VIDEO: John McCain Admits Bernie Sanders Is Right About Income Inequality
In a recent interview, the Arizona senator discussed Americans' frustration with unemployment and income inequality, adding, "I'm beginning to sound like Bernie Sanders."In an interview with The Hill’s Molly Hooper, the former Republican presidential nominee was asked what surprised him about the current election season. He replied, “Everything,” citing Hillary Clinton’s admission that she had received a whopping $650,000 in speaking fees from the investment bank Goldman Sachs (because “that’s what they offered“) to the establishment’s underestimation of Americans’ anger over income inequality.
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