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THIS WEEKEND, GEORGE CLOONEY DECIDED TO HOLD A GIGANTIC
FUNDRAISER FOR HILLARY CLINTON. ACTUALLY, HE HELD TWO. THE FIRST
ONE WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ON SATURDAY NIGHT THERE WAS ONE
HERE IN LOS ANGELES. IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS A COUNTERPROTEST,
WHICH MADE FOR INTERESTING NEWS. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE
HILLARY CLINTON FUNDRAISER. HERE WERE THE ATTENDEES: GEORGE
CLOONEY AND HIS WIFE, IT MAKES SENSE, THEY WERE THROWING IT.
AND CLOONEY IS A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, THAT HIS GREAT.
JEFFREY AND MARILYN KATZENBERG, HEARTS IN THE RIGHT PLACE,
FOUGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TOO. STEVEN SPIELBERG, HIS WIFE KATE
CAPSHAW, HAIM AND CHERYL SABAN, THEY ARE IN MEDIA, OWNERS OF
UNIVISION, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ARE LEFT-WING ON
SOCIAL ISSUES, THAT IS WHY THEY GIVE TO DEMOCRATS PRESUMABLY.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THAT. THEY'RE NEOCONS ON THE ISSUE
OF ISRAEL, SO SOME OF HILLARY CLINTON'S POSITIONS ARE SOMEWHAT
SURPRISING, GIVEN THAT THE SABANS ARE AMONG THE LARGEST
DONORS IN THE HISTORY OF BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON. THEY HAVE
GIVEN THEM A LOT OF MONEY, THIS IS NOT NEW. THEIR HEART MIGHT BE
IN THE RIGHT PLACE IN TERMS OF MOST OF THE ISSUES, AND IF YOU
BELIEVE THAT THE BEST ANSWER IN ISRAEL IS THE MOST RIGHT-WING
ANSWER THEN YOU LOVE THAT THEY ARE GIVING MONEY TO HILLARY
CLINTON. OTHER NAMES --
A LOT OF PEOPLE I LIKE ON THAT LIST, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE DEFINITELY LIBERALS, PROGRESSIVES, BUT ALSO
ENORMOUSLY WEALTHY. THE TICKET PRICE FOR THE HILLARY FUNDRAISER
IF YOU ARE GOING TO SIT AT THE KIDS TABLE IS $33,400 PER
PERSON. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INFLUENCE HILLARY CLINTON IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION AND YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE $33,000, SORRY.
BUT AS I SAID, THAT IS JUST THE WARM-UP. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR THE EVENT AND SIT AT THE ADULTS' TABLE, THAT PRICE
TAG IS $353,000. HOW IS THAT FOR A DINNER? I HOPE THAT DINNER IS
FANTASTIC. I WOULD WANT TO STAY AT THAT BUFFET FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THEY ARE NOT PAYING FOR THE FOOD, THEY
MIGHT BE PAYING FOR ACCESS. I'M GLAD THEY COULD INFLUENCE
POLITICIANS IN SOME WAY, BUT SHOULD THE SYSTEM BE SET UP IN
SUCH A WAY THAT ONLY THE ENORMOUSLY WEALTHY GET TO BE IN
THE ROOM WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND INFLUENCE THEM?
PROBABLY NOT, AS YOU WILL SEE AND HEAR FROM GEORGE CLOONEY
HIMSELF. BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I WANT TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO OF
WHAT HAPPENED. IT TURNS OUT AS CLOONEY IS DOING THIS, SIX DOORS
DOWN, HOWARD GOLD, A BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTER, DECIDES, YOU
KNOW WHAT? LET'S DO A FUNDRAISER WHERE EVERYBODY GETS 27 BUCKS.
WE WON'T RAISE A LOT OF MONEY THAT WAY, BUT THE POINT IS TO
SHOW THE DISPARITY, BECAUSE THAT IS THE AVERAGE DONATION TO
BERNIE SANDERS. SO HOWARD PAYS FOR THE DINNER, AND WHATEVER
MONEY THEY RAISE, THEY SENT TO THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN. BUT HE HAD
ANOTHER IDEA. I AM SIX DOORS DOWN FROM CLOONEY, HILLARY'S
LIMOUSINE WAS DRIVING BY, SO THEY GOT MONEY FROM THE BANK AND
DECIDED TO THROW IT AT HER LIMO. IT WAS ONLY $1000, YOU HAVE TO
THROW $353,000 AT HER TO GET REAL ATTENTION. BUT NONETHELESS
THEY DID IT. IT MADE FOR AN INTERESTING VIDEO AND GOT A LOT
OF PEOPLE TALKING. LET'S WATCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
? WE'RE IN THE MONEY ?
? WE GOT A LOT OF WHAT IT TAKES TO GET ALONG ?
BY THE WAY, THAT WAS REAL MONEY. IT WASN'T MONOPOLY MONEY.
AND YOU CAN TELL THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS RICH BECAUSE
NOBODY IS DIVING FOR IT. KEEPING IT REAL. THE PERSON WHO WAS
AFFECTED BY THIS WAS GEORGE CLOONEY, AND HE HAD A GREAT
STATEMENT
TO MAKE. HE SAID --
SO, WONDERFUL. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, THEY GOT SOME
ATTENTION TO THAT CAUSE, AND THAT IS WHERE THE STORY COULD
HAVE ENDED. OF COURSE IT DID NOT END THERE, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE A POSITIVE STORY FOR BERNIE SANDERS, IT CANNOT
STAND. THE HILLARY CLINTON TEAM MUST BURY IT. SO THEY STARTED TO
QUESTION WHY HOWARD GOLD DID IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO QUESTION IT,
HE SAYS WHY HE DID IT IN THE PRESS --
AMONG THE DEMOCRATS, THAT IS UNQUESTIONABLE. OF COURSE SHE IS
MORE MILITARISTIC. SHE BRAGGED AFTER WINNING SOME IMPORTANT
ELECTIONS ON MARCH 15 THAT HER FOREIGN POLICY WOULD BE MORE
MUSCULAR NOT THAN BERNIE SANDERS, THAT IS OBVIOUS, BUT MORE
MUSCULAR THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA. OBVIOUSLY HOWARD GOLD DOESN'T
LIKE THAT, HE DOESN'T LIKE THE INFLUENCE OF MONEY IN POLITICS,
SO HE DOES THIS PROTEST. THE CLINTON CAMP DECIDES THEY WILL
STRIKE BACK. AND THEY ARE HURTING FOR EXCUSES, LISTEN TO
WHAT THEY SAID --
IN OTHER WORDS, YES, HILLARY CLINTON RAISES MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FROM WEALTHY PEOPLE BUT SHE SHARES IT WITH THE REST OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AS I EXPLAINED IN A PREVIOUS STORY,
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HELPS LAUNDER THAT MONEY BACK TO
HILLARY CLINTON THROUGH STATE PARTIES AS WELL, SO SHE IS
SHARING A LITTLE BIT BUT MAINLY MONEY-LAUNDERING BACK TO HER OWN
CAMPAIGN. SO IT IS THE DNC HELPING HILLARY CLINTON A LOT
MORE THAN HILLARY CLINTON HELPING THE DNC. SO THEY HAVE
THE NERVE WHILE THEY ARE DOING A $350,000 FUNDRAISER TO TELL
BERNIE SANDERS, HOW COME YOU'RE NOT SHARING YOUR 27 BUCKS WITH
THE REST OF THE PARTY? CORRUPTION, THROUGH AND THROUGH.