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"Pete Buttigieg's team really stepped in it. John Iadarola discusses on The Damage Report. Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/\nHelp build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN\nSubscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1\nFollow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport\nRead more here: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/26/buttigiegs-small-dollar-contest-seen-cynical-ploy-lower-average-donation-amount\n\"Facing sustained criticism from rival Democratic presidential hopefuls over his ritzy wine cave fundraiser and billionaire contributors, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg's 2020 campaign this week launched a \"contest\" to see which supporter can give the candidate the smallest unique donation—a competition that's conveniently timed just ahead of the fourth-quarter filing deadline.\nButtigieg's campaign described the contest as an innocuous \"end of year guessing game,\" but critics condemned it as a gimmick that appears designed to lower the mayor's average donation for the final quarter of the year and create the impression of a genuine surge in grassroots enthusiasm.\"*\n#TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks"
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