One-percenter Bernie Sanders is campaigning in Iowa today with fellow one-percenters Ben & Jerry, and they’re managing to explain how the middle class is getting screwed over by the upper one percent without getting laughed at:
Getting ready for @BernieSanders at Iowa State University, one room over from where Elizabeth Warren spoke yesterday. I’d say today’s crowd is a little bit larger, but it’s also a Saturday. pic.twitter.com/dl8uNiIOsp
— Adam Kelsey (@adamkelsey) May 4, 2019
Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's introducing Bernie Sanders in Iowa—> "A president of the United States who truly stands for justice in all its flavors? That is europhic!" pic.twitter.com/rDI4RizWON
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) May 4, 2019
Joe Biden’s attempts to tear down positive economic news have already been met with four Pinocchios, and now it’s Bernie Sanders’ turn to try and explain to his audiences why an improving economy is actually bad for them:
Bernie Sanders: “Unemployment is down. But I want you to think: Is the economy booming for ordinary people?"
Crowd: “No.”
…Sanders: “Go into your own hearts and minds and ask what’s going on in my own life. “
-Ames, Iowa, rally— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) May 4, 2019
As Trump WH touts low unemployment rate, Bernie Sanders (in Ames) fires back explicitly saying these need to be addressed for "ordinary people":
-Childhood poverty, Childcare, Teacher Wages, Student Debt, Livable Wages, Declining Life Expectancy, Housing Costs, Healthcare Costs. https://t.co/h2FAWxchQv— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) May 4, 2019
By Sanders’ measure, life must just be grand for the regular people in Venezuela.
Sanders has spent a lot of time so far today making a case against President Trump’s economy. “When we talk about the economy, it is not just the relatively low unemployment rate,” he says. “You got millions of people paying 40, 50, 60% of their limited incomes on housing.”
— Holly Otterbein (@hollyotterbein) May 4, 2019
"People give up on life, they turn to drugs and opioids, they turn to alcohol. And then they turn to suicide. And we're seeing that in rural parts of this country, big time. " Bernie explaining why "relatively low unemployment" isn't anything to be too happy about.
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) May 4, 2019
Bernie’s gonna Bernie.
Wait. What? https://t.co/HVt8tmXXGY
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) May 4, 2019
It’s all the Dems have at this point — that and “stop Barr!”
"Americans' optimism about their personal finances has climbed to levels not seen in more than 16 years, with 69% now saying they expect to be financially better off 'at this time next year.'" –> https://t.co/qMzEVBFu8h https://t.co/aDNbKPGqiS
— Keith Schipper (@SchipperKeith) May 4, 2019
If Dem candidates are going to run on the hopes that the economy starts to go south in order to get even with the one percent (who will be fine anyway) the Dems might be in for a major disappointment on 2020 Election Day.
