,
10 tweets,
4 min read
Read on Twitter
Standby for news...
NEWS: In a memo to staff obtained by NBC News, Cory Booker's campaign manager warns "we do not see a legitimate long-term path forward" unless they can raise $1.7 million by the end of Q3 -- 10 days from now.
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
The memo from Booker campaign manager @ASDem warns that after weaker-than-expected fundraising in the beginning of September, "The next 10 days will determine whether Cory Booker can stay in this race." nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Booker campaign manager: "If our campaign is not in a financial position to grow, he's not going to continue to consume resources and attention that can be used to focus on beating Donald Trump, which needs to be everyone's first priority." nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
More: "I want to be clear: This isn't an end-of-quarter stunt or another one of those memos from a campaign trying to spin the press. This is a real, unvarnished look under the hood of our operation at a level of transparency unprecedented." nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Booker campaign manager @ASDem argues only FOUR candidates have the money to scale up for the homestretch (presumably Biden, Warren, Sanders, and Buttigieg) and warns the field will winnow much faster than people expect unless something changes. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
@ASDem Unspoken in the memo is the fact that all four are white, while several candidates of color have struggled to break into the top-tier.
"Booker might not be in this race for much longer — the same is true for other important voices in the field."
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
"Booker might not be in this race for much longer — the same is true for other important voices in the field."
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
MORE: Booker camp is going to try to make transparency a selling point. This memo will be posted online shortly and they'll give updates every day multiple times a day on the progress towards their $1.7 million goal, like a telethon. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Booker will spend the next 10 days, starting at the Steak Fry today, trying to remind Dems why they made him a national star in the first place and what'd they miss if he were gone. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Cory Booker to @VaughnHillyard in Iowa: "The fourth quarter is where you have to win or get out.... We are not in this for an ego exercise."
