Biden campaign to host $2,800 per person virtual fireside chat during coronavirusWashington Times, Apr 3, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden has scheduled a $2,800 per person “virtual fireside chat†for April 16, according to his campaign’s website.
The former vice president is the presumptive favorite to win the Democratic nomination at the party’s convention, which has been postponed one month because of the coronavirus pandemic. The chat will be held online.
The fundraising event comes as campaigning is at a standstill and while 10 million people have filed for unemployment. At least 40 percent of Americans have lost their jobs or some income because of widespread stay-at-home rules that have frozen much of the U.S. economy.
Co-host positions for the event are being sold for $25,000, the website invitation says.
In normal times, the fundraising event would be unremarkable, but some commenters apparently backing rival Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders’ candidacy found it distasteful.
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