After the San Francisco event, Clinton and the Clooneys will travel to Los Angeles, where the actor will host guests at his Studio City home for another fundraiser on Saturday night. And in fact, I hear that once the final math is done on tonight’s event in SF and tomorrow’s in L.A., Clinton’s min-Cali tour could likely top the Obama reelection fundraiser that the then unmarried Clooney hosted at his L.A. home nearly 4-years ago.
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ACTOR and director George Clooney, a supporter of Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, has broken ranks to condemn the “obscene” sums of money in U.S. politics and praised Clinton’s chief political rival in the process.
Clinton’s campaign defended the fundraisers on Friday by knocking Sanders for not raising money for Democrats, something Sanders has just recently started doing, not near the level Clinton has.
The protesters said they plan on bringing pots and pans to bang during the event.
Sources told Deadline that the two events will generate $15 million when all is said and done, with proceeds being divvied up between Clinton’s campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and various state party committees.
“This is what the Sanders campaign wants, right?”
George Clooney is a Hillary Clinton backer – but he thinks Bernie Sanders is right about the “obscene” amount of money that goes into presidential campaigns.
To co-host the event, a couple is asked to donate $353,400 to the joint fundraising effort. Sanders said he would fund his proposal for free public college tuition with “a tax on Wall Street speculation”. “It’s ridiculous that we should have this kind of money in politics”.
Even though both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders weren’t in NY over the past 48 hours – traveling or campaigning elsewhere instead – the high tensions in the Democratic race haven’t eased as Tuesday’s primary in the Empire State nears. NY is offering the most delegates of any contest left on the primary calendar until June, and the candidates are looking to win over undecided voters.
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Clinton’s remarks echoed her statements at Thursday’s Democratic debate in Brooklyn, New York.
