'Not Done Yet': Bernie Sanders Campaign Mobilizes Donors for Coronavirus Relief and Raises

[Uncle Joe]

$2 Million

(snip)

The campaign mobilized staff and volunteers to text and call to raise money for five charities: 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.

Robin Curran, the campaign's digital fundraising director, said in a statement that the money raised showed the importance of Sanders' "Not me, us" slogan.

"What we've seen in the last two days is the definition of 'fighting for someone you don't know,'" said Curran. "The people supporting this campaign have made more than 50,000 donations to help those most impacted by coronavirus because they understand that now more than ever it is important that we are in this together."

According to the campaign, there will be more efforts to raise money for the least fortunate affected by the crisis in the coming days.

(snip)

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/21/not-done-yet-bernie-sanders-campaign-mobilizes-donors-coronavirus-relief-and-raises

This is a good read, Kudos to Bernie's campaign.

[Mister Ed]

1. Aye, a salute to Sanders for this. n/t

[TomCADem]

21. Though This Reminds of Jill Stein Fundraising for Recounts

Will there be an accounting of how much of these dollars go into actual aid versus into BS's campaign activities?

[George II]

2. I'm sitting here this afternoon watching the Senate in session on C-Span2, live. Where's Bernie?

[we can do it]

7. Fluffing his ego. Enough BS.

[Magoo48]

11. Perhaps he's organizing something useful to regular folks and not corporate America.

[George II]

14. That's not the way the Senate and Senators operate. Is he going to donate the salary....

....that he hasn't truly earned over the last nine months to those five charities?

He's been in the Senate Chamber for about two weeks since the last week in June. That's a LOT of salary he's been getting. I wonder how much he's donated to charities?

[ehrnst]

25. +1000.

[MrsCoffee]

3. Except his whole campaign has been Him, not us.

The egomaniacs in this country are going to destroy us.

[DownriverDem]

5. Keep it up Bernie &

you will be considered a traitor. Why? Staying in helps trump. BTW How can anyone still be undecided?

[Faux pas]

29. Who

says anyone is undecided? Maybe we are electing to keep things to ourselves. It's still a democracy isn't it?

[The Magistrate]

6. He Can Do That Without Continuing The Presidential Contest, Sir

His simple celebrity is sufficient for that.



"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

[we can do it]

8. I prefer to donate direct. No need for BS.

Suspend and do your damn job.

[George II]

17. ActBlue takes 3.95% of every dollar that's funneled through them. That means....

....if this $2 million number is true, they've made $80,000 through this. That's $80,000 that could have gone directly to the charities and not fed the coffers of ActBlue.

Instead of this gimmick, it would have been better to just provide information on how to donate directly to any of those charities.

[we can do it]

19. Yes thank you for clarifying.

[beastie boy]

9. He wants YOU to contribute to HIS campaign so he can distribute YOUR money to

the organizations of HIS choice in HIS name, while YOUR part in helping out gets ignored.

I dunno... seems a bit excessively complicated (and self-serving) for my taste.

[wyldwolf]

10. He doesn't have to remain a primary candidate to do this

[Andy823]

15. Exactly

I am glad he is trying to help, he can also help by ending his run for the nomination, and backing Biden. We need to unite the party, period!

[BeckyDem]

12. Very good.

[showblue22]

13. Will there be proof and accountability?

The question is... will he report this to FEC? I don't know how it works. Is there a way for us to know for sure those charities got their money? How much does his campaign keep? I think he's near broke and threading the needle on how to ask for donations for a campaign everyone knows has no chance during a pandemic where most people need money and help.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

16. This is a very important question. nt

[showblue22]

18. It's a fair question.

How much does his campaign keep for handling and distributing the money? Doesn't his campaign have enough money to have donated money on their own without asking others for the donation? It's not like he needs it to run.. He 100% does not have a path to the nomination.

[XRubicon]

20. The longer they keep it going the longer they draw a salary

I wonder if this is legal.

[showblue22]

22. Bernie's campaign draws a salary from the donations?

I've seen other situations where the middle man can charge for salary, fees, and other stuff effectively leaving very little to the charitable cause.

[BeckyDem]

23. In case you haven't seen it.

Bernie Sanders May Be Losing, But COVID-19 Is Keeping Medicare for All Alive and Well

By Abigail Abrams
March 21, 2020 1:46 PM EDT

As the coronavirus pandemic overshadows the Democratic primary race, current and former progressive candidates’ ideas are enjoying an unexpected turn in the spotlight.

In response to the U.S. economy tanking, the federal government has moved to provide relief in a range of ways that would have seemed like far-off liberal dreams just months ago. The Department of Housing and Urban Development halted foreclosures and evictions during the emergency; the Department of Education slashed federal student loan interest rates to zero and will allow borrowers to completely suspend payments if needed; Congress is negotiating a plan to send direct cash payments to families; and a version of paid sick leave just became law.

But the COVID-19 outbreak has also proven as good a reason as any for advocates to renew their calls for the ultimate progressive agenda item: Medicare for All.

“Everybody’s seeing that it’s in the interest of all Americans that everyone gets the health care they need when they need it,” says Kelly Coogan-Gehr of National Nurses United, the country’s largest nurses union and one of the most prominent groups campaigning for Medicare for All.

https://time.com/5807383/medicare-for-all-coronavirus/

[Demsrule86]

24. Bullshit, that is an excuse, get out of the primary Sanders...concede...you can turn your campaign

into a charity after you are out of the race...PLEASE GET THE FUCK OUT AND STOP HELPING TRUMP!

[zackymilly]

26. When Biden is president, maybe he can give Bernie a medal. n/t

[Faux pas]

27. Go Bernie!

What's biden doing? Stealth campaigning?

[George II]

30. He's been doing a lot, INCLUDING promoting charities too! Hard to imagine some haven't seen....

....what he's been doing. Some of it has been posted right in this very forum.

[BeckyDem]

28. At a time of such economic uncertainty, in addition to the coronavirus, it's time for all of us

to ask how we got here and who our best choice is to deliver the change we need.

Join the Bernie 2020 campaign for a teach-in on the coronavirus and Bernie Sanders’ plan to build a strengthened social safety net.

&feature=youtu.be

[SidDithers]

31. Is he splitting donations with relief organizations?...

Or is all the money going to the charities?

Edit: oh. commondreams. LOL.

Sid

[qwlauren35]

32. I'd like to donate

But I can't find a link anywhere.