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Top fundraiser for Pete Buttigieg offered a donor the chance to 'get on campaign's radar' in exchange for money
Business Insider ^ | 6 minutes ago | Eliza Relman

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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1 posted on 12/23/2019 11:06:51 AM PST by powermill
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To: powermill

Quid pro quo


2 posted on 12/23/2019 11:08:57 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Trump.Deplorable

petey is getting a taste of the good life and he likes it...


3 posted on 12/23/2019 11:10:24 AM PST by powermill
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Quid pro quo? Has the butt slammer not been watching the news?


4 posted on 12/23/2019 11:12:59 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: powermill
I thought "pay to play" was limited to the Clintons. That's almost like, "buying access" which I thought was a Bad Thing.

Hmmm. You learn something new...

5 posted on 12/23/2019 11:13:35 AM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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Peter

I’m going to call him that from now oN

Petey


6 posted on 12/23/2019 11:14:22 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! Hi)
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To: powermill

He gets a primo spot in the wine cave?


7 posted on 12/23/2019 11:14:27 AM PST by colorado tanker
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If they dontate before iowa to they get to go to the crystal wine cave?


8 posted on 12/23/2019 11:14:37 AM PST by powermill
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He has as better chance to **** the Pope than be President. On second thought....


9 posted on 12/23/2019 11:24:08 AM PST by HighSierra5
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So, what else is new. Lincoln bedroom was once for rent. Probably so were state secrets.


10 posted on 12/23/2019 11:26:28 AM PST by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained)
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Is his top donor Gay?


11 posted on 12/23/2019 11:27:08 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy
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It's either that or Ft Marcy Park. Depends on how discrete they are...

Many years ago, there was a tree on a street corner at 22nd and S. State, in Chicago. If a name was nailed to that tree, the name's owner would show up dead. Democrats are big on tradition. Now, they go into the crystal cave, and do not come out.

12 posted on 12/23/2019 11:27:33 AM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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"Sen. Elizabeth Warren ... with her pledge to banish big money from her campaign."

Hah.


13 posted on 12/23/2019 11:29:46 AM PST by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
peteys 'top donors'


14 posted on 12/23/2019 11:32:44 AM PST by powermill
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How much for an ambassadorship?


15 posted on 12/23/2019 11:39:37 AM PST by BipolarBob (No border walls. No voter IDs. No Electoral College. You figured it out yet?)
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Lis Smith gonna run Pete right into the ground so she can hop onto Biden’s chuckwagon after Pete pulls up a lame 4th in South Carolina.


16 posted on 12/23/2019 11:42:48 AM PST by StAnDeliver (CNN's Dana B: "Show of hands: Coverage for undocumented immigrants?" ***all Democrat hands raised***)
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Next thing you know butt will be inviting unsuspecting young men to drive the Mars Rover.....

Butt Broz....
Old Mother Hubbard
went to the cupboard
to fetch poor Rover a bone
When she bent over
She found that
Rover had a bone of his own.


17 posted on 12/23/2019 11:48:06 AM PST by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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IMPEACH THE BASTARD


18 posted on 12/23/2019 11:55:02 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Guns up . . . We cominÂ’ PS: Eric The Blower Ciaramella. PASS IT ON)
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“”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. “

pretty much standard operating procedure, but only amateurs will admit this in writing sent to strangers ...


19 posted on 12/23/2019 12:06:14 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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“If they dontate before iowa to they get to go to the crystal wine cave?”

i think that’s pretty much the only question that matters ...


20 posted on 12/23/2019 12:07:20 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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