Posted on 12/23/2019 11:06:51 AM PST by powermill
Mayor Pete Buttigieg is under fire again for his campaign's fundraising strategy.
A top fundraiser to Buttigieg's campaign, Washington consultant H.K. Park, told a potential donor in an email that they should give money to the campaign in order to get on its "radar," appearing to sell access to the candidate.
"If you want to get on the campaign's radar now before he is flooded with donations after winning Iowa and New Hampshire, you can use the link below for donations," Park wrote to an unnamed donor.
The donor, who spoke with Axios and requested anonymity, characterized Park's offer as "pay-for-play."
"It's very telling and concerning that one of the campaign's major bundlers would talk like that," the donor said.
Buttigieg's campaign attempted to distance itself from Park's email, but simultaneously insisted the offer was nothing more than a standard donor recruiting tactic.
"The campaign did not authorize the language in this email," Sean Savett, a campaign spokesman, told Axios. "But it is ridiculous to interpret it as anything more than asking potential supporters who may be interested in Pete to join our campaign before caucusing and voting begins."
This comes just days after Buttigieg endured sustained attacks from his 2020 Democratic rivals for hosting for hosting an extravagent campaign fundraiser for wealthy donors in a wine cave in Napa Valley, California.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren zeroed in on Buttigieg's fundraising practices during last week's debate, taking the opportunity to contrast his willingness to take large donations and host private fundraisers with her pledge to banish big money from her campaign. Following much criticism, Buttigieg recently opened his private fundraisers to the media and promised to disclose the names of his donors
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Thank you too much!
I just presumed that all campaigns do that in some manner, if they can. There is a lot of behind the scenes horse trading and back scratching going on. Some call it wheeling and dealing, others call it quid pro quo.
Don’t matter. It is a democrat so he is immune to prosecution
Or maybe the meat between the bread
The subtle term is “burning ember”.
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