Opinion | A Bernie Sanders exchange on Fox highlights a big Trump vulnerability

By Greg Sargent Greg Sargent Opinion writer covering national politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 16 at 10:12 AM Only hours after President Trump’s agitated Twitter thumbs announced a new immigration policy that appears to be imaginary — he tweeted that migrants will now be dumped into Democratic strongholds, even though there are zero indications this will happen — Bernie Sanders went on Fox News and popped the right-wing bubble from the inside.

Already, Trump is unshakably certain that he and Republicans can win by making 2020 all about immigration. But this premise is questioned even by some Republicans.The Post reports on a telling divide that has opened up between Trump and GOP messaging. The White House and Republican committees are all pushing talking points about how Trump’s tax cut has been great for all Americans and is fueling a booming economy.

But Republicans just lost the House in their biggest rout since Watergate over “this issue.” Don’t take my word for it. The communications director for the House GOP campaign operation says: “In swing districts in Texas, Florida and California, that debate hurt us.” Sanders was pressed on whether he’d personally volunteer the higher tax burden he’s proposing on top earners. This is a dopey conservative attack, and the answer is easy: The wealthy as a class must pay higher rates as an institutional matter, and by proposing this change, Sanders is of course including himself in the ranks of those who would pay more. There will be time to get this answer right.

But Trump’s resistance will give Democrats a strong argument. Yes, Trump won in 2016 despite not releasing them. But now it’s different: Trump has since signed a tax bill that unmasked his 2016 economic populism as fraudulent, one that’s widely understood as a giveaway to the wealthy and corporations, and did nothing for Republicans in 2018. We still don’t know how much Trump personally profited.

Ha! The rich millionaire White guy that has done nothing in life!

Bernie's vulnerability is that in the end he is pushing Communism and not just Socialism. He says a lot of nice things but his ideas would destroy the middle class. All while we are in a huge economic boom.

He belongs on FOX “News”! He has SO many of the same character traits as Trump. Hard to tell the difference at times.... NeverBernie2020 BernieSanders

If you call winning 35 States and 350 Electoral Votes a vulnerability. Gosh I hope so.

We need to fight against the lies, the name calling, the American Corporation bashing, the hatred and distrust that this Leader pushes daily out to our country!

Go, Bernie!

Yah. Bernie looks so much younger and potent than Trump. His wife sexier than Melania and a bigger Rhodes Scholar job surplus genius than Bill Clinton. Trumpians are so scared of Bernie. Russia media is all Bernie praise, so is Fox News. Bernie so scary!

Cool

Interesting How Bernie didn’t explain how our taxes would rise 53%!

Man... who knew that progressive policy was the best way to reach across the aisle and that there is nothing partisan about wanting to provide healthcare to every American?

I reckon, MSM have chosen their front runner

A Bernie exchange on Fox highlights a big Bernie vulnerability

That The Bernie team filled the seats and that Bernie degrades ands insults people he doesn’t like, similar to Trump

It's all very well,telling the world this

Well, Trump not having a functioning brain should be an automatic disqualifier, but here we are.

Washington Post Colonel Sanders Messy delusional he needs to sit this one out speding his senior citizens money! What is bugeye or Omar Sharif going to pushed him in a wheelchair and feeding him stop the madness!

Gee, ya think?

So hilarious that you're supporting Bernie who's fans shoot senators in baseball fields. Bernie who was endorsed by... Maduro. 😂

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