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WALSH: Bernie Sanders Stopped Ranting About Millionaires Because He Became
One. He’s A Fraud And A Hypocrite.
By Matt Walsh <https://www.dailywire.com/aut
DailyWire.com
Michael Bloomberg played the part of a billionaire piñata at last night’s
Democratic debate. Every candidate took their turn, battering him senseless
until there were Tootsie Rolls and Jolly Ranchers all over the stage.
Everyone, that is, except Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator and
frontrunner for the nomination took a swing at the piñata but somehow ended
up getting whacked in the process. Bloomberg’s single strong moment of the
night came at the expense of Sanders, who, Bloomberg rightly observed
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known socialist in the country” despite being “a millionaire who owns three
houses.”
The only surprising thing about this line from Bloomberg is that it’s the
first time any of his opponents have brought it up. Leave it to the
billionaire to be the one to point out that Sanders is a millionaire. You
could tell it was the first time it’s been brought up because Sanders was
utterly unprepared to respond to the charge. He sputtered something about
his third house being a mere “summer camp” in Vermont. For the record, that
“camp” is a 600 thousand dollar waterfront property
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isy/> on Lake Champlain. When I go camping, I use a tent and a sleeping
bag. Sanders needs a house three times more expensive
<https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/
et-you-across-the-us.html> than the median home price.
Of course, none of this would be pertinent if not for the fact that Bernie
Sanders has made a career out of throwing mud at the “greedy” and “the
rich.” He believes himself qualified to decide who has too much money, and
where that line is drawn, and what should happen with all of the extra money
that people have but, according to him, don’t need. The fact that he is
himself a wealthy man
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-socialist-senator-amassed-a-2
top 5 percent
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destined to make a run at the top 1 percent after his next book deal — is
relevant because it speaks to his moral credibility on the issue of wealth
and greed.
A socialist who has three homes and $2.5 million in the bank is just as
much of a hypocrite as a “family values” conservative who gets caught doing
the Larry Craig tap dance in a men’s bathroom. Liberals would, and do, say
of the latter that the homosexual activity isn’t itself the problem. Rather,
the problem is that the man who’s engaged in that activity is a fraud who
condemns others for doing exactly what he himself does.
The same is the case for Bernie Sanders. I have no objection, in principle,
to people owning multiple homes and amassing fortunes for themselves. I do
have a problem with a socialist and class warrior doing it, though.
Perhaps the fraudulence of Bernie Sanders can be summed up in this one
detail. Up until a few years ago, Sanders could be heard ranting about
“millionaires and billionaires” nearly every time he was in front of a
microphone. It was always the same phrase. “Millionaires and billionaires.”
But in the last couple of years, that mantra has been amended. Sanders
rarely talks about millionaires anymore.
<https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/
20-democratic-primary.html> He’s narrowed the enemy down. Millionaires
aren’t the problem, he’s decided. Just billionaires are. “Millionaires and
billionaires!” became “billionaires!” And we all know why he stopped
screaming about millionaires: he became one. Indeed, he became a millionaire
by attacking millionaires. This makes him the very definition of an
opportunist and a hypocrite.
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