Analysis: Bernie Sanders pierces the Fox News bubble — but only for a flickering moment
Sen. Bernie Sanders is greeted by audience members before a Fox News town-hall style event on Monday in Bethlehem, Pa. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow April 16 at 9:38 AM Sen. Bernie Sanders went where the Democratic Party is unwilling to tread on Monday, participating in a lengthy town hall interview on Fox News.
“I guess on Fox News you said that it benefited from Trump’s tax bill,” Sanders said to Baier during his response. “Did you tell people I voted against Trump’s tax bill?”"But I voted against it," Sanders continued. He noted that Trump had claimed the bill wouldn't benefit the wealthy.
Baier’s next question: “Back on the taxes briefly. When you wrote the book and you made the money, isn’t that the definition of capitalism, the American Dream?”“What we are fighting for, Bret, is a society not where just a few people can make a whole lot of money but a society where everybody in this country has the opportunity to live in security and dignity,” he said."I think you're asking the wrong guy," Sanders said.
MacCallum interviewed the network's politics editor, Chris Stirewalt. The two discussed the focus of a number of the anchors' questions: How Sanders would pay for his proposals. They agreed that it was a weak spot in his rhetoric.
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