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Warren to donate campaign money she previously took from opioid titan
Source: Politico
Warren to donate campaign money she previously took from opioid titan
By ALEX THOMPSON 05/08/2019 08:19 AM EDT Updated 05/08/2019 01:11 PM EDT
Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday rolled out a new version of her aggressive plan to combat the opioid crisis, hoping the crackdown will appeal to 2020 voters in states hit hard by the epidemic.
But even as she has repeatedly vowed to punish executives profiting off the booming industry, Warren’s campaign in 2018 accepted money from a prominent family member of one of the nation’s top opioid manufacturers.
After POLITICO pointed out to Warren’s campaign that her 2018 Senate reelection effort had accepted $2,500 in donations from Beverly Sackler — whose late husband Raymond ran Purdue Pharma with his brother, Mortimer — an aide said late Tuesday that Warren would donate the money to charity.
Asked which charity, the aide did not respond.
And while Warren is not the only 2020 contender to have received money from Beverly Sackler — Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) also took donations from her — Warren has been more critical of the Sacklers’ role in the addiction epidemic and has called for them to go to prison.
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By ALEX THOMPSON 05/08/2019 08:19 AM EDT Updated 05/08/2019 01:11 PM EDT
Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday rolled out a new version of her aggressive plan to combat the opioid crisis, hoping the crackdown will appeal to 2020 voters in states hit hard by the epidemic.
But even as she has repeatedly vowed to punish executives profiting off the booming industry, Warren’s campaign in 2018 accepted money from a prominent family member of one of the nation’s top opioid manufacturers.
After POLITICO pointed out to Warren’s campaign that her 2018 Senate reelection effort had accepted $2,500 in donations from Beverly Sackler — whose late husband Raymond ran Purdue Pharma with his brother, Mortimer — an aide said late Tuesday that Warren would donate the money to charity.
Asked which charity, the aide did not respond.
And while Warren is not the only 2020 contender to have received money from Beverly Sackler — Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) also took donations from her — Warren has been more critical of the Sacklers’ role in the addiction epidemic and has called for them to go to prison.
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/08/warren-2020-campaign-sackler-donation-1310288
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