Joe Biden coming to Seattle: A four-figure pricetag to see him

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Joe Biden will be behind closed doors.

The former vice president is coming to Seattle on June 29 for a pair of big budget fundraisers, one hosted by an influential figure in the LGBTQ community, the other in the Medina digs of a former Microsoft fundraiser.

The addresses are familiar: Ex-Microsoft President Jon Shirley twice played host to President Obama on quickie fundraising visits by the 44th president. The tab for Biden's Eastside foray is $2,800.

Public affairs executive Roger Nyhus hosted Hillary Clinton campaign chief Robby Mook in 2015, after Mook had spoken the night before to a Human Rights Campaign dinner. Nyhus helped launch Ed Murray's successful 2013 challenge to then-Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn.

"I'm hosting an intimate fundraiser for his presidential bid," Nyhus wrote Sunday on his Facebook page.

https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Joe-Biden-coming-to-Seattle-four-figure-pricetag-13966465.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletterspi&utm_term=spi

A little pricey for my blood Joe but good luck.

[TwilightZone]

1. They're called fundraisers for a reason.

Political campaigns in our current political environment require massive piles of cash.

SeattlePI's headline is rather misleading. It's a fundraiser, not a public event.

[highplainsdem]

2. Jon Shirley's fundraisers for Obama and the Democratic Party had five-figure price tags.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-campaign-obama/obama-slams-republicans-in-west-coast-money-swing-idUSTRE78O0GH20110925


https://komonews.com/news/local/president-obama-arrives-in-seattle-for-two-private-fundraisers-11-21-2015

[mtnsnake]

3. That isn't all that expensive for a closed door fundraiser

It's probably limited to a smaller number of people who can attend, and most likely each donor will get a chance to meet and speak briefly with Biden for a couple of minutes, get their picture taken with him, and stuff like that.

[The Mouth]

6. And a hell of a lot cheaper now,

than if he secures the nomination.

[redstateblues]

4. We're not going to beat Trump on the cheap

[Peacetrain]

10. Amen to that... he has 40 million ready to go.. we got to get our people funded or we are toast

[Agschmid]

5. I know multiple "top tier" candidates doing the exact same thing, I don't have a problem with this.

I’m not going to attend, nor would I shell out that much to meet one of the candidates.

[Scurrilous]

7. Money changes everything.

And we need change.

[George II]

8. Good, the more money he raises the better his General Election campaign will be.

[oasis]

9. Whatever it takes to beat Trump, I'm for it.