George Clooney hosted a party and raised $ 222 million for Hillary Clinton

George and Amal Clooney not only in words, but in fact support Hillary Clinton in her desire to become the next US president. The actor and his wife staged another gala dinner in San Francisco, the proceeds of which went to the piggy bank of Mrs. Clinton's election campaign. The most budget ticket for the event cost 33,400 dollars.

Expensive pleasure

On Saturday's party George Clooney, to whose organization the hands of Jeffrey Katzenberg and the director Steven Spielberg, many guests came. In total, about 150 people were seen in the hall, among them Ellen DeGeneres, Anna Wintour, Jim Parsons, Jane Fonda and other celebrities.

Poor was not the place! After all for an input it was necessary to pay the tidy sum: from 33 400 dollars to 100 thousand dollars. To the proceeds Clooney added personal donations and contribution co-organizers of the charity party. Summing up the results, the Hollywood actor said that all was collected 222.4 million dollars, which were transferred to the Victory Fund Hillary Clinton.

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Opponents do not slumber

In the meantime, supporters of Bernie Sanders (Hillary's opponent) criticized the star party for expensive tickets and organized a protest action, which was also not free. In order to join the demonstrators, the man donated $ 27. The number of Sanders' supporters was huge and at a minimum cost, his staff managed to earn 139,800,000 dollars.

The fight promises to be tough! Who will become the new president of the United States?