Buttigieg renounces lobbyist donations, refunding over $30,000

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Buttigieg renounces lobbyist donations, refunding over $30,000

By ELENA SCHNEIDER and THEODORIC MEYER at Politico

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/26/buttigieg-lobbyist-donations-2020-1291202

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Buttigieg is the latest Democratic presidential candidate to rule out accepting money from lobbyists and corporate PACs. Rejecting lobbyists’ cash has been a popular move for many candidates — including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and Amy Klobuchar — who are seeking to stay on the right side of a primary electorate animated by, among other things, a deep aversion to big money in politics.

A few candidates have still accepted checks from Washington lobbyists, including Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper.

Buttigieg had initially joined them, accepting help from lobbyists including Steve Elmendorf, a prominent Democratic lobbyist and donor. Elmendorf had planned to host a Washington fundraiser for Buttigieg on May 21.

Biden, who launched his presidential bid on Thursday, has also committed not to accept lobbyist donations — but his kickoff fundraiserwas held at the home of a Comcast executive who oversees the company’s lobbying shop, though he is not a registered lobbyist himself.


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1. Comcast bad

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2. It is good that his campaign is checking.

A viable presidential campaign takes in a lot of money each day. The good ones check where that money is coming from and check for patterns in donations. Good for Buttigieg's campaign.

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3. Yes indeed