George Clooney has been one of the most politically active movie stars in Hollywood for years now. He has testified before Congress, been arrested while protesting at the Sudanese embassy and penned a letter slamming Donald Trump. He's also a hardcore Hillary Clinton supporter (calling her the only "grown up" in the race for the White House).
Last week, though, he turned the heads of us normal poors when he hosted a California fundraiser dinner for Clinton with a shocking price tag: $353,400 per couple. The Bernie Sanders campaign, which has made the effort to get big money out of politics its number one policy issue, heard that number and went on the attack.
Days after pro-Bernie Sanders protesters showed up at that fundraiser dinner, Clooney, during an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press this morning, responded to Sanders' concerns. Host Chuck Todd asked him if charging that amount of money was "obscene."
Sanders, for his part, has said that the average donation to his campaign totals around $27. Actually, he's probably said it too much.
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