Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE took an apparent dig at Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) in a fundraising email, implying his 2020 rival is a Washington insider.
The email also appeared to take a dig at his fellow billionaire rivals Michael BloombergMichael BloombergEngel scrambles to fend off primary challenge from left It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process Liberals embrace super PACs they once shunned MORE and Tom SteyerTom SteyerBloomberg wages war on COVID-19, but will he abandon his war on coal? Overnight Energy: 600K clean energy jobs lost during pandemic, report finds | Democrats target diseases spread by wildlife | Energy Dept. to buy 1M barrels of oil Ocasio-Cortez, Schiff team up to boost youth voter turnout MORE as “people who can spend millions of their own dollars on a campaign,” though Buttigieg did not name them.
“Some of our competitors, like Bernie Sanders, have even run for president before — and that means that they had a head start on things like building their fundraising lists,” the email reads. “Having several million people on your email list allows you to do things like raise $4 million in two days — something Bernie says he did in the 48 hours after the last debate.”
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“If we are going to turn the page on our politics, we have to be able to compete with the people who have been working in Washington for years, and the people who can spend millions of their own dollars on a campaign. That means we need your help right now with another donation to this campaign,” it continues.
Buttigieg has previously aimed his fire on Sanders’s progressive counterpart, Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.), clashing with her in the two previous primary debates.
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The 37-year-old former mayor has run as an outsider to Washington, D.C., and has advocated a more moderate platform than Sanders or Warren.
Although Sanders was first elected to Congress in 1990, he has often been viewed as a Washington outsider for the majority of his career, supporting a number of progressive issues like “Medicare for All.”
Sanders most recently went against the mold on Thursday, when he joined nine other senators in voting against the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
The Vermont senator has also pushed back against the Democratic Party establishment and took the political world by surprise in 2016 in his unexpectedly strong challenge to Democratic-establishment favorite, Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE.
The Hill has reached out to the Sanders campaign for comment.