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GeorgiaPeanuts's JournalLetter from the Sanders Campaign to the DNC in regards to the Hillary Victory Fund
https://berniesanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Bernie-2016-Letter-to-DNC-1.pdfAccuses the Hillary Victory Fund and Hillary for America of violating campaign finance laws.
edit: and a press release for good measure: https://berniesanders.com/press-release/clinton-dnc-joint-fundraising-raises-serious-campaign-finance-concerns/
The questionable dealings were detailed in a letter from Brad Deutsch, the attorney for Sanders campaign, to U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chair of the DNC. The letter questioned whether the Clinton presidential campaign violated legal limits on donations by improperly subsidizing Clintons campaign bid by paying Clinton staffers with funds from the joint DNC-Clinton committee.
Unlike Clintons presidential campaign committee, Hillary for America, the joint committee may accept large donations of up to $356,100. The first $2,700 of this amount is eligible for transfer to the Clinton campaign, $33,400 can be transferred to the DNC, with any remaining amount, up to $10,000, to each participating state party. According to public disclosure reports, however, the joint Clinton-DNC fund, Hillary Victory Fund (HVF), appears to operate in a way that skirts legal limits on federal campaign donations and primarily benefits the Clinton presidential campaign.
The financial disclosure reports on file with the Federal Election Commission indicate that the joint committee invested millions in low-dollar, online fundraising and advertising that solely benefits the Clinton campaign. The Sanders campaign is particularly concerned that these extremely large-dollar individual contributions have been used by the Hillary Victory Fund to pay for more than $7.8 million in direct mail efforts and over $8.6 million in online advertising according to the letter to the DNC. Both outlays benefit the Clinton presidential campaign by generating low-dollar contributions that flow only to HFA [Hillary for America] rather than to the DNC or any of the participating state party committees.
The questionable outlays have grown to staggering magnitudes and can no longer be ignored, Deutsch added.
The expenditures on advertising and fundraising are at best an impermissible in-kind contribution from the DNC and the participating state party committees to Clintons presidential campaign, the letter said. At worst, using funds received from large-dollar donors who have already contributed the $2,700 maximum to HFA [Hillary for America] may represent an excessive contribution to HFA from these individuals.
In addition, the joint committee has paid the Clinton campaign committee $2.6 million ostensibly to reimburse the Clinton presidential campaign staff for time spent running the joint committee. The unusual arrangement, Deutsch said, raises equally serious concerns that joint committee funds, which are meant to be allocated proportionally among the participating committees, are being used to impermissibly subsidize HFA through an over-reimbursement for campaign staffers and resources.
While the use of joint fundraising agreements has existed for some time it is unprecedented for the DNC to allow a joint committee to be exploited to the benefit of one candidate in the midst of a contested nominating contest, said Jeff Weaver, Sanders campaign manager.
MSM Is Desperate for talking points. Accuse Sanders of lying about $27 Avg Contribution.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/18/bernie-sanders-keeps-saying-his-average-donation-is-27-but-it-really-isnt/Spoiler Alert: They say the average contribution is actually $27.88 and therefore Sanders is lying when he says his average contribution is $27
Is that all you got MSM.
Weaver was on MSNBC. Planning to file a lawsuit over the Hillary Victory Fund...
He was on MSNBC and said that only 1/3 at most of the money actually goes to down ticket Democrats. Mentioned the Sanders campaign will be serving the DNC a letter over the Victory fund with intention to file lawsuit.
edit: Here is video of it: https://twitter.com/popmonk/status/722122337370255362
pt2: https://twitter.com/popmonk/status/722132626509733888
2016 National Democratic Primary - Clinton 50% (-3), Sanders 48% (+4) (NBC News 4/10-4/14)
That's down from Clinton's nine-point advantage a month ago, 53 percent to 44 percent.
In the current NBC/WSJ poll, Clinton leads Sanders by 15 points among women (57 percent to 42 percent), though that's down from her 20-point-plus edge earlier this year.
She's also ahead of Sanders among minorities, 59 percent to 41 percent, but that's a decline of her 30-point advantage here in past NBC/WSJ surveys.
And among those 50 and older, Clinton is up 62 percent to 35 percent -- again down from her past leads among this demographic group.
By contrast, Sanders leads among men by 17 points (58 percent to 41 percent), whites (53 percent to 44 percent) and those ages 18 to 49 (66 percent to 34 percent).
The NBC/WSJ poll was conducted April 10-14, and the margin of error among the 339 Democratic primary voters surveyed is plus-minus 5.3 percentage points.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/nbc-wsj-poll-clinton-s-national-lead-down-two-points-n557671?cid=sm_tw
Pollster rated A- by 538
After Public Anguish, Bronx Councilman Endorses Sanders on Eve of NY Primary
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2016/04/8596894/after-public-anguish-bronx-councilman-endorses-sanders-eve-primaryBernie represents a special phenomenon in progressive politics. He singularly has made inequality and poverty the focal point of the presidential election that is his contribution to progressive politics and hes energizing young people to an extent never seen before, Torres said, in an interview with POLITICO New York.
Torres, who grew up in public housing in the Bronx, sent a letter to all the presidential candidates last week asking them to tour New York City Public Housing Authority buildings to see a glimpse of what decades of federal divestment has done to the citys public housing stock.
The guy who got the two candidates to tour Public Housing in the Bronx decided to endorse Bernie Sanders afterward.
Sanders: Polls understating my support in New York
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/bernie-sanders-criticizes-ny-polls-222074"Those are the public polls. The bottom line is, let's look at the real poll tomorrow," the Vermont senator told NBC's "Today." "Generally speaking, polling has underestimated how we do in elections."
Sanders noted that his campaign was down by as many as 25 points in Michigan before it pulled off the upset victory on March 8.
Internal polls must show a very close race!
Meme of the day recycled: Clinton (again) asks where Sanders was during the health care fight of 90s
https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/721821306057068544We need to get video of this... Who does she think she is fooling...
CNN Commentator Sally Kohn endorsed Bernie Sanders at Prospect Park Rally
https://twitter.com/sallykohn/status/721825884848660480I hope she saved up an emergency fund because CNN ain't going to keep her around too much longer after this methinks
Emerson NY Poll Clinton 55% (-1) Bernie 40% (+2)
Remember this is an automated system poller, and they only poll landlines.
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