Saturday 14 May 2022 12:07 AM Bernie Sanders spotted flying first class to Pittsburgh to support socialist ... trends now
Senator Bernie Sanders - America's most prominent so-called Democratic Socialist - traveled first class to Pittsburgh Friday to stump for a fellow far left candidate for Congress.
Sanders was spotted on an American Airlines flight to the steel city to stump for State Representative Summer Lee, running for an open seat in Pennsylvania's 18th District.
Lee has the endorsement of Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and 'squad' progressives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman and Ayanna Pressley, as well as Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal.
She defeated an incumbent Democrat in 2018 with the endorsement of her local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and is the first black woman to represent southwestern Pennsylvania in the state legislature.
Lee endorses far left policies like the Green New Deal, abolishing prisons, reversing the Hyde Amendment to allow for government-funded abortions and Sanders' signature Medicare For All government-run health care system.
Sanders, wearing a mask, appears to head for the front of the plane in the photos obtained by Fox News from a fellow first class traveler.
The Vermont independent endorsed Lee and spoke at her Pittsburgh rally on Thursday alongside Mayor Ed Gainey.
'We have a working class, a middle class, in this country who are struggling and it's absolutely imperative we get (people) into Congress who are prepared to stand up and take on powerful special interest and fight for working families,' Sanders said to Action News 4. 'Summer is one of those people who will do that.'
Senator Bernie Sanders (pictured left) - America's most prominent so-called Democratic Socialist - traveled first class to Pittsburgh Friday to stump for a fellow far left candidate for Congress
Sanders was spotted on an American Airlines flight to the steel city to stump for State Representative Summer Lee, running for an open seat in Pennsylvania's 18th District
Lee endorses far left policies like the Green New Deal, abolishing prisons , reversing the Hyde Amendment to allow for government-funded abortions and Sanders' signature Medicare For All government-run health care system
'We have a working class, a middle class, in this country who are struggling and it's absolutely imperative we get (people) into Congress who are prepared to stand up and take on powerful special interest and fight for working families,' Sanders said to Action News 4. 'Summer is one of those people who will do that.'
Lee's main opponent in the race is former Pennsylvania Banking Commissioner Steve Irwin, who has the endorsement of the prior holder of the seat, Representative Mike Doyle.
The 80-year-old Vermont senator's property portfolio was mocked by fellow presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg during the 2020 primary debates, as he remarked: 'The best known socialist in the country happens to be a millionaire with three houses. What did I miss?'
'You missed that I work in Washington, house one,' responded Sanders. 'I live in Burlington, house two. And like thousands of other Vermonters, I do have a summer camp. Forgive me for that. Where is your home, which tax haven do you live in?'
Sanders has an estimated net worth of $2.5 million, around the median net worth of a member of the Senate, according to Business Insider.
Although Sanders wants to put hefty taxes on the wealthy, his homes, which combined are worth close to $2 million according to Zillow, are far more than the working people he champions could ever afford.
He owns a main residence in Burlington, Vermont, a one bedroom pied-à-terre in Washington, D.C. that's just a half-mile walk from the Capitol Building and he most recently plopped down $575,000 in cash for a lakefront cabin complete with a guest cottage in North Hero Island, Vermont in the summer of 2016.
Bernie Sanders was mocked by Mike Bloomberg during Wednesday night's debate, as the billionaire remarked: 'The best known socialist in the country happens to be a millionaire with three houses. What did I miss?'
Purchased in 2009 for $405,000, Sanders' main home in Vermont (pictured) has four bedrooms and is now worth around $464,000 - which is 50 percent higher than the median listing price of other homes in the area
Sanders' one-bedroom apartment in Washington D.C. is his most expensive residence and is estimated to be worth around $700,000
But it is Sanders' summer retreat that is threatening to become an issue that could haunt him in his second bid to win the Democratic nomination for the presidency.
