{"id":19906,"date":"2024-04-29T20:50:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T00:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=19906"},"modified":"2024-04-29T20:50:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T00:50:18","slug":"n-y-post-youtube-video-biden-vexes-commoners-with-yet-another-election-money-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/29\/n-y-post-youtube-video-biden-vexes-commoners-with-yet-another-election-money-grab\/","title":{"rendered":"N.Y. Post YouTube Video: Biden vexes commoners with yet another election money grab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Biden&#8217;s gig in Westchester county, New York last week was the kind of fundraiser that would be a little pricey for me. The general admission price was $3,300 to start and you had to bring your own pretzels. The price topped out at $100,000 and that would definitely be more than what I could afford.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the lockdown for the Biden visit: &#8220;It was like they had to have a two mile radius to make sure Biden didn&#8217;t get hassled by any hecklers. So what I was wondering is should people be honored when their daily schedules are disrupted by the commander-in-chief &#8211; kind of like the peasants back in the Middle Ages who were supposed to be grateful if the king&#8217;s troops trampled on their crops? 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