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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
