WaPo: Sanders sees burst of fundraising after opposition research against him surfaces

[portlander23]

Sanders sees burst of fundraising after opposition research against him surfaces

The burst of money Sanders received online was unprecedented, according to a statement Thursday by Erin Hill, executive director of ActBlue, an online fundraising service used by Sanders and scores of Democrats.

“At one point, it drove 180 contributions through our platform per minute,” Hill said in the statement released by the Sanders campaign.

According to the Huffington Post, the pro-Clinton PAC sought in its e-mail to link Sanders to some controversial remarks made by Corbyn, including his praise for the late Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan leader who provided discounted fuel to Vermont in a deal supported by Sanders.

"It was the kind of onslaught I expected to see from the Koch Brothers or Sheldon Adelson,” Sanders said, characterizing the move as an attempt “to stop the momentum of the political revolution we’re building together."

During the first quarter of the year, Sanders raised about $15 million for his campaign, a figure that exceeded expectations for a candidate originally written off a curiosity. Campaign aides have said they are continuing to raise money at a surprising clip.

Clinton, meanwhile, raised about $47 million, while an additional $24 million was raised by a trio of outside groups supporting her, including Correct the Record. Sanders has said repeatedly that he does not want the support of a super PAC.

180 contributions per minute. Wow.

Video: Mrs. Clinton wouldn't have said the dishonest Sanders smear her Super PAC said on her behalf

[peacebird]

1. What a tool Granholm is! Good grief.

[SonderWoman]

2. Bernie is a such a precious snowflake.

[roguevalley]

3. he is. He actually sees us when he looks our way.

[sabrina 1]

4. He is a genuinely honest man who has been right on most of the issues

throughout his career. Too bad some of his colleagues got it wrong on so many of those same issues, when they should have known better.

I am thrilled to have a candidate I don't have to constantly defend on the issues, or try to explain away his positions on nearly every significant issue of the past several decades.

And by now, it must be obvious to the smear mongers that every time they try to attack him, it only gets him MORE support.

Why do politicians do this? Why won't they simply talk about the issues?

The way Sanders does?

[beam me up scottie]

5. Why so much hatred for Bernie?

Senator Sanders has been fighting for women's rights for decades and this Is how you talk about him?

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. What a revealing right wing talkng point you used there

"precious snowflake."