It was received by their separate campaigns and their campaigns closed out long ago.

Otherwise it looks bad. It already looks bad enough!

Give the money back to whom? Return it to WHOM?

Unless you are fine with Democrats keeping political contributions from sexual predators. I know I am not!

There is no "Keeping" if it's already been spent, and even if they still had it, wouldn't that be filling his coffers if they were to return it? (??)

And don't democrats generally donate to charity, specifically those focused on helping the victims of assault? Are you going to track down every donation ever made to a Democratic politician from a sexual harasser?

My questions to you aren't me being "fine " with sexual predators. I'm trying to understand your reasoning - I get your moral outrage because I share it but I don't see how it is satiated by returning funds already spent to Weinstein.

Keeping it taints the recipient.
Period.
Over.
Out.

pwnmom explained this to you.

alrighty then.

...is 100% clean? Really, really sure?

Are you self-employed? Are you sure all your clients are 100% clean? Really?

Are you prepared to take out a loan to give back all the money they gave you that you spent on groceries, mortgage, kids' shoes?

Because I've got to tell you, your hands are covered with muck by your own standards for others. Shame shame shame.

The DNC did re-direct some of the money to EMILY's List (which obviously means that the money will now go to help women's campaigns).

People who currently have campaign funds (Schumer, Warren) seem to have returned it.

The money wasn't donated in a lump sum to one organization and, has been pointed out, much has already been spent, presumably a lot of it on third-party vendors who deserve to get paid for their work.

This is just another attempt to discredit the DNC.

and personal funds.

between campaign funds and personal funds.

Wow.

Just sayin'.
Da?

Clearly you have no idea how campaign finance works.

But because this is about Dems and the trend of incessant Dem bashing from both sides, we get Return the Donations! RAWRRR! So, yeppers. Time to get used to four more years of Trump, and then endless GOP rule after that.

Not even changed a little bit.

So don't complain if Trump is then brought up.

from a sexual predator would be trashed here.

People generally don't go around demanding that anyone who was ever a candidate go around and dig into their own private funds to pay money to anyone who ever did anything evil and also donated to a campaign at some time in the past. It's beyond unreasonable. This demand by Right Wingers is classic Right Wing talking point idiocy and it's a shame to see it being smeared here on DU.

in the future! They should be better than mere mortals!

it never fails.

It just never does.

Sometimes I think they've got the number on Democrats because it's too damn easy.

Earlier today I read an article about California Dem progressives' reaction at the announcement by Feinstein that she's running again, and the author wondered if and when she'd return her Weinstein donation.

with the money? In that case vendors who received the money must give it up?

or dos the taint not move with the money...and then campaigns which have already spent the money need to have a legal avenue to raise more money so that it can be returned to the predator guy?

Seems complicated.

crystal ball and a booth at Coney Island once told ne that.

Let's make all those people Obama and Hillary employed give all that money back, after all, it's tainted money and they don't need it anyway.

What is the precise mechanism you would suggest to return the money that has been already been paid out to numerous agencies, think-tanks, local tv stations, etc.?

but help Weinstein at this point anyway. It would be giving him free money from their bank account. That is actually worse than not returning it.

If I was them, I would donate an equivalent amount to a relevant charity with a statement that made it clear why this was done.

This may not seem fair but I believe that the amounts involved would fall well within their charity budget that they give away every year anyway.

Bills got paid and employees got paid and even some volunteers got paid with "tainted" monies. But hell, make em give it all back because they probably don't need it to feed their families. (sarcasm)

Just do whatever the crowd is doing, and I have no idea what that is

Totally unfair.

... and then demand that CNN return that "tainted" money to her so she can donate it to the appropriate charities.

Right?

Why stop at Wienstein?

If you donated 100 dollars to Hillary - and got a DUI last month - she should return your money.

Donated 10 bucks to Bernie and get caught smoking pot? - Bernie MUST return your donation.

In fact - I call on all DEMOCRAT candidates to perform a FULL legal review of the criminal records of EVERY SINGLE PERSON who donated...we can't have our politicians supported by CRIMINALS...right?

It just makes sense - right?

They should be held accountable for your actions - PERIOD!

You'd think we didn't have a pussy grabber in the White House.