I’m trying to understand why this is getting so much attention
Yeah, I know there are some anti-Bernie people who will make an issue out of the slightest thing, but why is the mainstream media carrying this?
He’s a US Senator. I expect most senators have nice homes, and probably multiple homes. These days, a $600,000 home is not exorbitant. It’s probably the median price of a house in San Francisco.
I don’t recall Bernie taking a vow of poverty. So why is this such an item throughout the media?
Part of it is that some people think he used campaign contributions to buy the home (which is illegal and I really doubt happened).
Some people are claiming that the DNC or some other democratic org bought him the house in exchange for him supporting Hillary.
Some are upset that a socialist has 3 houses, and one is worth 600k.
Those are the reasons I’ve heard (so far).
I personally don’t care. Bernie makes about 200k a year as a senator, and he got the money by selling a different house that his wife inherited in Maine.
What are Bernie’s 3 homes out of curiosity? I’d assume they are his primary residence in Vermont, his home in Washington DC and his summer home.
When people say he has ‘3 homes’, are they counting his home in washington DC as a home? If so, that shouldn’t really count as that is a business expense. Or is his 3rd home a rental property? I can’t figure that one out.
Bernie is rightly criticised because his wife is a hypocrite. Bernie ranted about high college tuition at the same time his wife was bankrupting Burlington College. Jane Sanders got used to the nice lifestyle while Bernie was pretending to run for president.
Snopes about the home and the alleged outrage. (An “American Thinker” blog post, an article in the Washington Examiner, and a few Twitter posts apparently.)
Seems like nothing to see here and not many who care. OTOH I’d love to see him doing some well chosen events soon to benefit House candidates and the top of the ticket as well …
Well, dalej42 is wrong at least so far as timing. She was President of the college like six years ago. And I don’t see how her supposed “love of the high life” has anything to do with her ill fated plans while President.
I’m not a fan of Sander’s, but I don’t see how his wife’s poor management of Burlington College really reflects on him one way or the other. And the house thing is just a silly attempt to give the impression of a scandal by repeating the mundane details of a politicians life in an ominous tone.
(FWIW, when I lived in Burlington I used to see Bernie shopping at TJ Max, so at least a decade or two ago, he wasn’t living too lavishly).
Thanks. Doesn’t make Bernie a hypocrite, though. And the Bankruptcy of a college with a few hundred students 5 years after his wife was president does not make her the cause of high tuition in the US.
And the guy is a Democratic Socialist, not a Marxist.
No need to overcompensate. Bernie’s new home is in North Hero, VT. Population 800, median household income $45k. I suspect a $600k house there is quite nice. And good for him for working hard and being able to afford some luxury at his age!!
The original story first appeared in the Bernie Beat section of a Vermont paper. There was no hint of outrage in the story. They love Bernie, and they have an entire Bernie Beat section to fill. I suspect they would write a couple of glowing paragraphs if they got wind of particularly satisfying Bernie morning bowel movement (pun totally intended).
There’s a small minority of people who are still pissed at Bernie because they feel, rightly or wrongly, that he stuck around a little too long in the primary and behaved in a less than exemplary manner. They love posting anything that they think, rightly or wrongly, makes Bernie look bad. My recommendation is to ignore them.
