Fetterman immediately was endorsed by two large unions (steel workers and food service) representing 80000 Pennsylvanians. Within just two days of announcing his candidacy he has received 37000 small dollar donations from all 67 counties in Pennsylvania and all 50 states.

Fetterman was endorsed by Bernie Sanders in all of his election cycles and was one of the only people elected to high office in Pennsylvania to endorse Sanders for president in 2020.

  • grisbajskulor [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I responded to you in another comment before you posted this - but damn I would really love to see the feasibility of this. Upon quick googling I found this on fec.gov

    Gifts to charity are not considered personal use expenses as long as the candidate does not receive compensation from the charitable organization before it has expended the entire amount donated. Note that the amount donated must have been used for purposes that do not personally benefit the candidate.

    According to this what you're proposing would actually be totally possible. I'm 99% sure the state would find a way to ratfuck it of course, but it would have been worth it regardless.

    Obviously this was never Bernie's aim so there's not much that can be applied in retrospect. But it's a very interesting idea and interesting critique.

    • regenerativedespair [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Thanks for not immediately shooting down my point of view, it was nice to be validated that i'm not a useless idiot with no good ideas tonight. this has been a difficult week. i hope yours goes better than mine has, comrade.

      • grisbajskulor [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I approach this website knowing that I don't know much, so I stay very humble during discussions. I pull everything out of my ass so I constantly fight my urge to be defensive. Your idea is half baked, but no more half baked than mine, so I'm glad you're being critical.

        I'm sorry about your difficult week comrade. My DMs are open any time. Hope things are looking up for you today <3