Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign appears frustrated by the big bucks socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders has raked in since his victory in the New Hampshire primary.
Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook expressed his concern about Sanders’ big payday in a fundraising solicitation.
“In the 24 hours after the polls closed in New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders’ team says they raised more than $6 million,” Mook wrote. “We were outspent 3-to-1 on television in New Hampshire, and we need to make sure that doesn’t happen again. Can you chip in $1 right now to help close the gap? We have 14 contests in the next three weeks, and we just can’t allow our team to be out-raised and outspent like this. This team is bigger, more diverse, and more enthusiastic than Bernie’s team — it’s time for us to show it.”
The large volume of donors giving to the Sanders campaign, which peaked at 26,000 contributions in 15 minutes on Tuesday, reportedly broke the campaign’s “external processor’s response systems.” Sanders raised $2.6 million in the four-and-a-half hours after news of his Granite State victory broke, according to CNN.
Clinton and Sanders will square off in a 9 p.m. debate on Thursday in Milwaukee, Wis., broadcast by PBS.
