Elizabeth Warren to host private fundraiser for Biden

[left-of-center2012]

Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has agreed to host a high-dollar fundraising event for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing three people familiar with the plans.

Warren will host the online event on June 15, saying the three spoke on condition of anonymity.

The senator’s promise to abstain from private fundraising events - or even phone calls with wealthy contributors - was a key feature of her own campaign to become the Democratic Party’s nominee to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election.

The lawmaker from Massachusetts frequently accused other candidates of kowtowing to rich donors and “selling access to their time for money.”

A spokesman for Biden declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Warren did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday night.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-warren/elizabeth-warren-to-host-private-fundraiser-for-biden-ny-times-idUSKBN230024?il=0

[elleng]

1. NO REASON to NOT accumulate as much as necessary,

to rid ourselves of this scourge.

"Nice" to be 'holier than thou,' I guess, but sometimes other matters are more important; this is one of those times.

[frazzled]

2. It was she who was holier than thou

about big-donor private fundraisers. She used it as a cudgel against Biden and against Buttigieg, among others, all the while posing as a candidate of the little people (despite the myriad of big-donor fundraisers she’d held previously to fatten her coffers sufficiently to pretend to be above it all for the primaries).

Other former candidates have held virtual fundraisers for Biden that were open and inclusive. Just yesterday Pete Buttigieg held a fundraiser/ discussion with Biden, the price of admission for which was ... whatever you could afford to contribute. That contribution, of any amount, gained you a “ticket” to the hour-long event (no wine, unless you pored your own). 35,000 people attended and a million dollars was raised, average donation being $27 (or $29, I can’t remember which).

I’m just pointing all this out.

[elleng]

4. Doesn't matter to me;

she's doing the right/necessary thing now.

[frazzled]

6. I'm fine with big-dollar fundraisers

And always have been. That wasn’t my intent in my post. I was mulling out loud about Warren’s character, which I have always found to be unreliable and opportunistic.

[delisen]

7. Why did Biden ask her to do this for him?

Should Warren have refused Biden's request that she help him raise funds for the general election ?

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Kewl! When in battle, it's not worth dying trying to take Principals Hill.

[elleng]

5. Right