Dan Bongino on Bernie Sanders calling Trump 'an idiot': Biggest phony I've ever seen in politics
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Fox News contributor Dan Bongino pushed back Monday on Sen. Bernie Sanders calling President Trump "an idiot" for denying the effects of climate change.
Bongino responded with laughter on "Fox & Friends," accusing the Democratic senator from Vermont of believing in the "money fairy" for proposing a "Medicare-for-all" plan that he estimates will cost up to $40 trillion over a 10-year period.
"We're talking about a guy who can't do first-grade-level math and Donald Trump is an idiot?" Bongino asked, later questioning what jobs Sanders has held outside of politics.
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It's unclear what prompted Sanders to tweet about Trump and climate change while campaigning Saturday in Iowa.
"Donald Trump believes climate change is a hoax. Donald Trump is an idiot," Sanders bluntly wrote.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The tweet earned a reply from Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who called Trump "a danger to our democracy and our country's future."
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Bongino argued Sanders and others on the left show hypocrisy on the issue of climate change by using private jets to travel.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"He is the biggest fake I've ever seen in politics and I can't believe people are getting suckered by this guy every day," he added.
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Sanders, a socialist, reportedly spent nearly $300,000 on private air travel last October so he could speak to audiences in nine battleground states prior to November's midterm elections. During the 2016 election, Sanders spent $5.2 million on private jet services in a six-month period, from the end of 2015 to mid-2016.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Bongino also pointed out that Sanders is a millionaire who owns three houses, including a $575,000 four-bedroom lake-front home in his home state, though he often rails against the wealthy. He argued that Sanders often fails to explain how his far-left proposals would be funded.
"He believes in the money fairy. ... It's never his money. ... He only rails against billionaires now, and you know why? Because he's a millionaire," said Bongino.