Clooney - Bernie Sanders 'Absolutely Right' to Criticize High Price Tag on His Clinton Fundraiser [View all]

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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