Candidates for 2020 elections.

[Belsnickel]

(03-19-2019, 10:35 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: The Bernie Braintrust was on full display on twitter yesterday when some random Democratic Central Committee member for Brooklyn tweeted the baseless claim that Beto's $6.1m pull was due in part to $4.5m that the Texas Democratic Party gave back to him.

Well this is awkward! @BetoORourke gave the remaining $4.5+ mill from his Senate race to @TexasDemocrats a few months ago, & the Party sent the money back to him on the day of his announcement. So this is probably why he’s not releasing his individual contribution list. #Beto2020 pic.twitter.com/vCiq0Pdz0s

— Xavier Perez (@XPerezNY) March 18, 2019

The "evidence" he gave was showing that Beto transferred $4.5m to the state party over the 2018 election cycle (though money was going back and forth between the two as the party spent on the election, so it's not like they're just sitting on that cash).

The party can't directly give more than $5,000, so the claim is completely ridiculous from the start, but also there wouldn't be any record until April 15th when the next FEC reports go out to the public. The Senate Campaign and Presidential Campaign are also different legal entities, so the idea that they just sent it back is silly.

This hasn't stopped some from trying to push this lie, with a number saying that there's no proof they DIDN'T do it... lol

This certainly isn't anything new. Apparently, Beto is the one that scare Berniecrats the most: https://thedailybanter.com/2018/12/04/david-sirota-unfairly-smears-beto/

It should be noted that the guy who did that one has now been hired by the Sanders campaign. Sirota is known for being a bad liar.