Buttigieg says campaign gained enough donors to be on debate stage

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) said Saturday that his campaign raised enough individual donors to guarantee a spot at the first Democratic Party debate of the 2020 cycle.

Buttigieg ... announced Saturday that his team had received more than 76,000 individual donations, passing the 65,000 individual threshold set by the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

Buttigieg appeared at CNN town hall earlier this week and attacked Vice President Mike Pence

Buttigieg appeared at CNN town hall earlier this week and attacked Vice President Mike Pence, a fellow Indianan, for his continued support of President Trump despite the president's scandals involving Stormy Daniels, an adult film star who revealed that the Trump campaign paid her thousands of dollars to remain silent about claims of an affair with Trump.

"How could he allow himself to become the cheerleader of the porn star presidency?" Buttigieg said at the event at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.

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