Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday called it “beyond cruel” that President Donald Trump ’s “big, beautiful bill” has huge tax breaks for the wealthy while taking health care from millions of Americans.
“It’s totally unconscionable,” he said on MSNBC . “It is really almost unspeakable.”
But he said this reality hits at the essence of “what Trumpism is really about.”
In the eyes of the president and his followers, Sanders said rich people who make big campaign contributions are “entitled” to big tax breaks because they’re considered “superhuman beings.”
“But if you’re a poor working stiff going out ― you’re working in McDonald’s, you’re working in a factory, you’re struggling to put food on the table ― hey, you are entitled to nothing,” he said.
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