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In reply to the discussion: 2016: Bernie Sanders among top 25 of Congressional recipients of NRA donations [View all]Exotica
(1,461 posts)they co-mingle things when a person is a member of congress but also has run for POTUS
here is the link for ALL cycles (cumulative totals in gun lobby money (not all is from the NRA) given directly to a candidate for the last 28 years (since 1990)
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=Q13&cycle=All&recipdetail=S&sortorder=A&mem=Y&page=1
All Senators
Candidate Amount
McCain, John (R-AZ) $618,113
Cruz, Ted (R-TX) $460,367
Rubio, Marco (R-FL) $244,019
Paul, Rand (R-KY) $231,587
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Obama, Barack (D) $44,371
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Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) $33,713
Murkowski, Frank H (R-AK) $33,700
Fischer, Deb (R-NE) $33,335
Gorton, Slade (R-WA) $33,300
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Helms, Jesse (R-NC) $11,400
Sanders, Bernie (I-VT) $11,129
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notice those totals, that is all moneys given to Obama, Clinton and Sanders since 1990, no matter what race (Rep, Sen, POTUS)
now here is 2008 POTUS
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?ind=Q13&cycle=2008&recipdetail=P&mem=N&sortorder=U
Presidential Candidates
1 McCain, John (R) $515,128
2 Thompson, Fred (R) $75,575
3 Romney, Mitt (R) $72,675
4 Giuliani, Rudolph W (R) $50,450
5 Huckabee, Mike (R) $25,300
6 Paul, Ron (R) $24,813
7 Obama, Barack (D) $22,337
8 Gilmore, Jim (R) $16,950
9 Hunter, Duncan (R) $13,009
10 Tancredo, Tom (R) $7,625
11 Clinton, Hillary (D) $7,000
12 Richardson, Bill (D) $2,750
13 Edwards, John (D) $2,550
14 Nader, Ralph (I) $2,450
15 Brownback, Sam (R) $1,950
16 Barr, Bob (L) $1,000
17 Thompson, Tommy (R) $500
18 Baldwin, Chuck (3) $250
now 2012
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?ind=Q13&recipdetail=P&sortorder=U&mem=N&cycle=2012
7 Obama, Barack (D) $22,034
and finally
2016
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?ind=Q13&recipdetail=P&sortorder=U&mem=N&cycle=2016
Presidential Candidates
1 Trump, Donald (R) $814,236
2 Carson, Ben (R) $119,566
3 Walker, Scott (R) $39,510
4 Fiorina, Carly (R) $32,517
5 Bush, Jeb (R) $31,490
6 Clinton, Hillary (D) $26,713
7 Kasich, John (R) $20,399
8 Huckabee, Mike (R) $11,751
9 Sanders, Bernie (D) $11,129
do the maths
Totals since 1990
Bernie
Sanders, Bernie (I-VT) $11,129
all from 2016, but still it is only 11,129 usd total from 28 years (that's like 750th in overall Congress/Potus)
Hillary
total since 1990 all races
Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) $33,713
2008 she got 7,000
and in 2016 $26,713
adds up
and Obama
total since 1990
Obama, Barack (D) $44,371
7 Obama, Barack (D) $22,337 2008
7 Obama, Barack (D) $22,034 2012
adds up all around
the OP misrepresented pretty much everything
Bernie is well past 700th place in government elected officials when it comes to total gun lobby money (when you add house, POTUS, Senate totals together)
The OP also said it was NRA money, when it was a mixture
and its disingenuous to try to tar him with 11K when Hillary got around triple that (in less time too) and Obama almost 4 times as much total in even less than Clinton, let alone Bernie
I am not a Sanders fangirl, I supported and voted for Hillary in the primaries, but these false and divise attacks on Sanders is ripping the party apart
I want to focus on 2018
not beat dead horses and rehash 2016 primaries
Bernie has close to zero chance of ever being POTUS, shredding things up only hurts us Democratic Party members and the country
I hope you can see where I am coming from