Sanders: 'Amusing' that Trump attacked establishment sitting right behind him

[struggle4progress]

BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY
01/22/17 11:11 AM EST

... "I found it somewhat amusing that Mr. Trump, President Trump, was punching the establishment," Sanders said on CBS's "Face The Nation."

"But right behind him, sitting in the VIP sections, were billionaire, after billionaire, after billionaire."

Sanders said some of the most powerful people in the country were in attendance, adding that they have become much richer over the last 10 or 20 years while the middle class has "shrunk" ...

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315534-sanders-amusing-trump-attacked-establishment-sitting-right-behind-him

[saidsimplesimon]

1. Thank you struggle.

Senator Sanders is an honourable man.

[oberliner]

2. Is Bernie subtly attacking Obama there?

By saying that the billionaires have gotten richer during his presidency at the expense of the middle class?

[Demit]

3. No.

The ACA was enacted in 2010.

The last 10-20 years would encompass the two rounds of tax cuts under Bush that made billionaires wealth skyrocket, because they were written to favor the already wealthy.

[oberliner]

5. Income and wealth inequality has not increased over the last 8 years?

Not sure that the facts bear that out.

[frazzled]

4. Um, "establishment" doesn't just mean rich people

often capitalized : a group of social, economic, and political leaders who form a ruling class (as of a nation)

Kind of amusing that he doesn't realize that he is firmly a part of the Establishment, and thus also under attack.