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Hickenlooper: Hard to Fundraise When You Don't Promise Free Stuff

[Free Beacon] Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper admitted Tuesday it's hard to get donations from Democrats when his campaign isn't promising things like free health care and college.

Hickenlooper wouldn't answer MSNBC anchor Craig Melvin when asked about his second-quarter fundraising total, sheepishly saying "we certainly haven't raised $24 million," a reference to Mayor Pete Buttigieg's latest haul. Hickenlooper saw several campaign departures this week as he struggles to stay relevant in the crowded 2020 field, barely polling at 1 percent in national and early-primary state polls.

"The bottom line is for a small campaign like us from a, you know‐Colorado's about 6 million or a little less than 6 million people‐it's harder to raise money because we don't‐we're not promising free health care or, you know, free tuition for everyone, forgive student debt," Hickenlooper said. "We're trying to present a picture of this country and what it can be in the future that will resonate with everyone, and that has, you know, that's a harder vehicle by which to get small donors."

Melvin said it sounded like Hickenlooper was describing two key Democratic proposals‐canceling student debt and free health care‐as "pie-in-the-sky" ideas.

"Yeah, I think they'd be very hard to implement," Hickenlooper said. "One of the points I've tried to make is as Democrats I think we've very clearly got to say that we're not socialists, and many people view those large, you know, large expansions of government as in some way socialist. I'm not saying they are, I'm just saying that the Republicans are going to say we're socialists and I think we've very clearly got to say socialism is not the solution. I can say that."

Melvin said he found Hickenlooper's remark telling, as it seemed to concede most of the Democratic contenders needed to convince a large portion of the country that they weren't all socialists.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-03 02:49|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 Herper derper. Schickelpooper.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-07-03 04:15|| 2019-07-03 04:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Another bartender.
He should give away free pot.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-07-03 04:37|| 2019-07-03 04:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Melvin said he found Hickenlooper's remark telling

Indeed it is. It would appear one does not get something.... for nothing.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-03 06:43|| 2019-07-03 06:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Seems like offering free stuff wouldn't be so necessary if you didn't (intentionally) screw up the economy.

Posted by gorb 2019-07-03 10:16|| 2019-07-03 10:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Dems = The Party of Santa Claus. The bill comes due in January if one of these freeloaders becomes Prez.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-07-03 11:15|| 2019-07-03 11:15|| Front Page Top

#6 The Socialist don't want you John. Now you have a choice, come to the stark raving realization that its no longer the old Democratic Party of old but the neo-Commie party that it is, or live in denial. Old classical liberals are like the Tories of the American War of Independence, while acknowledging the Crown was violating the fundamental rights of Englishmen, loyalty to the King trumped all.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-07-03 11:26|| 2019-07-03 11:26|| Front Page Top

#7 “Give me your tired, your poor, your uneducated, your future Dem voters, your huddled masses, your homeless, your drug-dealers, your human traffickers, your MS-13, your criminals, your bat-shit crazy,..."

Posted by JohnQC 2019-07-03 11:26|| 2019-07-03 11:26|| Front Page Top

#8 #6 spot on. Democrats are like vampires.They suck the money out of you. They are always on the take.

Posted by Dale 2019-07-03 23:15|| 2019-07-03 23:15|| Front Page Top

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