Buttigieg also promised to not accept money from lobbyists going forward
Days after reports spread that he is the only leading 2020 Democratic candidate taking lobbyist donations, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg promised to return all donations from registered lobbyists.
“Mayor Pete will not be influenced by special-interest money, and we understand that making this promise is an important part of that commitment,” the email said. Party progressives have increasingly pushed Democratic candidates to forgo donations from lobbyists, arguing that the contributions influence politics. As Dave Levinthal of the Center for Public Integrity noted in TIME, Obama appointed 31 of his campaign bundlers to ambassadorships.
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