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.
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.
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