Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Can you spot the differences between these two emails? [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)"There is something profoundly wrong when we have a proliferation of millionaires and billionaires at the same time as millions of Americans work longer hours for lower wages."
That wasn't about "taxes," that was about the negatives of new millionaires cropping up
So when he's asked about his current new millionaire status, getting defensive isn't a good look.
I don't care what he makes, or how many houses he has. He talks about how he "never changes" but then when he does change his message concerning Millionaires when he becomes one, and then gets defensive when someone holds him to his previous statements, that's where I see a double standard, one for him, and one for the rest of the 1%.
He rants about other people making money for giving speeches to groups, but if someone who did had given this response to him, "Well if you want to become a millionaire, then you can be a highly sought after speaker when you're out of office," he would have railed against that as corrupt, greedy and tone deaf, and typical of an out of touch, establishment oligharch.
When he said "I didn't know it was a crime to write a good book," I imagined how he and his supporters might have reacted if Hillary had said, "I didn't know it was a crime to be a highly sought after speaker."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden