| | Avenatti argued that the Democratic nominee "had better a white male",<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/25/politics/michael-avenatti-time/index.html</ref> snubbing [[Kamala Harris]], [[Andrew Yang]], [[Cory Booker]], [[Julian Castro]], [[Elizabeth Warren]], [[Amy Klobuchar]], [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], [[Andrew Gillum]], Wayne Messam, and [[Tulsi Gabbard]], for which he found wide acceptance and approval among the Democrat media elite. Avenatti was correct in that only rich white males made the final rounds in the Democrat primaries, [[Bernie Sanders]], [[Michael Bloomberg]], [[Tom Steyer]], and [[Joe Biden]]. The [[Democratic National Committee]] had rigged the rules to insure that outcome.<ref>https://www.vox.com/2020/2/1/21118038/2020-democratic-candidates-debate-rules-sanders-warren-biden-bloomberg</ref> | | Avenatti argued that the Democratic nominee "had better a white male",<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/25/politics/michael-avenatti-time/index.html</ref> snubbing [[Kamala Harris]], [[Andrew Yang]], [[Cory Booker]], [[Julian Castro]], [[Elizabeth Warren]], [[Amy Klobuchar]], [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], [[Andrew Gillum]], Wayne Messam, and [[Tulsi Gabbard]], for which he found wide acceptance and approval among the Democrat media elite. Avenatti was correct in that only rich white males made the final rounds in the Democrat primaries, [[Bernie Sanders]], [[Michael Bloomberg]], [[Tom Steyer]], and [[Joe Biden]]. The [[Democratic National Committee]] had rigged the rules to insure that outcome.<ref>https://www.vox.com/2020/2/1/21118038/2020-democratic-candidates-debate-rules-sanders-warren-biden-bloomberg</ref> |
| − | While in college and later in law school, Avenatti worked at The Research Group, a mysterious outfit run by former [[Bill Clinton]] staffer and [[Obama]] [[Chief of Staff]] [[Rahm Emanuel]], where he served as an "opposition researcher" for Senator [[Joe Biden]] and 150 other campaigns in 42 states.<ref>https://avenatti.com/bio/</ref> Avenatti's mentor, Rahm Emanuel is known to have sent a dead fish to an opponent,<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-rahm-emanuel-timeline-htmlstory.html</ref> evoking the image of a [[mafia]] gangland war in a political campaign.<ref>https://youtu.be/8nyON_VDIhw</ref>
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