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progressoid

(50,698 posts) Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:06 PM Mar 2020

Sanders' campaign raises over $2 million for coronavirus charities

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Bernie Sanders campaign is focusing its resources on fighting the coronavirus pandemic, and his supporters appear to be following suit. In the last 48 hours, the Sanders campaign said they’ve raised more than $2 million from 50,000 donations for select charities.

The charities were selected by the Sanders campaign to help those suffering from the outbreak: Meals on Wheels, No Kid Hungry, Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, One Fair Wage Emergency Fund and the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

In addition to using his campaign to funnel money to charities, Sanders also released a $2 trillion proposal to fight this virus, which would include the U.S. government covering all medical bills accrued during this time period, speeding up testing, invoking emergency powers to scale up production of supplies like surgical masks and ventilators and providing substantial unemployment insurance to those who lose jobs as a result of the outbreak.

The campaign says the last two days are just the start, and they intend to raise money for other charities over the coming days.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/blog/meet-press-blog-latest-news-analysis-data-driving-political-discussion-n988541/ncrd1165631#blogHeader

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Sanders' campaign raises over $2 million for coronavirus charities (Original Post) progressoid Mar 2020 OP

Congrats to Bernie and his followers for doing this. Bravo. Funtatlaguy Mar 2020 #1

Awesome! redstateblues Mar 2020 #2

Bold and compassionate delisen Mar 2020 #3

Just think if he were only in D.C. he could help raise 2 trillion! William769 Mar 2020 #4

This! mcar Mar 2020 #12

and what slice is taken out for processing etc. just give directly to the charity of your choice nt msongs Mar 2020 #5

Very nice. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #6

That's it? NCProgressive Mar 2020 #7

You'd think. But then again... think again... NurseJackie Mar 2020 #8

I assumed some bernie haters would insult the donations. I was right! Nt USALiberal Mar 2020 #15

Nobody is doing that. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #19

Instead he could have given everyone the addresses of the five charities so they could contribute... George II Mar 2020 #9

Good for Bernie! Now he can drop all pretense of running in the primaries and raise money for beastie boy Mar 2020 #10

The anti-Bernie swarm even has to get their punches in for this. Lucky Luciano Mar 2020 #11

Imagine Trump raising money for charities of his choice as part of his re-election campaign. beastie boy Mar 2020 #13

++++++ NCProgressive Mar 2020 #17

It also smacks of misuse of campaign funds. ucrdem Mar 2020 #18

Yeah, progressoid Mar 2020 #14

I agree! Nt USALiberal Mar 2020 #16

good move, now drop out Celerity Mar 2020 #20

I would like to donate. qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #21

Funtatlaguy

(11,786 posts)

1. Congrats to Bernie and his followers for doing this. Bravo.

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:09 PM

Mar 2020

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redstateblues

(10,565 posts)

2. Awesome!

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Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:23 PM

Mar 2020

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delisen

(6,408 posts)

3. Bold and compassionate

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Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:49 PM

Mar 2020

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William769

(55,783 posts)

4. Just think if he were only in D.C. he could help raise 2 trillion!

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Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:52 PM

Mar 2020

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mcar

(43,380 posts)

12. This!

Reply to William769 (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 07:31 PM

Mar 2020

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msongs

(69,980 posts)

5. and what slice is taken out for processing etc. just give directly to the charity of your choice nt

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Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:54 PM

Mar 2020

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Turin_C3PO

(15,504 posts)

6. Very nice.

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:55 PM

Mar 2020

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NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)

7. That's it?

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:58 PM

Mar 2020

Someone with an email list of donors that raised $380 million should be able to raise at least a tenth of that.

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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

8. You'd think. But then again... think again...

Reply to NCProgressive (Reply #7)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 06:17 PM

Mar 2020

... and that's all I'll say about that for obvious reasons. You can arrive at your own conclusions.

PS: Stay safe!

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USALiberal

(10,877 posts)

15. I assumed some bernie haters would insult the donations. I was right! Nt

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #8)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 09:03 PM

Mar 2020

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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

19. Nobody is doing that.

Reply to USALiberal (Reply #15)

Mon Mar 23, 2020, 06:15 AM

Mar 2020

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George II

(67,782 posts)

9. Instead he could have given everyone the addresses of the five charities so they could contribute...

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 06:27 PM

Mar 2020

....directly and avoid the 3.95% ActBlue service charge.

The article is incorrect, too - the Sanders campaign didn't "funnel money to charities", that would be illegal.

Plus, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and others have spent all weekend trying to hammer out a deal with McCarthy and McConnell, but he's up in Vermont concocting his OWN deal. When did he become Minority Leader or any position of authority to come up with such a deal?

This is entirely inappropriate and presumptuous on his part.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

beastie boy

(11,027 posts)

10. Good for Bernie! Now he can drop all pretense of running in the primaries and raise money for

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 06:50 PM

Mar 2020

a good cause instead! Just change the name of his official campaign site to "Not me, Joe", and start a charitable foundation. If there is anything Bernie has proven himself to be good at, it's raise money.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Lucky Luciano

(11,398 posts)

11. The anti-Bernie swarm even has to get their punches in for this.

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 06:56 PM

Mar 2020

They absolutely disgust me.

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beastie boy

(11,027 posts)

13. Imagine Trump raising money for charities of his choice as part of his re-election campaign.

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 07:43 PM

Mar 2020

Like gun-rights groups and anti-abortion groups, and, yes, meals on wheels thrown in the mix. They are all affected by the health crisis, and they are not exactly well off financially. Oh, and most of them are working people, who just happen to be Trump's political base.

I am fine with raising money for charities. I am fine with raising money for a presidential campaign (well, sort of). But I am not fine with mixing the two together. Smacks of cheating, somehow.

I guess we have different ideas of what's disgusting...

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden