Warren’s no top-dollar fundraiser pledge includes big caveat

Elizabeth Warren has been cheered by top progressives for vowing to swear off big-money fundraisers while seeking her party’s presidential nomination and should she advance to the general election. But the Massachusetts senator also has continued to raise money for the Democratic Party at fundraisers featuring top-dollar donors. And she plans to keep doing so in the race against Donald Trump.

Critics say that amounts to having it both ways since, if Warren is the presidential nominee, there would be no difference between her campaign and the Democratic National Committee. They also note that Warren spent millions of dollars organizing fundraisers for years before she decided to shun them. Warren says she has an obligation to help her party. But she’s less clear about if doing so might violate her pledge.