Despite pledge, Biden hauls in 2020 donations from lobbyists
Posted on AllSides September 3rd, 2019
From The Left
Joe Biden entered the Democratic primary promising "from day one" to reject campaign cash from lobbyists.
"I work for you — not any industry," he tweeted.
Yet hours after his April campaign kickoff, the former vice president went to a fundraiser at the home of a lobbying executive. And in the months since, he's done it again and again.
It's difficult to quantify how much Biden has raised from the multibillion-dollar influence industry, but the roughly $200,000 he accepted from employees of major lobbying firms is far more than any...
