Can you spot the differences between these two emails?

[tishaLA]

Link to tweet

One of these is "best practices" and is probably a good model for how our candidates and their campaigns treat each other.

[madaboutharry]

1. Yeah, I can tell the difference.

Each email reflects the character and temperament of the candidate. It always comes from the top.

[Hortensis]

93. Yes. Kamala Harris is the mensch. :)

[ehrnst]

95. Indeed. (nt)

[LakeArenal]

2. Bernie is the quintessential political establishment....

[hedda_foil]

14. W?T?F???????

[LakeArenal]

21. Old white man in politics 50 years.

A millionaire even. Made money writing books about himself in politics.

Career politician.

That’s T! F!

[onit2day]

47. Please. Wrote one best seller about where we go from here (That's the title)

Russian trolls will appear just like that. This is a distorted comment of innuendo. Of course he's a career politician. It's not jury duty and he just became a millionaire but still wants to increase his taxes.

[LakeArenal]

59. Are you saying I'm a troll?

That’s a bit slanderous.

[LakeArenal]

70. All of them want to raise taxes.

[ehrnst]

100. A book where a chunk of the proceeds were shared with Amazon and WalMart. (nt)

[UniteFightBack]

141. I often wonder why Bernie didn't put that book online for free. nt

[Honeycombe8]

88. I'm no Bernie fan, but there's nothing wrong with making money through your work.

That's how you make a living.

Do you make money by working?

There's nothing wrong with being a career politician, either. Everyone has a knack for doing something. He's good at being a politician, apparently. At least voters in Vermont think so.

[ehrnst]

96. When one villifies other politicians for being wealthy, and then one politician becomes

wealthy, then one gets very defensive and testy when asked about their previous statements, that is what is disturbing.

His supporters on FB passed around memes EVISCERATING Patrick Kennedy III for, among other things, "being wealthier than most in congress" the very morning after his very well received response to SOTU, when people were talking about him being POTUS material. I'd link to one, but one that was posted at DU was removed, and for good reason.

A small, 97% white, population is the constituency that keeps re-electing Bernie, and it was with the help of Chuck Schumer blocking the way for any Dems to challenge him that he got elected to the Senate, and mechanisms that prevent any Democrats who challenge him from getting funding and other resources from the Party allow him to run pretty much unopposed in primaries in VT.

And his approval rating among his constituents has gone down since December, according to the Morning Consult tracking poll.

His constituency benefits from him staying in the Senate. He has some seniority now, so he can serve on committees, and the Democratic Party has rolled the red carpet out for him for decades so he can caucus with us. He always portrays himself as the maverick, and not tainted by any "status quo" notions of being good at what "beltway insiders" do well.

John McCain kept getting re-elected for similar reasons by a similar demographic, and got still enjoyed support from his constituents even when he was showing signs of undiagnosed brain cancer, and losing cognitive ability.

[Honeycombe8]

104. Sanders didn't vilify wealthy people, that I heard. I think you took a leap there.

As far as I recall, he vilified behavior by certain "millionaires and billionaires." He never said that people with money are bad people.

It was always implied that he was clarifying that the wealthy people were the ones passing the unfair tax cuts or whatever. Of course he didn't mean ALL wealthy people.

As for his voters, it doesn't matter that they are white Vermonters. He is a good Senator, in the opinion of the voters of Vermont. Not cool to diss voters because they are in a small state or because of their race.

I didn't read anything about Sanders criticizing Joe Kennedy. But Sanders is grumpy, negative, disagreeable, and criticizes everyone but himself. So that wouldn't surprise me. (Sanders has a personal thing against the whole Kennedy family, I think.) Sanders giving his own competing speech with Kennedy's was proof positive, to me, that he wasn't a Democrat at heart and didn't have the Democratic Party in consideration.

Look, I don't like him. And I KNEW when he ran for President last time, that at least half of the reason was to get more known nationally and to make money. It wasn't to get elected President. (This is the reason most of the current candidates are running, too.) Everyone wants money, even if they rail against the wealthy, when they are not wealthy (yet).

To me, him making some money is irrelevant and not contrary to what I've heard him say about the behavior of the top wealthy class. I wish he'd go away and stop making trouble, but the money thing poses no problem for me. Sanders collected a salary for decades. He likes money. We ALL like money and want more of it.

[ehrnst]

107. Granted, he's changed his language to "billionaire class" from "millionaires" but he said

"There is something profoundly wrong when we have a proliferation of millionaires and billionaires at the same time as millions of Americans work longer hours for lower wages."

That wasn't about "taxes," that was about the negatives of new millionaires cropping up

So when he's asked about his current new millionaire status, getting defensive isn't a good look.

I don't care what he makes, or how many houses he has. He talks about how he "never changes" but then when he does change his message concerning Millionaires when he becomes one, and then gets defensive when someone holds him to his previous statements, that's where I see a double standard, one for him, and one for the rest of the 1%.

He rants about other people making money for giving speeches to groups, but if someone who did had given this response to him, "Well if you want to become a millionaire, then you can be a highly sought after speaker when you're out of office," he would have railed against that as corrupt, greedy and tone deaf, and typical of an out of touch, establishment oligharch.

When he said "I didn't know it was a crime to write a good book," I imagined how he and his supporters might have reacted if Hillary had said, "I didn't know it was a crime to be a highly sought after speaker."

[pdsimdars]

116. that's a GOP talking point -- how can Al Gore talk about climate change, wheb he uses electricity?

Stupid GOP reasoning. . . .

[ehrnst]

118. How is pointing out the demographics of VT "stupid GOP reasoning."

How is comparing his words from 4 years ago to the ones he uses today "stupid GOP reasoning?"

[Ninsianna]

111. Bernie and his.devotees have spent the last 4 years railing

at people making a living for being paid for their work. He kinda sucks at doing anything for Vters, but he robs them of choice of an actual Democrat, so they're not being represented. Their state party colluded with this rigging

[mountain grammy]

114. Wow, that so sounds like something cooked up in a troll factory.

hyperbole much?

[pdsimdars]

117. Yup. . . think you got it on the head.

[Ninsianna]

124. How interesting, I have no personal experience with

how troll farms work, but I'll take the word of an experienced individual I guess. But no hyperbole on my end, just simple truths that the troll farmers have been demonstrating for 4 straight years. They do love hyperbole and adore their hypocrisy. They have rules for others that don't apply to the client candidate. Is that what you're referring to? I only have experience with how these trolls and their farms work, I have no clue how to evaluate your insiders perspective.

[ehrnst]

129. "Wow, that so sounds like something cooked up in a troll factory."

Hyperbole much?

[betsuni]

135. No, trolls are against Democrats: "Sanders and Trump -- we support them."

Insisting the last primary was rigged and that everyone except Sanders is corrupt and bought off by corporations and Wall St. actually was promoted by the troll factories.

[ehrnst]

120. If Hillary had said "I didn't know it was a crime to be a highly sought after speaker" in the GE

the reaction from Sanders and his supporters would have been immediate.

[Amimnoch]

97. You forgot a rather key piece:

Wrote a book about himself, and made a lot of money using his campaign funds to buy em up.

[murielm99]

109. Lake is correct.

Bernie went to Washington two years before those (establishment) Clintons. He has held federal office for a loooong time.

What could be more establishment than that?

[Cha]

20. I know what you mean..

and he divides everyone else with his buzzword.. but it's been overkilled and means absolutely nothing..

[onit2day]

48. To you maybe but there's a reason he's leading and not because he's divisive

But you will vote for him if he's our candidate right so why be so hateful?

[Gore1FL]

53. My observation is that some people are still fighting 2016. nt

[R B Garr]

77. Bernie's reads straight out of 2016.

That’s the “some people”.

[Chin music]

79. I love your name!!

[Cha]

62. No "maybe" about it..it's overkill and

divisive like they're going for.

[Maru Kitteh]

71. Well. He's not leading. He is divisive, and he says hateful things about Democrats.

So, anyway, I don't expect Bernard to be an issue much longer.

[Cha]

150. Exaclty, Maru.. I'm pointing

out facts and he calls it "hateful".

Harry Truman's famous quote comes to mind.

[ehrnst]

122. The OP shows differently. And I think that's one reason that he won't

be the nominee.

[Kurt V.]

27. you cannot be serious

[LakeArenal]

31. You can't be serious

[onit2day]

50. Can you believe this petty crap. Geez. Hope the debates are more respectful

[Cha]

151. What's the problem?

[gateley]

73. Please just stop. Bernie isn't our adversary.

We don't need to tear down others on our side, it's pointless and very Trump-supporter-ish. We're bigger than that.

[LakeArenal]

80. I'm not tearing down Bernie...

Geez. I just think it’s foolish to say he isn’t an establishment politician.
What wrong with being in the establishment? I don’t get the insult there.

To me it’s a backhand slap at Biden anyway.

[gateley]

82. How do you think that makes Bernie's supporters feel?

It can be upsetting to me when people make similar statements about Biden -- and it accomplishes nothing except to get a skirmish going and to what end? How does that help anybody?

I'm sorry if I misunderstood your intent. I may be over-sensitive because I saw DU devolve into a boiling pit of ugliness in 2008 and I couldn't bear to see DUers at each others' throats all the time instead of banding together and uniting against the Republican.

Peace.

[LakeArenal]

83. Again I don't get the insult.

Anti-establishment seems so 1960’s

I’m glad Biden is established. That is wha t makes him the most qualified of the bunch.

Working within the construct of an established government for fifty years does not make anyone an outsider.

[WeekiWater]

101. To be fair...

You just called him Trump supporter-ish and then are wondering how their comments make Sanders supporters feel.

[gateley]

103. Noted, and you're right. nt

[Honeycombe8]

3. Who wrote the emails? nt

[ehrnst]

123. My understanding is that he requires his own signoff on every email.

He's a well known micromanager.

[Honeycombe8]

125. There are 2 emails. One on hte left has no indication who it's by.

I assume the one on the right is by Bernie (or on his behalf).

[ehrnst]

128. The one on the right has the official Sanders campaign logo, and

is asking for $$ for his campaign.

[nolabear]

4. I like Joe. Kamala likes Joe. I like Kamala. Joe likes Kamala.

I don’t feel as though any of that makes a difference in the other column.

[C_U_L8R]

33. I like Joe and Kamala. And Kamala and Joe.

[Control-Z]

81. They felt like a winning ticket before either had announced.

Sometimes I wish we were weighing the full ticket during primaries. But it's better the way it is. Kamala deserves her chance to be at the top of her ticket.

[Gothmog]

5. WOW

[democratisphere]

6. Sure. One is about a Democrat, that has been a Democrat since 1969,

and views the opposition to be drumpf and the rethuglicons. The other is about a Democrat of convenience that views the opposition to be other Democratic Presidential candidate contenders. We need a massive uniter, certainly not a divider. What was that about those nasty special interest millionaires and billionaires. Some decisions are made easy.
I like the ticket of Joe Biden / Kamala Harris which would provide Democrats with the best of the whole world.

[tymorial]

10. Damn I was going to go there but I wasn't sure that was okay

You are right one IS a Democrat

[delisen]

89. Biden did promote a Republican candidate in 2018

and did not respond to the Democratic challenger's request to Biden to say something positive about him. The Republican was able to keep his seat by the smallest margin of his career.


NY Times
Jan. 24, 2019
Alexander Burns

Joseph R. Biden Jr. defended his decision to praise an embattled Republican lawmaker during a paid speech in Michigan last fall, telling a group of mayors on Thursday morning that it reflected his philosophy of how to “get things done.”

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Mr. Biden had earned $200,000 for an October speaking engagement in Benton Harbor, Mich., three weeks before the midterm elections. During that speech, Mr. Biden gave a glowing commendation to Representative Fred Upton, a powerful Republican who joined with Mr. Biden to increase funding for cancer research and, separately, helped forge legislation to gut the Affordable Care Act.

In Washington Thursday, Mr. Biden offered a forceful defense of his supportive remarks about Mr. Upton, signaling that he has no intention of blunting his instinct toward bipartisanship and compromise in the event that he runs for president. The former vice president has told allies in recent weeks that he is leaning toward running against President Trump in 2020.

“I read in The New York Times today that I — that one of my problems is if I ever run for president, I like Republicans,” Mr. Biden said, according to a video posted by the public-affairs network C-Span.
.........................................end.................................................

Matt Longjohn, the democratic challenger tried to get Biden to say something positive about him-but claims Biden never even responded to his request. Upton the republican Biden praised won by 4.5 points-smallest margin of his career,
he paper. (Upton ultimately won by 4.5 points, the smallest margin of his career.)

[namahage]

105. The smallest margin of his career?

So you’re saying if Biden didn’t give the speech, his margin of victory would have been even bigger?

Clearly, then, Joe needs to do more of them and pocket Republican cash while cutting into their numbers?

Or maybe, just maybe, Biden’s speech did not affect the numbers in any meaningful way?

[delisen]

106. Biden praise for Republican candidate Upton

If you need a clarification and don't want to open the link I provided to the New York Times article:

Fred Upton, the Republican praised by Joseph Biden, in a paid speech $200,000 in Michigan, used Biden's words of praise in his re-election campaign in 2018. Matt Longjohn asked Biden to offer some positive words for himself as the Democratic candidate trying to unseat Upton. Biden did not respond to the Democrat Longjohn. Upton then went on to win re-election by 4.5 points the smallest margin of his career (as reported by N Y Times).

If you want further clarification or want to dispute the NY Times article here again is the link and a different excerpt:

Both The Republican representative and the Democratic challenger are probably also available to discuss - video are available online.

<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/us/politics/biden-praise-republican-speaking-fee.html>
Mr. Biden did not mention the speaking fee he received for his trip to Michigan, or address Mr. Upton’s role in the drive to repeal the Obama administration’s signature health care law, two dimensions of his Benton Harbor appearance that complicate Mr. Biden’s depiction of his remarks as a case study in old-school conciliation.

In a statement published Wednesday, Mr. Upton described Mr. Biden’s praise for him as a surprise and an “immense honor.”

Mr. Biden campaigned widely around the country during the midterm elections and made a particularly strong effort for Democrats in the Midwest, including elsewhere in Michigan.

But in Mr. Upton’s district, Mr. Biden’s favorable comments were used in Republican advertising in the final weeks of his re-election campaign against Matt Longjohn, a Democrat who was a national Y.M.C.A. health official. Mr. Upton ultimately won re-election by four and a half percentage points, the narrowest margin of his career.

[pdsimdars]

119. A uniter not a divider??? As you try to divide people. Duh!

[democratisphere]

143. Divide committed Democrats, hardly. All voters should avoid hypocrisy of any type.

[pdsimdars]

145. So superficial. The label doesn't capture the quality of the goods.

There was a great article about how the DCCC's new policy is supporting an anti-gay, anti-choice Democrat over a progressive Democratic challenger.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/progressives-dccc-primary-challengers-vendor-policy_n_5cc36adde4b04eb7ff95d2e1

That is the superficiality of that thinking, not really interested in what they stand for, just the label. So, you'd rather have a Democrat with un-Democratic policies than a real progressive because of the label. I guess that's the kind of thinking that got us here, very shallow unsubstantive thinking.

[dem4decades]

7. The difference is one candidate I support and the other ..... not so much.

[melman]

8. I can spot an anti-Semitic twitter troll

[SMC22307]

11. Boom! (n/t)

[George II]

13. Which one do you think is the "anti-Semitic twitter troll", Kamala Harris or Bernie Sanders?

Those are the two people from whom those emails came.

[melman]

15. Boring game

Not playing it.

[UniteFightBack]

17. Then don't start games you are unwilling to play, nor finish. Unbelievable. nt

[George II]

26. .

[Cha]

36. +1!!

[stonecutter357]

58. take your ball and go home ?

[ehrnst]

99. You started it, but scold others and leave the table when they call out the Calvin Ball rules.

[Cha]

22. Look who's

wagging his finger.. smh.

[George II]

24. ....

[Cha]

25. That's

a sweet headshake!

[SharonClark]

41. The Harris letter was a fundraising appeal from her campaign

so it's legitimate.

Who wrote the Sanders' letter? The Sanders campaign or a divisive troll?

[George II]

46. They're emails that were sent on behalf of the Harris and Sanders Campaigns....

The one on the left is from the Harris Campaign, written in the first person, and the one on the right is from the Sanders Campaign, also written in the first person.

As they announced, I signed up to be on the mailing lists from most of the major candidates - Harris, O'Rourke, Klobuchar, Booker, etc., and now Biden.

[SharonClark]

49. And you received that email from Sanders?

[WeekiWater]

28. .

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128790346#post8

[blur256]

37. Really?

Or maybe it has to do with divisiveness of that email. Especially coming from Sanders who today pledged that he would support the Democratic nominee no matter what. But ok.

[melman]

38. Yes

Really.

[Blue_true]

39. Wow, that charge was pulled out of nowhere.

Why don't you accuse the Twitter person of trying to wipe out the Rhinos?

She saw a clear difference in how two campaigns saw the same event. One campaign was like "Great, now let's put our ideas before voters" and the other campaign was like "Well, we knew that they were going to try to hurt us, that is all they do, so let's burrow deeper into our bunker". The difference was clear and does not have SHIT to do with anti-semitism.

[melman]

40. No it really wasn't

There's a history there. It's easy to find if you're actually interested.

[Blue_true]

42. Please do. nt

[melman]

44. No

I meant it very easy for you to find. I'm not going to dig it up for you.

Anyone who's been here long enough knows exactly what I'm talking about.

And I suspect you do as well. But if you really don't it is very easy to find.

[Blue_true]

56. I honestly DON'T know what you are talking about.

And if you are going to level a charge like the one you did, it is imperative upon YOU to prove it, otherwise I will just write the charge off as over-heated.

[progressoid]

126. It's Bravenak

She was banned here and at Kos. She on her 5th or 6th account on Twitter due to repeated banning.

[Blue_true]

133. I saw that she could be very outspoken, in particular on sexual slavery and racial

issues. But I never saw her write something that was anti-Semitic. She did not like Bernie much, but her reasons were typically political in nature. I did NOT read ALL of her posts, she was pretty driven on arguments at times and that was a but off putting to me, but like I wrote, the posts of hers that I read did not have anti-semitism in them.

[progressoid]

138. ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1280&pid=152392

[Blue_true]

139. You proved the point that I made.

I found that she could be overly emotional and intemperate, but that does not make her what you claimed. A case in point. The last of the posts that I saw from her here was on prostitution after the Robert Kraft situation broke. She pretty much called anyone that opined that some forms of prostitution were voluntary on the part of everyone involved unfeeling and barbaric scumbags that should be jailed. Her intensity on that point still sticks with me today. I gave her the benefit of doubt for her (to me) over the top reaction because I reasoned that maybe she saw some things that I didn't see, given that she worked with women and girls that were victims of sex slaves. I actually thought that she chose to take a break from DU, due to her strong reactions in that particular thread.

[Rob H.]

140. She also got banned from Reddit

I didn’t know that getting banned from there was even possible.

[progressoid]

144. Whoa.

That's quite a feat!

[R B Garr]

74. The only history is that she is not a Bernie supporter. nt

[sheshe2]

87. Here is bravenak.

Woman. Warrior.

[Cha]

98. 'Zactly.

[Blue_true]

134. She was very clear on that. But she seemed to love Hillary.

I am NOT refighting the 2016 primary, but it did leave people on all sides a little raw. Maybe that played strong with some more than others.

[betsuni]

136. No, she didn't love Hillary.

She was a strong Bernie supporter but was so appalled by their behavior at Bernie events that she switched to Hillary. She was harassed, still is. She said that the Hillary people were nice and welcomed her, a big difference. If anyone had actually read posts in the AA group they'd know that nobody much liked Hillary, but for some reason it was assumed they were.

[George II]

54. No, it was't pulled out of nowhere - that false charge has been thrown at some for several years....

....I'm just surprised it's still being used. Sad.

[Blue_true]

57. Do you understand what the poster was claiming? Because I honestly don't.

It seems like a pretty serious charge to just level against someone. When I read the OP, I didn't see anything that was remotely anti-semitism.

[George II]

67. It was a common charge leveled by some at people here a few years ago, even....

...thrown out at some who are Jewish or have Jewish heritage in their background! But, if you didn't toe the line you were "anti-Semitic". I'm disappointed that the charge has reared it's ugly head here in 2019. Sad.

[melman]

64. Hey would you look at that

You suddenly know what I was referring to..


Yet in this post here you acted like you didn't..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=90492


How strange.

[George II]

65. Not strange, you revealed yourself in subsequent posts. Now, if you could only explain yourself.

[melman]

66. Explain what?

Being opposed to bigotry? I wouldn't think that would need to be explained.

[George II]

69. So, you've now thrown out "anti-Semitic" and then "bigotry", but won't explain from where it comes..

[sheshe2]

84. oh melman.

[doctorzuma]

60. you're joking, right?

i'm sure in your head you've got your reasons but don't be surprised if you're the only one seeing this.

[betsuni]

91. LOL. Both emails are real.

Again, attacking the messenger doesn't work when things are real.

[Ninsianna]

113. That's an odd thing to call Bernie. He has his issues, but you

go too far.

[Autumn]

137. A banned anti-Semitic twitter troll. Banned from multiple places.

[tymorial]

9. I can't. It's not because I can't describe the difference

It's because I am rapidly approaching significant aggravation. To do so would probably cause an alert.

I will say this. I am so over this garbage.

[George II]

12. One is from a Democrat who is a team player and recognizes the importance of this election....

... no matter who wins the Democratic nomination. The other? No comment.

[highplainsdem]

35. +1,000,000

[onit2day]

51. You mean one is an FDR candidate. Great. I'm so excited

[George II]

52. I don't know what that means.

[Thekaspervote]

90. A really poor comparison.

[Gore1FL]

55. You are hilarious when you get all anti-Bernie hissy-pissy. nt

[George II]

61. ...

[sheshe2]

85. yep.

[NYMinute]

16. Kamala's is inclusive

Bernie's is adversarial.

What do I win?

[UniteFightBack]

18. I tell ya one thing...one of those emails reminds me of rump email tactics and 'pleas'.

Very unbecoming to say the least.

[mcar]

19. Wow!

Quite a difference. One is worried, I think.

[Cha]

23. Yeah, typical Divisive "establishment" BULL.

One is scared..

Kamala is inclusive!

[SunSeeker]

110. You nailed it!

[Kurt V.]

29. yep they will. its called democracy

[Mike Nelson]

30. Yes...

… one approach is far better than the other - it's obvious.

[MustLoveBeagles]

32. One campaign is being gracious and welcoming and the other is not

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As a 2016 Bernie supporter this is very disappointing to me. This negativity is off-putting.

[Doodley]

34. One is in the style of Joe Biden, the other is straight from the Donald Trump playbook.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

43. "In man's struggle against the world, bet on the world."

-Franz Kafka

[Quackers]

63. Isn't that Bravenak?

I haven’t seen her post in a while, though I took a break after the hack on DU.

[tishaLA]

68. Is it?

Oh. I didn't realize

[Quackers]

72. Its all good.

I don’t post a lot but definitely recognize names. It’s kinda like going through social media and finding someone you hadn’t seen in a while. It got me to looking for other DUers. So many big names that have left, been banned, or have passed on. It’s a lonely feeling, if that makes sense. Anyways, I searched DU about her and figured out what happened. Sorry for the distraction from your OP.

[moniss]

130. Sadly

I think you are correct. It got so bad here on DU in 2016 that I stopped even checking the page. The mindless trolling and vitriol was overwhelming. Same at Raw Story, Daily Kos and others. Do people still not realize that this is part of what the Russian troll gig is all about? They create a fake persona and then come to places like DU and start this crap of one against the other and they have more trolls who post in the comment section to make it look like opinion is really going one way or the other. Is anybody really so dim that they don't think that the Russians have opposition research on every single Democratic candidate and have formulated specific plans on how to characterize and attack each one of them BOTH in the primaries and the general election? Don't play this game people. We don't have to. Stick to policies and issues. Don't fall into the trap.

[CentralMass]

76. If is what is.

[Historic NY]

78. Why one will never get my vote....

[aikoaiko]

86. Is the DU exhiled Bravenak still focusing on Bernie?

That’s funny. I miss her though.


I like both letters.

[Nanjeanne]

92. My emails from Sanders & Warren said this. Never got the one posted. But I donated.

Xxx

This campaign was never going to be easy.

From the start, we knew it would take an unprecedented grassroots effort in order to win this nomination.

Not only are we taking on a political and corporate establishment that will do and spend whatever it takes to stop us, but we are running against a record number of candidates at the same time.

And today, there is one more candidate in the race.

That makes today a big day for our campaign — and an important moment to show that we are the ones who can beat Trump and transform this country. So we are asking – especially today:

Can you make a contribution to our campaign today? We’ll put it right to work on the fight to win this nomination, while sending a message that ours is the campaign that will beat Trump and transform our country.

Got Warrens

XXXX,

We only have five days left to hit our April fundraising goal — and as of this morning, we’re tracking a little behind.

The stakes are high right now. Meeting our goal before this deadline will make sure we’re able to grow this movement, and increase the number of states we’re organizing in at the pace we need to win.

But even though the pressure is high, you won’t see Elizabeth resort to hopping around big cities to host swanky fundraisers with wealthy donors.

You won’t see Elizabeth take a dime from federally registered lobbyists, corporate PACs, or PACs of any kind. You won’t see Elizabeth cozy up to billionaires and nudge them to dump buckets of cash into a Super PAC for her.

Instead, grassroots donors are the only people who fund our campaign. Nina, can you make a $3 contribution today? Every new contribution that comes in will help our campaign get back on track to hitting this important April fundraising goal.

Hitting this fundraising goal is just the first step of Elizabeth’s plan to put power in the hands of the people, where it belongs — not in the clutches of the rich and powerful.

Elizabeth has a plan to make big, structural change — the type of change that rips out the root causes of the deep problems in our economy, our government, and our democracy.

Because let’s face it: There are systemic problems that led to someone like Donald Trump getting elected in the first place. He’s only the symptom, not the cause, of the crises we face.

To make real change, we need to build a massive grassroots movement, and we need bold ideas.

That’s what Elizabeth is focused on.

Instead of catering to wealthy and well-connected donors, she’ll spend the next few days at meet and greets and organizing events with people in Iowa and Nevada. And she’ll keep proposing substantive ideas that would level the playing field for working people.

Elizabeth’s time is not for sale, and she’s running to be the best president that money can’t buy. This movement is only possible because of support from people like you.

[ehrnst]

94. Promoting Democratic Unity vs Not Promoting Democratic Unity (nt)

[Gothmog]

102. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

[Cha]

112. LOL! he can't help

himself.. his Buzzwords will not be taken away!

Joe Biden is a Uniter!

[betsuni]

115. It's not enough to say, 'I don't eat canapes, vote for me.'

[UniteFightBack]

142. I am really disgusted by this. I understand it's politics and normally we go after each other but

with the last 4 years filled with such hate and division I will think very unkindly about candidates who do this.

I would of preferred them make a pledge to not go after each other because no matter what kind of Dem you are we all have a common goal which is to beat rump.

[Progressive dog]

108. That was to be expected

Joe Biden is an example of the best of American politicians.

[honest.abe]

121. The left email was from Kamala Harris.

Maybe you didnt notice that. Or perhaps I misunderstood your post.

[Progressive dog]

146. Perhaps you did misunderstand

[honest.abe]

147. Still don't get what you were trying to say.

It doesn't matter but I agree that Joe is one of the best regardless.

[Progressive dog]

148. I was just agreeing with the Kamala Harris campaign's email.

[honest.abe]

149. Got it.

Thanks.

[coeur_de_lion]

127. One of the many reasons I love Kamala

She is what this country needs.

[RedSpartan]

131. She's no dummy; she's setting it up for Biden/Harris 2020.

I love it. Unbeatable.

[lanlady]

132. Bernie the one-trick pony

is at it again.