Among the senators grilling Secretary of Health & Human Services nominee Tom Price is Bernie Sanders, who disagreed with the congressman about the U.S. being a compassionate nation:
Rep. Tom Price: "We are a compassionate society." @SenSanders: "No, we are not a compassionate society…" pic.twitter.com/Yf04NNFyXO
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 18, 2017
In the clip, Sanders told Price that just because somebody has access to something doesn’t mean they can get it, and used this comparison:
Sanders says "access" doesn't cut it "I have access to buying a 10 million dollar home, I don’t have the money to do that"
— Liz Goodwin (@lizcgoodwin) January 18, 2017
Price says he wants ppl to have "access to health care." Sanders says he has "access to buy a $10million home but I can't afford it."
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 18, 2017
Sanders could have thought that through a little more:
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https://twitter.com/P1BradMichigan/status/821761217781989378
Sanders has three homes worth over $1 million. https://t.co/mEMCz8HTvZ
— Benjamin Glaser (@WVPitt) January 18, 2017
Well then how does he explain his new 3rd home on Lake Champlain?
— Alton E Windsor (@AewRme) January 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/821760335011082241
Fact check: True. Sanders' 3rd home, that he bought last year, only cost $600k. https://t.co/3GFBYYsfVc
— Mark Moffett (@onesmartape) January 18, 2017
You’re gonna need a better comparison, Sen. Sanders.
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