Bernie Sanders loves to tout himself as the champion for America’s downtrodden and disenchanted people.
He claims to be the champion of the “regular” man and that if everyone just would listen to him and become socialists, all things in the country would be better.
Sanders truly believes that if we gave socialism a chance, we could turn America around by treating everyone equally, but he doesn’t follow his own doctrine.
Bernie has been caught numerous times in hypocritical positions that show him in an entirely different light.
Sanders is not living the pauper life he loves to endorse but is a multi-millionaire with numerous residential properties.
So, in essence, he is just another political shill that loves to pander to the far-left base to garner their vote but lives completely different.
It isn’t a surprise to me and others that Sanders is a hypocrite, but his supporters still cling to his empty promises.
Maybe if they were presented with proof that Sanders is a hypocrite, they would withdraw their support, right?
Probably not.
There has been so much proof that Sanders does not practice what he preaches, yet they still claim he is the man with all the answers.
They are just too blind to see that they are being used as political pawns, even when the evidence is right in their faces.
For example, Sanders was recently photographed taking a first-class seat on an American Airlines flight to Pittsburgh to speak on behalf of Rep. Summer Lee, a candidate for Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, at a rally last Thursday.
“Sanders, masked up, appears to be sitting near the front of the plane in the photos obtained by a fellow first-class passenger,” the outlet reported on Friday.
Check it out:
THAT'S RICH: Bernie Sanders flies first class to stump for fellow socialist candidatehttps://t.co/axna2Agx0o
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 13, 2022
Sanders endorsed Lee last week — and, speaking to the Pittsburgh media, he played up the class warfare card.
“We have a working class, a middle class, in this country who are struggling and it’s absolutely imperative we get [people] into congress who are prepared to stand up and take on powerful special interest and fight for working families,” Sanders told WTAE-TV.
“Summer is one of those people who will do that.”
“I’ve known Summer for a number of years and Summer believes as I do, that it is totally absurd that you have billionaires in this country, some of the very richest people paying nothing, not a penny in federal income tax,” Sanders added. “[All] because you have a rigged tax system that favors the wealthy and large corporations.”
Summer Lee Bernie Sanders hug thread! pic.twitter.com/VEtPxz3zgi
— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) May 13, 2022
Lee has also talked about the redistribution of wealth, particularly in one tweet in the days following the 2020 election.
“Instead of ‘thanking’ Black women, Black voters, and especially, Black organizers … give us the investments we need and deserve, redistribute wealth, ends police violence, abolish the carceral state, commit to building Black directed political power… and reparations,” she wrote.
Instead of "thanking" Black women, Black voters, and especially, Black organizers…
… give us the investments we need and deserve, redistribute wealth, ends police violence, abolish the carceral state, commit to building Black directed political power… and reparations.
— Summer Lee (@SummerForPA) November 6, 2020
“Lee has been likened to ‘Squad’ leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for both their similar progressive platforms and ascensions into public office by defeating long-established members of their respective governing bodies in 2018,” Fox News noted. According to her campaign website, she also supports “Medicare-for-All” and other “justice” related policies.
Sanders’s office didn’t return Fox News’ request for comment.
Now, keep in mind it’s entirely possible Sanders didn’t pay to fly first-class. For that matter, it’s unclear who paid for the seat or what they paid, but the Vermont senator is likely a frequent flyer and would potentially be a top candidate for an upgrade from coach, were he to pursue it.
Sanders paid coach fare and upgraded to first class on his flight to Pittsburgh to stump for Lee, for all I know. After all, I don’t control what the man or his office spends. It’s emblematic, however, of the double standards of a man who rails against the trappings of wealth while surrounding himself with them.
