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You’ll Never Guess What Bernie Sanders Did With Martin Shkreli’s Campaign Donation
Sen. Bernie Sanders. (David Becker / AP)
Remember Martin Shkreli, the contemptible pharmaceutical CEO who dramatically raised the price of an HIV medicine? Seems he contributed to Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign — something the Vermont senator was less than pleased about.
So Sanders did exactly what you’d hope a politician critical of Big Pharma would do: Instead of putting Shkreli’s contribution toward campaigning, the presidential hopeful donated the money to Whitman-Walker Health, a clinic in Washington, D.C., that specializes in HIV treatment.
From The Boston Globe:
The man who has become the public face of rising drug prices says he has donated to presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — who has been bashing Big Pharma on the campaign trail — to try to get a meeting so the two can talk it out.
Sanders isn’t interested. His campaign said Thursday that he’s giving the money to a Washington health clinic instead — and the drug executive isn’t getting the meeting. … In an interview with Stat on Thursday, however, Shkreli confirmed that he’d donated $2,700 to the Sanders campaign — the maximum individual contribution — on Sept. 28.
At the time, the campaign sent the Turing CEO a form e-mail full of populist fervor: “Our political system is corrupt. Big Money controls much of what happens. Together, you and I are changing that. Thank you again for your support. Best, Bernie.”
On Thursday, however, campaign spokesman Michael Briggs said Sanders won’t keep the money. Instead, the campaign will make a $2,700 donation to the Whitman-Walker health clinic in Washington. “We are not keeping the money from this poster boy for drug company greed,” Briggs said.
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—Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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Source: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/youll_never_guess_what_bernie_sanders_did_martin_shkrelis_donation_20151018/
