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Related: About this forumClooney - Bernie Sanders 'Absolutely Right' to Criticize High Price Tag on His Clinton Fundraiser
George Clooney Says Bernie Sanders Is 'Absolutely Right' to Criticize the High Price Tag on His Clinton Fundraiser
George Clooney said this weekend that presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders was "absolutely right" to protest the amount of money involved in political fundraisers such as the one Clooney co-hosted Friday night in support of candidate Hillary Clinton or the one he will co-host Saturday night, with wife Amal, at his home.
In a pre-taped interview for Meet the Press, Clooney was asked by host host Chuck Todd aabout the Friday fundraiser, in San Francisco, which reportedly cost $353,400 (in donations or raised funds) to sit at the head table, alongside with Clinton and the Clooneys.
"Do you look at it yourself and think, 'That's an obscene amount of money?' " Todd asked Clooney.
"Yes. I think it's an obscene amount of money," Clooney said. "I think that, you know, we had some protesters last night when we pulled up in San Francisco and they're right to protest. They're absolutely right. It is an obscene amount of money."
http://www.people.com/article/george-clooney-bernie-sanders-political-fundraising-hillary-clinton
George Clooney said this weekend that presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders was "absolutely right" to protest the amount of money involved in political fundraisers such as the one Clooney co-hosted Friday night in support of candidate Hillary Clinton or the one he will co-host Saturday night, with wife Amal, at his home.
In a pre-taped interview for Meet the Press, Clooney was asked by host host Chuck Todd aabout the Friday fundraiser, in San Francisco, which reportedly cost $353,400 (in donations or raised funds) to sit at the head table, alongside with Clinton and the Clooneys.
"Do you look at it yourself and think, 'That's an obscene amount of money?' " Todd asked Clooney.
"Yes. I think it's an obscene amount of money," Clooney said. "I think that, you know, we had some protesters last night when we pulled up in San Francisco and they're right to protest. They're absolutely right. It is an obscene amount of money."
http://www.people.com/article/george-clooney-bernie-sanders-political-fundraising-hillary-clinton
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Clooney - Bernie Sanders 'Absolutely Right' to Criticize High Price Tag on His Clinton Fundraiser (Original Post)
FreakinDJ
Apr 2016
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MattP
(3,304 posts)1. I take it back watched the clip
He said they are absolutely right to protest but it's kind of weak to release 44 seconds of a full interview
corbettkroehler
(1,898 posts)6. NBC Holding The Rest Until Airtime
This is a common practice in order to encourage you to watch the full broadcast with commercials.
GeorgiaPeanuts
(2,353 posts)2. Man this is some bad optics going into Tuesday...
Much better to have talked about a Moral Economy at the request of the Pope and get a short meet and greet!
iAZZZo
(358 posts)5. some more bad optics: bernie "news" took over the front page of reddit's r/politics earlier!
look at all those 10's of thousands of upvotes on the left side of the page even with all the reddit trolls downvoting!
yeah......... i know: "they don't vote" /s
iAZZZo
(358 posts)3. let's hope this "obscenity" comes to pass very soon
though it reminds me of former nba player charles barkley's recent observation regarding the primaries/election:
"I feel bad for the American people. Its going to have zero effect on my life who the president is. Ill be rich either way.
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)4. It's $33,500.00 per ticket, total 10 at a table.
Obscene...yes. Needed yes. You can't disarm in the face of the enemy...GOP