, which owns a fraction of the wealth that Boomers did at their age.
“This is the problem with issuing purity tests you cannot yourself pass,” Buttigieg said. “Senator, your net worth is 100 times mine. Suppose you went home and felt the holiday spirit… and gave the maximum donation allowable by law, would that pollute my campaign because it came from a wealthy person? No. I would be glad to have that support.”
Warren doubled-down. “I said to anyone who wants to donate to me, if you want to donate to me, that’s fine. But don’t come around later expecting to be named ambassador.” She went on: “Here’s the problem.
Buttigieg snapped back, noting that Warren transferred money to her presidential campaign that she raised as a senator in the kinds of fundraisers she was now condemning. “Did it corrupt you, Senator? Of course not.”jumped into the fray with a flex about his own donor base: not only did he not have any billionaire contributors, Sanders notes, he had more donors than any candidate in history at this stage of the campaign.
Warren wishes she got that kind of support from ultra wealthy donor class bernie2020
What the hell does that mean
Few Americans relate to high dollar wine cave fundraisers; can't remember the last one I attended. Buttigieg shot himself in the foot on this.
Yay Warren!