Former Sanders campaign spokesman: Clinton staff "biggest hole in American politics"

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"You can see why she is one of the most hated politicians in America. She is not nice. His people are not nice, "spokesman Michael Briggs told Clinton's Politico. "[Sanders] burst his tail to fly all over the country to talk about why it made sense to elect Hillary Clinton and the thanks that [we] get is that kind of stupid little sniping a few years after the facts. "

Briggs also called Clinton and his staff "assholes".

"It does not do me any good to feel that but they are among the biggest assholes in American politics," he said, according to Politico.

In the same Politico article, former Clinton associates reportedly criticized Sanders and asked him, as well as his staff, to use private jets while he was the substitute for Clinton's electoral campaign, Democratic Party candidate of 2016. The Sanders team's preference for private jets was a point of tension with the Clinton campaign, according to Politico.

Rania Batrice, deputy director of the Sanders campaign during part of her 2016 campaign, denied for Politico that this campaign has ever asked for "a private plane for the simple act of having a private plane".

Tensions between the Sanders and Clinton campaigns were high throughout the electoral cycle of 2016, before and after the confrontation of the two for the Democratic nomination. Sanders is again nominated for nomination in 2020.

Arianna Jones, spokeswoman for Sanders, told Politico that these flights were being used to ensure that Sanders "can travel as quickly as possible in as many places as possible to help defeat the Democratic ticket. Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSpike Lee urges Oscars viewers to vote in 2020: "Let everyone be on the right side of the story" José Andrés pays tribute to immigrants, Oscar women's speech Javier Bardem hits "the walls" at of the Oscars speech in Spanish MORE. "

"Sen. Sanders led an aggressive campaign for Secretary Clinton. At such an exhausting pace, this has become a story in itself, setting the pattern on how a former opponent can support a candidate in a general election, "added Jones.

Politico also reported that Sanders has continued to use private jets since the election, apparently spending at least $ 342,000 on these flights.