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Philadelphia (CNN)Bernie Sanders says the release of Democratic National Committee emails that show its staffers working against him underscore the position he's held for months: Party Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz needs to go. "I don't think she is qualified to be the chair of the DNC not only for these awful emails, which revealed the prejudice of the DNC, but also because we need a party that reaches out to working people and young people, and I don't think her leadership style is doing that," Sanders told CNN's Jake Tapper Sunday on "State of the Union," on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. As a result of the leaks, Wasserman Schultz has been removed as a speaker at the DNC this week, a decision reached by party officials Saturday, a top Democrat said. She is expected to gavel the convention in and out but that's it. "She's been quarantined," another top Democrat said, following a meeting Saturday night. Among the emails included in the release by hackers Friday were plots by DNC staffers to plant questions about Sanders' Jewish faith ahead of the Kentucky and West Virginia primary contests. The Book of Bernie: What is Sanders' religion? "I am not an atheist," the Vermont senator said Sunday. "But aside from all of that, it is an outrage and sad that you would have people in important positions in the DNC trying to undermine my campaign. It goes without saying, the function of the DNC is to represent all of the candidates -- to be fair and even-minded." He added: "But again, we discussed this many, many months ago, on this show, so what is revealed now is not a shock to me." Still, Sanders made clear that he's not using the issue to re-open the Democratic primary after he's endorsed Clinton. "The focus, though, that I am going to go forward on right now is to make sure that Donald Trump -- perhaps the worst Republican candidate in the history of this country; somebody that by temperament, somebody that by ideology, must not be president of the United States -- I am going to do everything I can to defeat him, to elect Hillary Clinton, and to keep focusing, keep focusing, on the real issues facing the American people," Sanders said.

WASHINGTON - They carved a path for Bernie Sanders. In some of the biggest crowds of the presidential campaign, his Secret Service detail was always close. Those rallies are over now. Sanders is back in the Senate. His agents? Still right by his side. And American taxpayers are picking up the tab. Sanders won't be the nominee. He's finally even said so himself. "It doesn't appear that I'm going to be the nominee," Sanders said. Yet his protection is costing at least $40,000 a day, a federal official told CNN. That's more than a half-million dollars since the last primary June 14. If he doesn't formally drop out until the convention, the total price tag will be nearly $2 million. A spokesman for Sanders declined to discuss his security or its cost. The senator did, too. "I think security is probably something we shouldn't be talking about too much," Sanders said. But many of his fellow senators are talking about it. Several told CNN privately they are stunned to see Sanders at the capitol with such an entourage. "I love Bernie, he's a good senator. He has certainly contributed in this presidential campaign, but it is now time for him to stand down," said Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida. Security precautions are always sensitive. So many senators did not want to place blame on Sanders, but they said it's incumbent on him to get out of this race soon to support Hillary Clinton and send the Secret Service back to their other assignments. http://www.wcax.com/story/32374529/sanders-secret-service-still-costing-taxpayers-40k-a-day

Only reason Sanders hasn't given up is because he's holding out hope that Clinton gets indited before the convention

Bernie Sanders isn't talking to local media after returning to Vermont.

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