| | Buttigieg used a photo of a Kenyan woman in [[Kenya]] on the cover of the plan without her knowledge or consent. [[Ilhan Elmi Omar]], who supports [[Bernie Sanders]], struck back at Buttigie: “This is not ok or necessary,” Omar tweeted, linking to a tweet by ''The Intercept'' D.C. bureau chief Ryan Grim, who first highlighted the use of the photo, saying the unnamed woman had “reached out to me very confused.” Grim wrote that the woman messaged him, “What's the meaning of the message accompanied by the photo?"<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/470893-ilhan-omar-calls-out-buttigieg-campaign-for-douglass-plan-stock-photo-not</ref> | | Buttigieg used a photo of a Kenyan woman in [[Kenya]] on the cover of the plan without her knowledge or consent. [[Ilhan Elmi Omar]], who supports [[Bernie Sanders]], struck back at Buttigie: “This is not ok or necessary,” Omar tweeted, linking to a tweet by ''The Intercept'' D.C. bureau chief Ryan Grim, who first highlighted the use of the photo, saying the unnamed woman had “reached out to me very confused.” Grim wrote that the woman messaged him, “What's the meaning of the message accompanied by the photo?"<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/470893-ilhan-omar-calls-out-buttigieg-campaign-for-douglass-plan-stock-photo-not</ref> |
| | Buttigieg raised $7.1 million in the first quarter of 2019, with approximately $2.5 million coming from large donations, which was more than all except three Democratic candidates, including and four sitting U.S. senators, a sum that is seen likely to balloon in the coming months. Elizabeth Birch, former executive director of the [[Human Rights Campaign]], stated: "What is going on now is one of the untold secrets of the D.N.C. and Democratic Party generally, which is that the L.G.B.T. community is a huge source of money into the Democratic Party."<ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/pete-buttigieg-gay-money-democratic-secret-weapon "I Have Maxed Out to Pete": Gay Money, Democratic Secret Weapon, Comes Out for Buttigieg]</ref> | | Buttigieg raised $7.1 million in the first quarter of 2019, with approximately $2.5 million coming from large donations, which was more than all except three Democratic candidates, including and four sitting U.S. senators, a sum that is seen likely to balloon in the coming months. Elizabeth Birch, former executive director of the [[Human Rights Campaign]], stated: "What is going on now is one of the untold secrets of the D.N.C. and Democratic Party generally, which is that the L.G.B.T. community is a huge source of money into the Democratic Party."<ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/pete-buttigieg-gay-money-democratic-secret-weapon "I Have Maxed Out to Pete": Gay Money, Democratic Secret Weapon, Comes Out for Buttigieg]</ref> |