Why Democrats are brushing off Elizabeth Warren's finance staffing shuffle

Elizabet Warren.
(Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) big-money sidestep may not be a big deal after all.

On Sunday, The New York Times reported that the Warren campaign's finance director Michael Pratt resigned because the 2020 contender pledged to only pursue individual donations. Pratt reportedly suggested Warren would fail without a consistent stream of big money, but Democrats have quickly come to her defense to say that's not true.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.