“The senator doesn’t have fundraisers in wine cellars,” one Bernie Sanders campaign surrogate says.
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The pitch followed an afternoon of social media ribbing by a number of Sanders staffers who shared their dismay at the event and expressed a view — frequently espoused by the senator himself — that such private fundraisers result in wealthy donors gaining undue influence over candidates. Sanders’ presidential campaign does not hold private high-dollar fundraisers, opting instead to rely on grassroots donors and infrequent low-dollar events with tickets open to the public.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the third Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by ABC News in partnership with Univision at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, Sept. 12, 2019.
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