{"id":593608,"date":"2021-07-16T13:20:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T17:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593608"},"modified":"2021-07-16T13:20:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T17:20:54","slug":"terry-mcauliffe-fundraises-for-self-described-democratic-socialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffe-fundraises-for-self-described-democratic-socialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry McAuliffe Fundraises For Self-Described Democratic Socialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fterry-mcauliffe-fundraises-for-self-described-democratic-socialist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593608&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mcauliffe-fetterman.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe is fundraising for Pennsylvania Senate hopeful John Fetterman, a self-described democratic socialist and prominent supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The McAuliffe campaign on Thursday sent a joint fundraising email with Fetterman. Contributions were split evenly between the Pennsylvania Democrat&#8217;s campaign and Common Good VA, the political action committee McAuliffe formed as governor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely mission-critical that we raise as much money as possible early on to show that John Fetterman is the candidate that can win not just the primary\u2014but also a tough and expensive general election against the PA GOP,&#8221; the email said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fetterman&#8217;s campaign did not return a request for comment. McAuliffe spokeswoman Christina Freundlich called the fundraising effort &#8220;common practice among campaigns&#8221; and said the former governor has not endorsed Fetterman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The political partnership is an odd one for McAuliffe, an establishment-backed Democrat who ran as a moderate in 2013 and faced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/knives-out-for-mcauliffe-in-final-week-of-virginia-primary\/\"><span>attacks from the left<\/span><\/a><span> during Virginia&#8217;s June primary. Fetterman was the only Pennsylvania statewide official to endorse Sanders for president in 2016, and like the Vermont senator, he is &#8220;a self-described democratic socialist,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/28\/939629362\/whats-next-for-pennsylvanias-john-fetterman\">according to NPR<\/a>. McAuliffe is a close ally of Sanders&#8217;s presidential campaign rival, Hillary Clinton, and made regular news appearances as a Clinton surrogate during the 2016 primary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The establishment has their chosen candidate in both of our races, and we both went into this knowing it would be an uphill battle,&#8221; Fetterman wrote in a 2016 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2016\/1\/14\/1469821\/-Why-I-m-endorsing-Bernie\"><span>article<\/span><\/a><span> announcing his endorsement of Sanders. &#8220;Bernie&#8217;s proven that you can run a strong campaign without selling your soul to billionaires.&#8221; Just months earlier, McAuliffe appeared on NBC&#8217;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> to praise Clinton&#8217;s &#8220;spectacular&#8221; campaign launch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe has lurched left on some issues during his second gubernatorial run. The Democrat in June <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/terry-mcauliffe-touts-endorsement-from-anti-israel-group\/\"><span>welcomed<\/span><\/a><span> an endorsement from Emgage Action, a Muslim-American advocacy group and staunch defender of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. According Emgage&#8217;s website, questions related to &#8220;Palestine, settlements, and the right to boycott&#8221; make up a &#8220;key part&#8221; of its endorsement process. McAuliffe condemned the boycott movement as governor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fetterman is one of 13 Democrats running to replace outgoing Republican senator Pat Toomey in 2022. He holds a strong fundraising advantage in the primary, ending June with more than $3 million on hand.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe will face Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin in November. A July <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/americanprinciplesproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VA_Statewide_APP-Survey_Results-Smart_Charts_071621.pdf\"><span>poll<\/span><\/a><span> from the American Principles Project shows a tight race, with McAuliffe leading Youngkin by 5 points. Ten percent of voters remain undecided, according to the poll.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe is fundraising for Pennsylvania Senate hopeful John Fetterman, a self-described democratic socialist and prominent supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.). 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