'You have to give Bernie Sanders credit,' Bret Baier said, noting that the candidate's average donation was 'about 18 bucks.'
"You have to give Bernie Sanders credit," Baier said."Remember he's raising money with a big field that at one time was [more than] 20 candidates." The anchor pointed out that"the key part" of Sanders' $34.5 million in donations is that"they're all small donors."
Some prominent Democrats have criticized and dismissed Sanders' candidacy, as they see him as too far left to run a successful campaign against Trump in the general election. Sanders serves in the senate as an independent, not a Democrat, which also has frustrated members of the political party. He describes himself as a democratic socialistbut some are concerned about negative perceptions of socialism among American voters.
"We have 5 million individual donations in a Democratic primary that hasn't even cast its first vote yet," the senator said in an email to supporters on January 1."Against Trump, I believe we will have 50 million individual contributions, at least. And at $27 a piece, that would be more than $1 billion," he added optimistically.
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