BrianBengsIndy_2qFEC by Pat Powers on Scribd
This is interesting. Independent Senate Candidate Brian Bengs almost raised $80 grand in his first quarter of fundraising. Of course, it only cost him $59k to do it, but you have to start somewhere.
Even more interesting is the fact there is a Democrat in the race, Julian Beaudion, yet Bengs is raising money using Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue according to the report. I can’t imagine state dems would be happy about that with Bengs sniping cash out from under him. It also looks like he’s using Dem software firm NGP VAN Inc, who bills itself as the “leading technology provider to democratic and progressive political campaigns and organizations.” Who will Beaudion be using, because I would venture that’s who he would hire as well.
So… Bengs is supposed to be running as an Independent? Yet uses Democrat candidate infrastructure and organizations to rase money and organize?
And the actual Democrat candidate Julian Beaudion does not appear to have raised anything yet?
How does that work?
That’s a Democrat problem not a Brian Bengs problem. I give credit to him for raising that much money. What would really be sad is if he raised more money in this cycle than the SDGOP did.
I want to see Toby’s
Toby’s in good shape. He started with $1.2 million in free taxpayer money.
From one of his COVID loans that was forgiven by the federal government? There’s at least one more that I know about.
The hard right people on this platform should love Bengs for his birthright citizenship position.