Allies of Former Vice President Joe Biden have launched a super PAC in support of his presidential campaign.
“While this entity will come as a surprise to some, it is no surprise that Democrats must fight within campaign finance laws as they exist, not as they wish they did,” said Democratic fundraiser Matt Tompkins, who filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to establish For the People PAC. “You won’t win in 2020 by unilaterally disarming.”
The super PAC will put Biden on the receiving end of attacks from his fellow Democratic nominees like Sen. Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren among others, who have all announced they would not take super PAC funds to support their campaigns.
“Any Democrat who’s going to say, ‘I’m not going to take PAC money,’ but turns around and takes a check from a CEO that runs a PAC is probably running the risk that somebody’s going to put two and two together. Since all this stuff is a matter of public record, eventually people are going to figure that out,” Ken Kies, managing director of the Federal Policy Group, told The Hill.
Though the PAC has been filed in support of his campaign, Biden's campaign continues to disavow the support.
"Vice President Biden does not welcome assistance from super PACs," Biden communications director and deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield told The Hill.
Biden explained, in an interview with PBS News Hour, it was he who told Sen. Sanders to not accept PAC money.
"I sat with Bernie. I'm the guy that told him you shouldn't accept any money from a super PAC because people can't possibly trust you,” Biden said. “How will a middle-class guy accept [you] if you accept money?"
Biden's entry into the race came after multiple of his competitors showed off impressive fundraising hauls in the first quarter of the campaign, without PAC generated funds.
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