Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) shamed Republicans who “stay up nights” trying to figure out how to give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires while cutting services such as food stamps and social security.
During an interview on MSNBC Tuesday with Al Sharpton, Sanders blamed Republicans for what he called “a very ugly moment in American History.”
Sharpton began by asking about Republican plans to cut Food Stamps: “In this new report one-in-five people are struggling to put food on the table. But the answer, I guess, is to cut more? I mean what is your reaction Senator?”
Sanders replied:
“We’re living in very, very strange and disconcerting times. We have more people living in poverty today than in any time in the history of the United States of America. We have the highest rate of childhood poverty. Meanwhile, the rich are doing phenomenally well and corporations are enjoying record-breaking profits.
And it is astounding to me from a moral perspective that folks in the Republican Party stay up nights figuring out how they can give more tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires and large corporations and then come back and try to cut food stamps for families who are hungry, for kids who are hungry, try to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. It is really a very ugly moment in American history.”
You can watch the full exchange below from Bernie Sanders’ YouTube page:
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