Bernie's campaign manager just now on MSNBC

[beastie boy]

I am paraphrasing: "The billionaire class has adopted Buttigieg as their own."

... WTF?... I say WTF?... Since when?

When Biden was a threat to Bernie, his campaign went after Biden. When Warren was a threat, they went after Warren. And now this.

I am beginning to think Bernie's campaign has little to do with ideology and much to do with pursuit of pure political power. The "billionaire" boogie man remains the same, and the "enemies of the people" are interchangeable.

[HerbChestnut]

1. Relax. Biden's campaign has had a thing or two to say about Pete as well.

[beastie boy]

13. "Adopted by the billionaire class"? That's not a thing or two, it smacks of Stalinist propaganda.

Besides, even if Biden's campaign said a thing or two about Pete, how does it absolve Faiz Shakir, Bernie's campaign manager?

[Cha]

42. Damn Good Question.

[rockfordfile]

28. Yeah I think that's overboard

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

81. Not "overboard". It's a flat-out lie. Bernie sends his sycophants on these shows to spew nonsense.

Nothing new there. He was doing it in 2015 and 2016.

[George II]

36. I don't think Biden's campaign has ever trashed the way other campaigns conduct their fundraising.

[HerbChestnut]

38. Maybe that's because they don't do a whole lot of fundraising themselves.

baBOOM!!

[MontanaMama]

51. Relax?

No. Just no.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

74. Nothing that is FALSE! It is a FALSE statement to tar Buttigieg with this nonsense. B.S. did the

same to Barack Obama. This is the same jerk who wouldn't release his tax records. Both Joe Biden and Barack Obama are men of modest means. Obama is self-made. Biden was consistently rated the least wealthy senator. We learned, after the fact, the it is Bernie who is a millionaire.

But according to B.S., anyone who disagrees with him or poses a threat to his privilege is tarred with "being tied to Wall Street".

I used to greatly admire Bernie. I absolutely loathe him now. I do not understand the appeal at all. I just don't.

[ahoysrcsm]

143. Make the Billionaries pay, Let the Millionaires stay. n/t

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

2. "Billionaires for Buttigieg."

It's got a nice ring to it.

[brooklynite]

3. I was wondering where this Twitter thread was coming from...

Link to tweet

As I recall, Warren tried attacking Pete with the "your supporters are all rich" line, and it didn't work.

[W_HAMILTON]

9. Remember the good 'ole days when Sanders attacked millionaires as well?

You know, back before he became one himself?

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

12. Good times!

[Cha]

43. lol

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

82. Uh-huh! He's a hypocrite just as Trump and his minions.

[PatSeg]

29. Jesus, that sounds like

something out of Rove's playbook.

[radical noodle]

93. A billionaire can donate no more money

to a campaign than I can. The only Super Pac that backs Pete is Vote Vets.

[Kurt V.]

108. Sanders tweet and warrens attack may not be fruitful. that doesn't make them any less true.

[DaDeacon]

110. Look at all the articles...

Pointing to the facts... sorry I know this is new ground for many but Mayor Buttigieg has had some very well funded friends. The fact that Sanders has made his bones attacking wealth and its corruption on our body politics this is a good line of attack for his base. Trump did the same thing and it worked super well. Not comparable in the level of hate but the "Billionaire class dot dot dot " is Sanders playing the HITS and people still love the beat. Stop trying to change the station sit back and enjoy. I'm sure Sanders will say "Young Lady.." to a woman and people will go into Twitter rage soon enough

[ahoysrcsm]

151. Make the Billionaries pay, Let the Millionaires stay. n/t

[DanTex]

4. He's right, of course.

Calling it the "billionaire class" is an exaggeration, it's really the big donor establishment class, not all or even most are actual billionaires.

But, yeah, those people just want to avoid Bernie because they oppose his policies, they don't really care whether it's Pete or Biden or even Bloomberg that does it.

[beastie boy]

22. Pete hasn't been adopted by the "billionalre class", however you want to modify the label, until

he beat Bernie in Iowa. My point is, arbitrarily slapping any label on your enemy of the moment is an old trick employed in the past by many dictator wannabes. It's a warning sign.

[Cha]

44. Smacks of desperation

[sheshe2]

89. Yes it does, Cha.

Obviously the results in Iowa have them frightened. I love the media spin, that is a "virtual" tie. Amazing that Mayor Pete with no name recognition won Iowa.

[Cha]

94. Yeah, "virtual tie" with the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

Buttigieg Pulls Ahead in Iowa's National Delegate Count, AP Says

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287486363

The media is a tragic farce.

[Cha]

116. ...

[sheshe2]

128. ...

[Cha]

134. ...

[sheshe2]

135. ...

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

163. That's why Saint Bernie is mad. Listen, if he is all that great, then his supporters should be

out in full force. There should not any type of close race at all.

Bernie can be beaten, and once we're out of the lily white states, I believe it'll happen.

[DaDeacon]

113. lol

Desperation lol....he won the state with the most total votes and is well ahead in NH lol... desperation lol. I guess when Biden drops out we'll see what desperation looks like ..... *the wind says 4th place

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

117. Repeat after me: Bernie Sanders is not getting anywhere near the Democratic Party nomination...

WHY? Iowa and NH are lily-white, so you celebrate Bernie's supposed success.

Black voters DO NOT support him! Period!

Sure, he will no better than he did in 2016 with exposure and name recognition, but he will not win the black vote. Sorry, but these are facts.

[ahoysrcsm]

150. Make the Billionaries pay, Let the Millionaires stay. n/t

[George II]

37. No donor, big or small, can give more than $2800 ($5600 for a couple) Sanders has plenty of those.

[Doremus]

91. Unless they give it to one of the many PACs. $$$ equals people, remember?

[radical noodle]

96. Vote Vets is the only Super Pac

that supports Pete. I doubt there are many billionaires there.

[George II]

97. Like National Nurses United, Sunrise Movement, Our Revolution, or Justice Democrats?

[lunasun]

62. PB has long time been known as the donor class darling, but I don't see how people here call

Sander’s tweet a lie ...no link for the OP so do not know the context , but as far as the tweet being a lie or wrong to to focus on PB fundraising ...
Who is lying Forbes , WAPO, Fortune ?
or is The Hill making up a false list or should not have focused on it ?

There is nothing at all wrong with Pete ‘s successful fundraising but to deny he is doing it is strange

[radical noodle]

100. I saw the interview

He essentially said Pete was tainted because he was the darling of the billionaires.

[Cheviteau]

107. What...or Who...is the Donor Class?

This 'Donor Class' term is used as a pejorative term toward we who give to our candidates of choice. My wife and I live on modest retirement incomes. We give occasionally, as we can, to those candidates we agree with. Stop this 'donor class' shit.

In my 81 years here, I've rubbed elbows with the rich and the poor. Both groups have the scammers and both have the honest. Both have the grifters and both have the givers. The late great Willie Sutton was once asked why he robbed banks. His reply? "That's where the money is". If I were seeking a political office I wouldn't hesitate to ask a millionaire or billionaire for a sizable donation. However, if he/she asked for something that was against my grain, I'd say never mind. Keep your money. Honest candidates would say the same. We can't make those who seek public office honest, they are obligated to police themselves.

[ahoysrcsm]

154. Make the Billionaries pay, Let the Millionaires stay. n/t

[DanTex]

157. Let the billionaires stay too. Just tax them more.

[ahoysrcsm]

158. We "make the Billionaires pay" more. While "let the Millionaires stay" at the current rate.

It's "what Sanders would say." "If only there was a way."

[MBS]

5. His campaign manager is WAY off base.

WTF, indeed.
I agree with your last paragraph, too.
I'm finding the style of Bernie's campaign, and/or at least that of his staff and internet supporters – with as much vitriol (maybe even more) directed toward Democratic rivals as toward Trump – increasingly disturbing.

[ramen]

19. As a Sanders supporter,

I totally agree. Why on earth would the manager pull that? It's an idiotic card to play.

The underlying point that big political donors do seem to have some feae of Sanders is true-ish but Buttigieg is definitely not "bought by billionaires"

[PatSeg]

31. I agree

That was a reckless thing to say on national television and reflects poorly on the campaign.

[radical noodle]

101. Thank you for the honesty

It's refreshing.

[UniteFightBack]

104. These are the kinds of people he surrounds himself with...I think that says a lot. nt

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

164. He did the same to HRC in 2016. At the DNC, his fanatical supporters boo'ed both

Michelle Obama and John Lewis--show their racism. He sat there with a smug grin on his face and didn't do much to quell their screams and shouts. He gave HRC only a tepid endorsement.

I cannot wait until this guy goes down. And hopefully the Democratic Party will learn the err of its ways and not invite him back to the party once he leaves. You know he's ONLY a Democrat when it suits him running for president.

This guy is absolutely disgusting and I am so baffled by his appeal.

[Newest Reality]

6. Facts.

That would require some facts to support that contention. I habitually avoid putting much credence in short criticisms or points spewed out on TV and then repeated aimlessly. That's one way to lose a democracy in the first place.

It's like saying, "the Decepticons have adopted Buttigieg as their own because they covet the Allspark!" or something ridiculous like that.

Their is a class that is highly influential and that poses an overall threat to our democracy, that's for sure, but to superglue that to a candidate requires a lot of detail as to why and how. I would hope that Bernie would consider avoiding sensationalism and focus more on facts and details.

[redstatebluegirl]

7. Good grief, they have totally lost it trying to win at all costs.

The party is going to come out of this primary season broken beyond repair if this keeps up. I had a call from a friend who backs BS today, I ended up hanging up on her. She was off the charts nuts, with conspiracy theories, hatred for any democrat it is nuts. I've known her since college, she has been getting more weird as we age, but she has become a nut since 2016.

[LisaM]

15. They want a broken Democratic party.

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Why, I don't know, but this is just a continuation of what went on four years ago, when they broke the convention, and then went to work on the party.

This is a candidate whose surrogates actively went out to primary Democrats in safe seats (and is still at it), and who did everything to deride the Blue Wave of 2018, basically refusing to concede it even existed.

I'm not even supporting Buttigieg at this juncture, but the allegations of cheating and now this are over the top.

[cmeneer]

40. Every single day

I’m more convinced that they want a broken party. They want a Revolution at the Democratic party’s expense. Get ready for 2016 on replay. Nina Turner will play her second act of disruption and bad mouthing the party. Encore, Nina. We get four (more) years of corrupt government.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

85. Listen, Bernie Sanders is only a Democrat when he runs for office. I do not understand why the

Democratic Party allows it. He does nothing but trash and bash the party, but everyone is supposed to remain silent and not criticize his ass.

Bernie Sanders LIED to his supporters in 2016 by making them wrongly believe that he was robbed of the nomination. The primary/caucus rules were set in stone BEFORE the primary season. Sanders agreed to those rules and had no problem...as long as was winning. When he started losing to HRC, he started crying about being cheated. He knew damn well that his followers, mainly being young or not as involved in the political process, may not have understood how the party rules worked. For example: They cried about closed primaries. We have had closed primaries for decades. Only when Sanders started losing in big, diverse states and/or closed primaries (like Maryland, for example) did he start lying about being cheated.

This man is also very wrong on race issues and that's why he will not do any better with black voters this time around--not as a whole. Sure, he may see some gains among younger black voters, primarily male. But he is not going to do that much better, and that is because he continues to place class issues over the importance of race.

There are many other reasons why I despise this man. He's arrogant and petty, unscrupulous and rigid. He's also a hypocrite. A major hypocrite. Any Democrat who isn't a "pure liberal" is trashed; however, it's o.k. for him to tout Democratic candidates who are anti-choice, pro-gun, and/or have misogynistic views.

The man is an ass. Can't stand him.

[LuvNewcastle]

124. The reason Bernie likes open primaries is because

Republicans can vote in them and they vote for Bernie so they can make him the weakest nominee to run against the Republican in the general election. And Sanders thinks he can win a general election.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

125. Yes, I know. I found it very telling during the 2016 contest when he continued to call for

open primaries and shunned closed ones. In every state where there was a closed primary (I live in Maryland) he claimed to have been cheated. What's ironic is that in open primaries, there is much more room for corruption and "operation chaos" by Republicans.

I'm sorry, but the guy is almost exactly like Donald John Trump.

[krissey]

8. Good. Then Buttigieg will get the money needed.

[stonecutter357]

10. I see BS dropped the millionaires from millionaires and billionaires ! let's go Pet !

[Me.]

11. He Also Said Women Flock To The Campaign

KT pointed out it is only 12%

[Cha]

47. Good on KT.

[George II]

14. That campaign just loves making up "classes" - billionaire class, ruling class, etc...

Whatever happened to the millionaire class we heard about a few years ago? Gone the way of the dodo?

[krissey]

16. Or establishment. Now that it has been established Sanders is squarely a part of establishment,

that too has disappeared and he is attacking "centralists".

[murielm99]

17. We haven't herd about the "esshhtablishhment"

in a while. You know, those people like Planned Parenthood?

[Yeehah]

68. Hahaha! It's funny to make fun of how people speak!

Just like republicans! Har har!!

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

86. Motherfucker has been in Washington for at least 45 years and yet claims not to be "Establishment".

This guy is straight up disgusting.

[HarlanPepper]

33. Yes, a lot of dividing.

[sheshe2]

118. Don't forget the Donor Class!!!

Like a donor who gives 10 bucks, is still a donor and a member of the donor class. Not sure what that slur is suppose to mean and frankly it upsets me. BS, his team and supporters say they care about the working class.

Fact is a rich person or poor person can't, by law give above the maximum donation, I believe you have said that is 2800 hundred.

This is a bullshit claim and a distortion.

[cwydro]

18. I heard that earlier on NPR.

Guess he’s feeling nervous.

[rurallib]

20. Bingo - this is what I have come to hate about Bernie - his push to divide Dems

into us and them camps.

I was a big Bernie booster for about half of 2016 when he started this divisive shit.
Stick to the issues Sanders. Knocking others down does not boost you with Dems.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

114. A lot of us black folk tried to tell you guys about this man. He's disgusting. He will get nowhere

this time around, either.

[evertonfc]

21. stale class warfare argument.

Bernie is probably worth more than Pete. Pete hasnt made his living in Washington DC on the tax payer dole. Pete could get nasty if Sanders wants to go that route. Pete is more accomplished at 37. Mess with a combat vet- you may get the horn. Just saying. No reason to make such an idiotic statement.

[Yeehah]

73. Government employees are not "on the public dole."

Your post is an insult to all public emplyees, who work hard for their paychecks.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

90. As a proud, hard-working public servant, I suggest you remove this comment. It's ridiculously false.

And offensive. Since when do Democrats think like this? Government employees pay taxes like everyone else.

[kcr]

109. Wow

Sure you're at the right website?

[brooklynite]

23. One of the features I admire about Buttigieg...

...is that they have rapid reaction down to a science. They won't let this hang around without responding.

[NurseJackie]

24. He sounds frightened. Why hurl insults like that at someone who doesn't deserve it?

[Fresh_Start]

25. Bernie campaign loves to lie and lie and lie

and they are doing it with Bernie's full knowledge and approval

so Bernie is lying and lying and lying

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

119. Bernie been fucking lying, but we can't say anything about Saint Bernie around here.

It's all nonsense.

Not to worry. Wait 'til we get to the southern and Midwest primaries. Bernie will be done. Can't wait. I'm sick of him.

[Cha]

162. ..

[Scurrilous]

26. They went after Buttigieg when he rose in the polls.

Now today they are doing it again. Funny one: Pete runs P.O.

Link to tweet

[UniteFightBack]

52. They did the same thing to Biden...outright fabrications. It reminds me of the dump and that

ain't good.

[Scurrilous]

57. Lies, lies, and more lies.

And they leave it up even though people tell her she's a fool.

[George II]

63. When did the Mayor of South Bend take over running the USPS?

[Scurrilous]

70. When he beat Bernie.

[George II]

71. Bazinga!

[Scurrilous]

27. Back to the Wine Cave

[Cha]

49. Damn.. that's what I keep

thinking of too I say WineCaves!

[Scurrilous]

58. Yep.

[katmondoo]

30. Again he reminds me of Trump however not as bad as Trump

[beastie boy]

34. Not as bad. This is the reason I would back Bernie against Trump even if it makes me sick for weeks.

But still... WTF?

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

129. The bar is set so low for Saint Bernie just because he appears to have progressive policy stances...

But what does that matter if the person advocating for these policies is himself a petty asshole who divides? It does us no good.

He IS the Donald Trump of the Political Left. He just is.

[eilen]

69. Only because we don't hear him egging them on. He has plausible deniablility. nt

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

121. Think about it. I mean, REALLY think about it: Bernie IS like Trump. He truly is...

Despicable man.

Whatever we feel about Hillary Clinton, she continues to be right and everything she predicted. And she is right about Bernie Sanders. So right.

[zackymilly]

32. Bernie used to bash millionaires. Then he became one. Now he only bashes billionaires. n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

35. Billionaires, billionaires, look out for the big bad billionaires.

That mantra is getting old Bernie. How about explaining how you're going to deliver on all those wonderful things you are promising?

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

120. And yet, Tom Steyer sounds more reasonable and attractive than Saint Bernie.

[Mike Nelson]

39. Back to the Wine Cave...

... it did not work, the first time... but I guess we'll see if there is a change. I hope Pete uses his "I'm the only one here who is not a millionaire or billionaire" line again. The Bernie-Elizabeth battle was good for the former, and the latter slid... I was wrong when I said the advantage in that one would go to Elizabeth. I suppose we'll see more of this in the debate...

[Zolorp]

41. Was this Nina "I voted for Jil Stein in 2016" Turner?

[beastie boy]

105. No, it was Faiz Shakir. No shortage of bomb throwers in that campaign

[KayF]

45. they're all threats to each other

and they all go after each other. It's a campaign.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

115. This guy is shit! He said that we must do away with "Identity Politics"--meaning only WHITE MALES

have the answers. He is a straight-up ass. You're a woman. I don't understand how you could support the "Donald Trump of the Political Left". I just don't get it.

He's shit on race.
He's shit on gender.

He's mean-spirited, pig-headed and petty. He's hypocrite, liar and ruthless. Why do I assert these things? Because they are true and there is ample evidence to support these claims.

I just don't understand the appeal especially when it comes to women and black voters. I don't get it.

But, no worries. Thankfully he won't get too far in the primaries once we get to bigger, more diverse states. Black folk are not supporting Bernie Sanders. He will do better this year, but he's not getting the nomination because you need black voters to achieve that. He won't have that.

[Habibi]

131. I love this post.

And "Donald Trump of the Political Left" is a perfect moniker for Bernie. I'm spreading it far and wide.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

132. Thank you. And it's the unvarnished truth. Think about Bernie's behavior. His petty politics.

Acting like a victim when he's criticized or attacked.

His fanatical supporters behave the same way--they can't take honest criticism. They refuse to listen to facts unless they are created by Saint Bernie.

There's a disdain for women and people of color. Sound familiar?

[ahoysrcsm]

148. Make the Billionaries pay, Let the Millionaires stay. n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

46. Remember in Star Trek V, when Kirk is standing on Spock's shoulders in the brig?

"Un-wise".

[UniteFightBack]

48. He also kept using the words rigged and corrupt. Billionaires bad, millionaires good. nt

[Cha]

53. Because of course he did.

[yaesu]

50. all is fair in love and politics. nt

[beastie boy]

54. Are you suggesting Bernie shouldn't play victim when he gets the short end of the stick?

[eilen]

78. It is a neat trick how he is playing both victim and victor since Iowa.

Another Trump similarity.

and this:

"Yet as Mr. Sanders moves to position himself as a standard-bearer for a party he has criticized from the left for decades, the power of his internet army has also alarmed Democrats who are familiar with its underside, experienced in ways large and small.

Some progressive activists who declined to back Mr. Sanders began traveling with private security after incurring online harassment. Several well-known feminist writers said they had received death threats. A state party chairwoman changed her phone number. A Portland lawyer saw her business rating tumble on an online review site after tussling with Sanders supporters on Twitter."

Other notable targets included Ady Barkan, a prominent liberal activist with A.L.S.—whom some Sanders-cheering accounts accused of lacking decision-making faculties due to his illness as he prepared to endorse Senator Elizabeth Warren—and Fred Guttenberg, the father of a shooting victim from the 2018 Parkland massacre, who had criticized Mr. Sanders’s statements about gun violence.…

When Mr. Sanders’s supporters swarm someone online, they often find multiple access points to that person’s life, compiling what can amount to investigative dossiers. They will attack all public social media accounts, posting personal insults that might flow in by the hundreds. Some of the missives are direct threats of violence…"

Bully pricks.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

126. I've been screaming this about Sanders for YEARS! Trying to explain to people that he is a flat-out

liar and hypocrite. The rules become unfair when he's losing. He agreed with and signed on to the Democratic Party primary platform...until he started losing. It happened in 2016. Get ready for it to continue in 2020 when he starts losing in the ****SOUTHERN**** primaries..and he will!

We black voters will not support Bernie Sanders who is even more despicable now than he was in 2016. And we did not forget about him implying that we're stupid for not supporting him. We have not forgotten any of that.

[Cha]

138. +1

[sheshe2]

127. +1000

[Cha]

95. Haha! TOUCHE'

[relayerbob]

55. Scare tactics

Works every time.

I am not impressed with Sanders' team, his lack of leadership skills, nor his ability to work within a team. If he wins the nomination, I'll vote for him, but work to ensure we don't have that outcome.

[boston bean]

56. Same 'ole same 'ole. Never changes.

[WiffenPoof]

59. For me....

There is a huge difference between running for office and actually holding that office. People say and do things during a campaign they would not do in office.

[ancianita]

60. Sounds like what you're saying, because it's way too soon for him to say that.

[femmedem]

61. Dangerous, dangerous rhetoric because it demonizes donors that Democrats need

and could make them reluctant to give, or make candidates (not just Buttigieg) reluctant to hold fundraisers.

[SharonClark]

64. Bernie's staffers are just the best

at using inside-their-bubble language to stoke anger in the hearts of Bernie's supporters by misrepresenting other candidates.
It's just too Trumpian for me.

[EveHammond13]

65. Bernie is toxic poison for our party

[SunSeeker]

66. Sickening, stupid and slanderous. Why why WHY, Bernie??????

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

67. I absolutely LOATHE B.S. almost as much as I despise Trump. BERNIE SANDERS is despicable!

[FiveGoodMen]

75. Yes, that IS despicable!

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

79. Meant to make it clear that I think Bernie Sanders is DESPICABLE!!

I will change it to make my post clear. I am referring to this horrible man. I cannot stand Bernie Sanders. He's going to get a rude awakening, once again, when the primaries come to the South.

[FiveGoodMen]

80. Yes. I knew what you meant.

And I think THAT'S despicable.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

122. Why? This man is a liar and a hypocrite. Period.

[zackymilly]

106. But you WILL vote for Bernie if he wins the nomination, right? nt

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

111. Absolutely not. I will vote for another Democrat on the ticket. A TRUE Democrat, not a fake one.

I told you: I despise this man. I will not support him, but I don't think he's getting anywhere near the nomination, anyway.

Note: No candidate can win anything unless he/she captures the black vote. Bernie ain't capturing nothing black down South where the majority of black voters reside. It's not happening.

[ahoysrcsm]

155. Only if he stays in the Democratic Party.

So far Sanders drops the Democratic Party nomination after winning the primary.

In conclusion, I will vote for Sanders only if he wins and STAYS a Democratic Party member.

[Billsmile]

72. Forbes Article About Billionaire Donors and Buttigieg

https://www.forbes.com/sites/colleencurry/2020/02/04/iowa-caucus-leader-pete-buttigieg-has-most-exclusive-billionaire-donors-of-any-democrat/#31eefa215d8e

[rzemanfl]

83. I have to wash socks, after that I will read Forbes. n/t

[Blues Heron]

84. Sock puppet?

Is that what that means?

[rzemanfl]

88. It means I had to wash socks.

I will confess that while the socks were soaking I looked up Prtizker because "trans Lt. Colonel" caught my eye. I can see why that particular billionaire would support Pete.

[Scurrilous]

137. I used that the other day.

[ahoysrcsm]

147. Make the Billionaries pay, Let the Millionaires stay. n/t

[paleotn]

76. billionaire class

It's a real thing and a problem, but when flippantly thrown at whoever someone doesn't happen to like at the present moment, it becomes stupid hyperbole. The wing nuts still do the same thing with commie, socialist, etc. No difference in my mind. If you can't get down to the nuts and bolts of exactly WHO and HOW than it's just oral diarrhea. We have enough of THAT in the White House as it is.

[polichick]

77. They'll definitely adopt somebody.

[peequod]

87. It's a primary: Biden's support has deflated

...like a cold soufflé while Buttigieg’s has inflated. And a lot of Sanders supporters, me included, are coming around to the idea that big corporate donations and billionaire funding are a form of bribery. I’ve seen no plan from Pete to get money out of politics, he’s on the billionaire gravy train, so: vulnerability identified.

[ahoysrcsm]

146. Make the Billionaries pay, Let the Millionaires stay. n/t

[ctyankeedude]

92. bots?????????

bots???????????

[marble falls]

142. You mean like the one who posted the same thing three times???

[ahoysrcsm]

144. Make the Billionaries pay, Let the Millionaires stay.

Sanders 2020 and BEYOND!!!!!

[marble falls]

161. Eat the rich; piggies get fed, hogs get slaughtered.

?1454548991

[trueblue2007]

99. i think Bernie is sooooooooooooooooooo scared of Mayor Pete. Getting desperate.

[dchill]

102. I do not like billionaire donations, regardless...

...of the donor or the recipient. Nor, I suspect, do any of us.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

130. I very much like Tom Steyer and what I'm hearing from him. I don't hate billionaires who do the

right thing. There are those around.

[dchill]

140. He's a candidate funding his own campaign...

...as is Bloomberg. I'm referring only to candidates accepting donations from large donors, which could buy influence. I'm assuming that Steyer and Bloomberg are not bribing themselves.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

141. I see what you mean.

[Kurt V.]

103. maybe referring to pete's no media high dollar fundraisers. i didn't see it.

[corbettkroehler]

112. Oh, My, How The Truth Hurts!

Too bad for you! Faiz stated FACTS, not opinion. Unconvinced? Here's a sampling of the most recent source material.

Here Are The Billionaires Backing Pete Buttigieg’s Presidential Campaign

[Forbes article]

Pete Buttigieg Has Most Exclusive Billionaire Donors Of Any Democrat

[Another Forbes article]

Buttigieg leads 2020 rivals in Wall Street contributions

[Marketwatch article]

[beastie boy]

123. Have you looked up the definition of "adopted"?

What Mr Faiz is insinuating is that Buttigieg is now one of THEM. The enemy. He wasn't a week ago, but he is now, because Mr Faiz says so. Everything else about Pete be damned!

You call this facts?

[jr1118x]

133. Definition

past tense: adopted; past participle: adopted
1.
legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own.
"there are many people eager to adopt a baby"
2.
choose to take up, follow, or use.
"this approach has been adopted by many big banks"


Seems like using #2 it fits. Billionaires have chosen to take up or follow Pete. Like previously linked in the Forbes article from December Pete does have a large number of billionaires contributing to him, and let's be real do most billionaires give because they believe it will get them either access or influence?

[beastie boy]

136. Actually, Mr Faiz meant "adopted" as in definition #1. Made Pete one of their own.

Not only is it a lie, but it was clearly meant to label Pete as an enemy without using the word "enemy".

[ahoysrcsm]

152. Make the Billionaries pay, Let the Millionaires stay. n/t

[ahoysrcsm]

145. Make the Billionaries pay, Let the Millionaires stay. n/t

[NCProgressive]

139. KnR

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

153. "The billionaire class"?

Now that Bernie's a millionaire I guess he doesn't care so much about the millionaire class he used to complain about so loudly. He's got 10 times Buttigieg's wealth but he's claiming Buttigieg is the pet of the billionaires? How does that work? Aren't billionaires' pets normally Republicans?

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

165. He did the same thing to Barack Obama...a self-made man. The SAME thing!

[betsuni]

156. He should stop trying to make "the billionaire class" happen. Not a class. Not happening.

[Kahuna7]

160. It's like they're trying to...What was it they said it that movie...

trying to make fetch happen.

[Kahuna7]

159. He's preaching to the choir. No one else cares. nt