1/ CLAIM: #BernieSanders is a hypocrite because he's a millionaire and just bought an expensive lake house.
FACT: In 2018, Sanders' net worth is less than $1m. The lake house was purchased using money from the sale of his wife's inherited property in Maine.
FACT: In 2018, Sanders' net worth is less than $1m. The lake house was purchased using money from the sale of his wife's inherited property in Maine.
2/ Jane sold her share of her family’s long-time vacation home in Maine, to her brother for $150,000, added money from her retirement account & from an advance Bernie got on a book he is writing to come up with the money to buy the couple’s third home bit.ly/372xmor
3/ The lake house sold for $575,000 in 2016, and is rather modest as a 4bdrm, 2.75 bath, & guest quarters, far from the mansion-type claims used to criticize Sanders for alleged hypocrisy. This was purchased as their retirement home as a place for their family to gather together.
4/ There are 3 homes; the lake house, the primary residence in Vermont (below), & Sanders' condo in Washington DC for work. Further, despite the 4chan rumor that Sanders drove an expensive Audi R8, Sanders drives a Chevy Cruz, retail price of under $20k. bit.ly/2ufErF2
5/ The rumors & attacks fail to take into consideration that Sanders' wife also has $. Jane Sanders hold a doctorate degree in leadership politics, & her career has mainly been in social work, youth programs, & education administration. Jane Sanders is worth about $1m.
6/ Prior to Sanders' two books, “Our Revolution” (2016) & “[...]Guide to Political Revolution” (2017), Sanders financials were nothing to speak of at all. However, royalties from books sales has helped bring up his net worth, but not to the levels of multi-millionaire.
For honest work & for having worked as a civil servant for as long as he has, a $1/2m retirement lake house in Vermont is hardly anything to scream hypocrisy about. He's a relatively poor senator who happened to write a couple of books and made a little money from them. Big deal.
