Bernie Sanders campaign pays Netflix for subscription
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Updated · Fox News · May 5
Bernie Sanders campaign pays Netflix for subscription
6 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 5
Federal Election Commission records show the campaign paid $46.79 a month from January through March, despite Sanders' past attacks on Netflix over taxes and price rises.
Senate campaign disclosures currently run only through March, so the donor-funded subscription could still be active, while Sanders' campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
The payment is unusual: only five political committees have reported Netflix subscription-type expenses in the past decade. Sanders has also faced scrutiny over campaign spending on family-linked nonprofits and private jets.
With campaign finance watchdogs often deadlocked, who truly holds politicians accountable for how they spend donor money?
If a campaign subscribes to a service its candidate publicly condemns, where is the line between necessity and hypocrisy?