Bloomberg to Sanders: ‘The Best Known Socialist in the Country Happens to Be a Millionaire With Three Houses’

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg makes no apologies for his massive wealth. In fact, he had no problem standing his ground when Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) attempted to criticize his financial status.

In one of his biggest highlights of the night, he called out Sanders for advocating for Democratic socialist policies while being a millionaire owning three homes.

“What a wonderful country we have. The best known socialist in the country happens to be a millionaire with three houses,” Bloomberg said. “What did I miss here?”

Sanders shot back, “Well, you’ll miss that I work in Washington, house one, live in Burlington, house two, and like thousands of other Vermonters, I do have a summer cabin. Forgive me for that.”

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Prior to the “three houses” remark, the discussion intensified when Sanders called out Bloomberg for his wealth, labeling the distribution of it as “grotesque.”

“We have a grotesque and immoral distribution of wealth in income,” began socialist 👤Bernie Sanders. “Mike Bloomberg owns more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans. That’s wrong. That’s immoral.”

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Bloomberg immediately fired back to defend himself. “I can’t speak for all billionaires,” responded Bloomberg.