damage to the Democratic Party.