While he continues to pretend run for President, we tax payers are footing the bill.
"Sen. Bernie Sanders may not have a single bit of chance to clinch the Democratic Party presidential candidacy. But he hasn’t actually ended his campaign, which means the U.S. Secret Service is still traveling with him wherever he goes and a team of agents is guarding his home. The 24-hour protection is hardly cheap, costing taxpayers some $38,000 a day, according to the Washington Post."
"If Sanders chooses to stay in his current limbo it means his security detail could cost taxpayers more than $1.56 million in the weeks between the last primary and the Democratic convention that begins on July 25. Sander aides did not dispute the Post’s figure but did insist that the cost now is lower than in the past when the senator held several rallies a day in different cities."
"While many Democrats continue to call on Sanders to drop out, the senator from Vermont received support from an unlikely source—Donald Trump. In a speech on Saturday, Trump said “crazy Bernie” may be “crazy as a bed bug, but he doesn’t quit.” The presumptive Republican nominee suggested Sanders is waiting for the FBI to indict Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server."
"I think Bernie should continue to go forward, folks, he should continue to go forward. He should fight to the last end. Well, he is waiting for really the FBI to do what everybody thinks they're going to do,” Trump said. “I think he is sort of saying look, oh, let's hang in there. Because ultimately, it's called the FBI convention. And then we'll be the only people.”
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/19/sanders_refusal_to_end_campaign_costs_taxpayers_38_000_a_day.html
At this point, I don't think it really matters much if he wants to pretend run for President a few more weeks-though it is a waste of money.
But it's just bad optics. Meanwhile, the Congressional Black Caucus has put Bernie in his place.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/06/congressional-black-caucus-to-bernie.html
I like the way they put it in their response to his demand to end super delegates-which had nothing to do with his loss, anyway.
"There is no need to succumb to the pressure of a few individuals to make this change.”
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/congressional-black-caucus-tells-bernie-sanders-to-take-a-hike/24989/
This has been my argument as well: there is no problem in need of a solution.
If you haven't signed the petition yet to tell the DNC to keep the SD process in place please sign now.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-super-delegate-system-is-not-broken.html
"Sen. Bernie Sanders may not have a single bit of chance to clinch the Democratic Party presidential candidacy. But he hasn’t actually ended his campaign, which means the U.S. Secret Service is still traveling with him wherever he goes and a team of agents is guarding his home. The 24-hour protection is hardly cheap, costing taxpayers some $38,000 a day, according to the Washington Post."
"If Sanders chooses to stay in his current limbo it means his security detail could cost taxpayers more than $1.56 million in the weeks between the last primary and the Democratic convention that begins on July 25. Sander aides did not dispute the Post’s figure but did insist that the cost now is lower than in the past when the senator held several rallies a day in different cities."
"While many Democrats continue to call on Sanders to drop out, the senator from Vermont received support from an unlikely source—Donald Trump. In a speech on Saturday, Trump said “crazy Bernie” may be “crazy as a bed bug, but he doesn’t quit.” The presumptive Republican nominee suggested Sanders is waiting for the FBI to indict Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server."
"I think Bernie should continue to go forward, folks, he should continue to go forward. He should fight to the last end. Well, he is waiting for really the FBI to do what everybody thinks they're going to do,” Trump said. “I think he is sort of saying look, oh, let's hang in there. Because ultimately, it's called the FBI convention. And then we'll be the only people.”
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/19/sanders_refusal_to_end_campaign_costs_taxpayers_38_000_a_day.html
At this point, I don't think it really matters much if he wants to pretend run for President a few more weeks-though it is a waste of money.
But it's just bad optics. Meanwhile, the Congressional Black Caucus has put Bernie in his place.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/06/congressional-black-caucus-to-bernie.html
I like the way they put it in their response to his demand to end super delegates-which had nothing to do with his loss, anyway.
"There is no need to succumb to the pressure of a few individuals to make this change.”
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/congressional-black-caucus-tells-bernie-sanders-to-take-a-hike/24989/
This has been my argument as well: there is no problem in need of a solution.
If you haven't signed the petition yet to tell the DNC to keep the SD process in place please sign now.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-super-delegate-system-is-not-broken.html
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