Bernie Sanders won't use a super PAC to fundraise, unlike other candidates

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
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Demonstrating that his economic populism is more than just a campaign slogan, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has announced that he will not avail himself of the resources of a super PAC in his campaign fundraising.

"I am not going to start a super PAC. I'm not going to go around the country talking to millionaires. Now I'm saving my time because they wouldn't give me any money anyhow and that's fine," he told ABC News, drawing a contrast between himself and his competitors, including fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.