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Bernie Sanders is raising money to send his delegates to Philly
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June 29, 2016
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"Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders's campaign is raising money to help send his delegates to Philadelphia next month for the Democratic National Convention.
In an email Tuesday, the Vermont senator's campaign encouraged supporters to donate $2.70 before Thursday's midnight Federal Election Commission deadline to help get the campaign's nearly 1,900 delegates to the convention. It can cost more than $4,000 per delegate, the campaign said.
"Our delegates are not wealthy campaign contributors. They're not party insiders or establishment elites. They're working folks, and it's not easy for many of them to fly to Philly and stay in hotels for a week," Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said in the email.
"We really need to have all of our delegates at the Democratic convention because we expect there could be critical votes for the party platform and electoral process. We'd hate to fall short on these votes because some of our delegates couldn't afford to go to the convention."
Weaver said hotels are booked months in advance and then sold at higher prices, adding that lobbyists plan "all sorts of fancy parties." The political establishment can easily navigate it, he said.
"Our political revolution is not made up of people like that," he continued. "Our folks need help to get to the convention and stay there."
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