Bernie Sanders Raises $6 Million After Announcing Presidential Bid

[Donkees]

By Thomas Kaplan
Feb. 20, 2019

WASHINGTON — Just over 24 hours after announcing his presidential bid, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has already raised $6 million from more than 225,000 donors, his campaign said Wednesday morning.

That amount far surpasses what any of his rivals have disclosed raising after their own announcements this year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/us/politics/bernie-sanders-fundraising.html

[redgreenandblue]

1. I haven't even donated yet.

Will tonight.

[hedda_foil]

2. Wow!😳

[theaocp]

3. We donated last night, but keep in mind it's not the amount so much as

the number of donors.

[Sherman A1]

4. Agreed

I will have to donate today.

[Blue_Tires]

5. FWIW Ron Paul raked in tidal waves of cash, too

Just curious to know how many redundant threads are we going to have about Bernie's fundraising haul? Y'all trying to set a record or something??

[leftynyc]

6. How many of these threads do we need?

I have the same question for all of them - how many of donnie's supporters or russian scum have donated?

[Maven]

9. We can't talk about that.

I’ve already had 2 posts hidden.

It looks like we’re in for a repeat of 2016, when a certain candidate’s fan club was allowed to run roughshod over the rest of us, spreading propaganda about our nominee that tied in nicely with Russian disinformation efforts.

I hope I’m wrong.

[disillusioned73]

14. Maybe cause it's nonsense..

but go right ahead, embarrass yourselves..

the irony of you talking about "propaganda" is too much..

[zonkers]

19. this.

[MuseRider]

32. Thank you.

We can put as many threads as we want to up about this or anything else.

Propaganda, Russian donors etc. All bullshit but we should just stop posting.

[Maven]

34. Don't attempt to gaslight me.

We were here. We saw the trash that was posted.

Did you wander in from a certain separatist site?

[leftynyc]

31. I tend to avoid

Bernie threads as he disgusts me but had to ask how many about the same exact thing his supporters were going to post.

[Maven]

35. It's a coordinated effort. nt

[lynintenn]

36. I'm with you.

Had a post hidden about going down the same road. Bernie is a retread .

[uponit7771]

39. fuck ... not this shit !!!

[Maven]

8. Will he be using his platform to continue shilling for gun manufacturers?

Or perhaps to lecture us all on the perils of “identity politics”?

[katmondoo]

10. Where did the money come from?

[disillusioned73]

15. Bank accounts..

like mine

[Locrian]

28. and mine - n/t

[roody]

43. I sent $100.

[Donkees]

11. '' Let's stand together to transform this country.''

Link to tweet

[honest.abe]

12. Might as well flushed it down the toilet.

No amount of money will change the perception AA voters have of Bernie and without them Bernie cannot win the Democratic nomination.

[disillusioned73]

16. Just because you keep repeating that..

won't make it so..

[honest.abe]

17. Get back to me when that perception changes.

[honest.abe]

20. I assume you are talking about those misleading "approval" polls.

Its not surprising most AA voters will give Sanders an approval rating but they wont vote for him if there is a better alternative. We saw that repeatedly in the 2016 primaries. And of course we do have much better alternative candidates now.

[disillusioned73]

21. I'll take the geniuine article..

over the "alternatives"... but everyone has to decide on their own..

[MrsCoffee]

37. The only alternative in the race right now is Bernie.

The rest are Democrats.

Bernie is not some perfect candidate. He will struggle with women and minorities. The recent blowup over sexism in his campaign is real. His bullshit comments about his "opponents" only wanting women and minorities to run because they are women and minorities was so fucking dishonest it makes my teeth hurt.

To say these issues don't exist is to live in a bubble of cognitive dissonance.

[ehrnst]

58. He'll be vetted this time. (nt)

[honest.abe]

25. BTW.. calling other DUers ignorant is probably a violation of the TOS.

Just an FYI.

[AZ8theist]

30. Agreed

[Maven]

38. He dug his own grave with the AA community and other core groups within the Democratic Party

I don't think he understands how much he is despised and distrusted by a large number of Democrats after his behavior in 2016.

[uponit7771]

40. +1, Devin said his campaign ignored the "southern states"

[Nanjeanne]

13. And I believe $600,000 of that will be monthly recurring!

[workinclasszero]

22. Wow that is awesome!

[Adrahil]

24. More money to spend trashing actual Democrats! NT

[scheming daemons]

26. How much of that $6 million came in the form of rubles?

[AncientGeezer]

47. The FEC would know....you know the reporting rules.

[BannonsLiver]

48. Ha!

[R B Garr]

59. Exactly! The same storyline is starting from 2016, but those

old FEC flags have never been cleared—I recall his campaign kept filing extensions. Where’s the transparency compliance.

[stonecutter357]

27. taxes please !

[MuseRider]

33. That HAS to be addressed.

I donated as did my sons and my husband but we are all waiting for that to happen. He got his donations because we want him there saying what he says but he must address the taxes for my vote anyway. The rest of my family does not seem to care about that so much but I do. Still, I will donate to keep him in and expressing his views.

[BannonsLiver]

49. Yeah it doesn't matter much if you're already sending him cash.

So in reality your “HAS to be addressed” is more or less lip service. You don’t really care about the taxes.

[BannonsLiver]

54. You said he "HAS" to address it

But that’s not stopping you from rewarding him financially even though he has not met the requirement he “HAS” to meet. Given that, it’s pretty clear the “HAS” part is really more of a “maybe” or even a “Well, okay.”

In other words, just lip service.

[malchickiwick]

29. So they have Venmo in Russia too? Noted.

[Donkees]

41. ...

[GeorgeGist]

42. Momma done told me ...

if it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't.

[Trumpocalypse]

44. Proves this old saying

[Power 2 the People]

45. America is speaking loud and clear. The people's candidate!

Sanders-Warren or Warren-Sanders. I'll be thrilled with either ticket.

[BannonsLiver]

50. ...

[ehrnst]

57. So whoever has the largest email list is the obvious choice?

Our Revolution was also sending out asks.

I was getting emails from Sanders asking for donations starting in December 2015, and I never signed up for them.

[CrossingTheRubicon]

52. How much from Our Revolution?

We need transparency!

[lapucelle]

53. WOW!!!

[aikoaiko]

55. "Bernie who?"

I don't see anyone posting that anymore.

[rusty fender]

56. Goody!

Now Tad Devine can get his $10,000 per day fee