Story highlights Bernie Sanders praised actor George Clooney as "honest" on money in politics

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Washington (CNN) Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says actor George Clooney, who said the amount of money he'd raised for Hillary Clinton is "obscene," is backing the wrong candidate in the 2016 presidential race.

Sanders praised Clooney's acknowledgment in an interview aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that "it's ridiculous that we should have this kind of money in politics."

"They're right to protest," Clooney said of Sanders backers who protested his fundraiser for Clinton. "They're absolutely right. It's an obscene amount of money."

Asked in an interview with CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" Sunday if Clooney is backing the wrong horse, Sanders said, "Well, I think he is."

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