There is zero chance that Bernie Sanders will be the nominee, and he won’t suspend his campaign. Technically that keeps us all on the hook for big bucks. All of this is framed by his crusade to “transform” the Democratic Party – a party he did not stand with for the Senate filibuster.
An expensive reminder that Sanders still hasn’t dropped out: His Secret Service detail
The Washington Post
John Wagner 6 hrs ago
© Matt McClain/The Washington Post Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders arrives at the Capital Hilton last week, his Secret Service detail in tow, to meet with rival and presumptive nominee…
BURLINGTON, Vt. — When Sen. Bernie Sanders, the now-vanquished Democratic presidential candidate, returns to Capitol Hill to vote Monday, he is expected to be accompanied by his constant traveling companions from the campaign trail: the U.S. Secret Service.
Although Hillary Clinton has clinched the party’s nomination, Sanders retains one of the trappings of a top-notch candidate. A team of agents still guards him at his home, where they’ve constructed a small watch station on the property. They travel with him on commercial and charter flights and use a motorcade to whisk him through cities he visits. And they recently marched alongside him during a gay-pride event here in his home town after the Orlando shootings.
Such round-the-clock protection can cost taxpayers more than $38,000 a day. And with the potential for the Secret Service to be watching over Sanders through the Democratic convention in Philadelphia five weeks from now, the taxpayers may get stuck with a big security bill long after his campaign receded from the daily cable-news cycle.
This guy is drunk on his own fame. Way to show what a man of the people he is by wasting our $$$ on his lost cause!
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Interesting article in Politico: “Sanders Collides With Black Lawmakers”
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-black-caucus-superdelegates-224502
Congressional Black Caucus will oppose elimination of superdel’s and the CBC says the Hispanic Caucus will probably fight it too.n CBC is also opposes to open primaries.
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Enough Bernie!!
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[…] Waste of tax dollars as are those spent still providing Bernie Sanders with Secret Service protection. […]
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