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Human101948

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9. Are the figures incorrect?
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:13 AM
May 2016

“This is the type of mega, mega joint fundraising committee that we all feared would come into existence if McCutcheon were ruled the wrong way, which it was,” said Craig Holman with Public Citizen. “It makes maximum use of the loose rules governing joint fundraising. They’re using big checks to set up a small donor fundraising campaign and turning over the small donors to the Hillary campaign while keeping the large ones for the party. It is permissible, but it’s offensive, and it should be illegal.”

Both Holman and Larry Noble with the Campaign Legal Center emphasized that it’s extremely unusual and possibly unprecedented for a party to raise so much money for a candidate before the general election.
“It shows the DNC has clearly taken sides before they even have a nominee,” said Holman. “There’s an obvious bias.”

Noble agreed. “They really are throwing their weight behind a particular candidate,” he said. “Their argument is usually that it helps the party generally, but the practical and legal reality is that it benefits Hillary Clinton. You just don’t expect this kind of thing to happen in the primaries.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/19/3770542/bernie-hillary-dnc-fundraising/

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Lying Hillary. Why can't she tell the truth! MsFlorida May 2016 #1
what progressive would attack a democratic leader with adjectives to her name MariaThinks May 2016 #2
Lies about raising big money for down ticket Democrats were used to beat on Bernie supporters daily Human101948 May 2016 #6
at least we don't refer to bernie as MariaThinks May 2016 #14
1% takes 99%. That is her policy. You are warned. kgnu_fan May 2016 #3
Lol, this has bee debunked many times over already Tarc May 2016 #4
Isn't Blue Nation Review a David Brock outlet? Human101948 May 2016 #7
argumentum ad hominem? Tarc May 2016 #8
Not at all...the motivations of sources are noted and challenged frequently on DU... Human101948 May 2016 #11
But it hasn't been debunked. beedle May 2016 #19
Disgusting! This RW garbage is being flung out to depress democratic donations. Firebrand Gary May 2016 #5
Are the figures incorrect? Human101948 May 2016 #9
Yes. The GE is most important for using that money. nt Jitter65 May 2016 #16
For Hillary? Human101948 May 2016 #17
Untrue, Demsrule86 May 2016 #10
UNREC brooklynite May 2016 #12
If it's in POLITICO, it's gotta be true. Right? Octafish May 2016 #13
You are welcome... Human101948 May 2016 #18
"Not at all...the motivations of sources are noted and challenged frequently on DU..." IamMab May 2016 #20
So what are the facts? Human101948 May 2016 #21
K&R EndElectoral May 2016 #15
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