he dehumanizes them for political purposes and political gain. there is reporting there is reporting that we covered earlier in the week about a faith book group can thousands of members in cbp that posted offensive, racist, sexist, derogatory memes, really some disturbing stuff. we re reporting tonight from politico that dhs officials were alerted to this. some admitted anonymously that they had been monitoring it for, quote, intelligence. it was notified to cbp as far back as 2016 which is under the obama administration. what does that say to you about the culture of cbp? cbp is broken, and they have a culture problem. and at this point, the bad has overtaken the good. and there are good agents who are trying to do their best to take care of the people in their custody, but they re overwhelmed by the system. and they re also undercut by the kinds of agents who were making
million with an average donation of $49. bernie sanders raised $18 million with an average donation of $18. pete buttigieg who unlike senator sanders and elizabeth warren has not gotten big high dollar fund-raisers and has been rewarded for it from donors. he raised nearly $25 million with an average donation of $47. of course all that pales in comparison to the president and the enormous $105 million haul. the election campaign boasting they are going to raise $1 billion that seems plausible. there is an open and pressing question about whether the nominee will be outgunned. maria ur binna from indivisible and communications director of president obama and pod save america. the obama administration and
america. the obama administration and campaign had two ways. a lot of small dollar and high dollar fund-raisers. biden and buttigieg are doing both. sanders and warren have fore sworn them. what do you make of this picture? i think first if you look at mayor pete s number it s astounding. here s a candidate who has been in fifth place in the polls for this entire time and he outraced a former vice president and the runner up in the 2016 election. he found a way to put thissing to n an impressive way. the field has done pretty well. it s a good number for sanders and biden considering the fact that he got into the race a couple of weeks into the quarter.
number one in fund-raising and five in the polls. it is astounding. it speaks to the fact that he has worked his tail off to do this. i m out here in san francisco and he s in silicon valley every couple of days raising money. he tapped into parts of the party where others are not being as aggressive with tech executives and others. he has been able to have a robust fund raising base like obama in 2008 and real appeal among the high donor crowd including the obama bundlers. now he is going to have to be able to match the success. it shows movement in the polls and withstand scrutiny on the money and who he raised that money from. you have seen singles from sanders and they will raise that issue. maria, there is one question i keep seeing lurking. whether we should be thinking about fund-raising as a zero sum
candidate numbers are starting to trickle in. former vice president joe biden announced he raised $21.5 million with an average donation of $49. bernie sanders raised $18 million with an average donation of $18. pete buttigieg who unlike senator sanders and elizabeth warren has not gotten big high dollar fund-raisers and has been rewarded for it from donors. he raised nearly $25 million with an average donation of $47. of course all that pales in comparison to the president and the enormous $105 million haul. the election campaign boasting they are going to raise $1 billion that seems plausible. there is an open and pressing question about whether the nominee will be outgunned. maria ur binna from indivisible and communications director of president obama and pod save