This may not have been the endorsement Elizabeth Warren was looking for.
Ahead of Thursday night’s sixth Democratic presidential debate, the Massachusetts senator’s presidential campaign trumpeted a list of endorsements from figures associated with President Obama’s campaign and administration — including alleged “dangerous sexual predator” Ed Buck.
“I’m grateful to have the support of these Obama campaign alumni and my fellow Obama administration alumni,” tweeted Warren on Wednesday, linking to a CNN article about more than 200 Obama-linked figures signing on to back the Massachusetts senator in 2020.
But a closer look at the list reveals an “Edward B. P. Buck” — apparently the disgraced Democratic mega-donor charged with forcing lethal doses of drugs on multiple lovers at this West Hollywood home.
The first death came in 2017, when Gemmel Moore, a 26-year-old homeless male prostitute, suffered a fatal crystal meth overdose in Buck’s home.
Buck at first dodged charges in that death — as he initially did in January 2019 when a second man, Timothy Dean, 55, died in the home of a meth overdose.
But when a third man, 37, suffered a non-fatal overdose at the home in September, Buck was arrested on charges of battery, administering methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house, with prosecutors blasting him as a “violent, dangerous sexual predator” in court papers.
Warren’s campaign said in a statement that the list was compiled by former figures in the Obama camp, and that Buck never should have been included because, while he donated to Obama, he was neither a staffer nor an alum of the campaign.
“This was a mistake considering Ed Buck was not staff or an alum,” said campaign spokesman Chris Hayden. “This was put together via Google Doc by some Obama alums and they caught some non-staff that populated the list but obviously they missed one.
“They are removing it.”
Warren is one of seven hopefuls for the Democratic presidential nominee set to compete Thursday night in the sixth round of nationally-televised debates.
