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riversedge

(69,716 posts)
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 05:27 AM Jul 2016

Tonight at 5:19 pm in DC @BernieSanders advised secret service that their detail could discontinue

Just saw this.


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Kylie Atwood ?@kylieatwood 11h11 hours ago

Tonight at 5:19 pm in DC @BernieSanders advised secret service that their detail could discontinue & expressed gratitude for their service



3:42 P.M.Kurtis Lee
Secret Service signs off for Bernie Sanders

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trailguide-updates-1468363332-htmlstory.html


With his formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, Bernie Sanders parted ways with what's been a part of his entourage for much of the last year: Secret Service agents.

Sanders lost his protection on Tuesday after arriving back in Washington following his campaign event alongside Clinton earlier in the day in Portsmouth, N.H., his campaign confirmed.

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Tonight at 5:19 pm in DC @BernieSanders advised secret service that their detail could discontinue (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2016 OP
That tweet makes it seem like Sanders told Secret Service they are no longer needed. LiberalFighter Jul 2016 #1
I too thought it was strange--or strange wording. I had read it twice, then riversedge Jul 2016 #3
Me thinks: He'll miss some of them. In_The_Wind Jul 2016 #2

riversedge

(69,716 posts)
3. I too thought it was strange--or strange wording. I had read it twice, then
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 05:56 AM
Jul 2016

went to find an article to verify it. But it does read as you say.

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