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- Bernie Sanders was mocked by Mike Bloomberg during Wednesday night’s debate, remarking: ‘The best known socialist in the country happens to be a millionaire with three houses. What did I miss?’
- Despite being a self-described socialist and a scourge of the elite classes, Sanders has a property portfolio that is worth nearly $2m – 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., which is just a half-mile walk from the Capitol Building
- He most recently plopped down $575k in cash for a lakefront cabin in North Hero Island, Vermont in 2016
- His Congressional financial disclosure released in May, showed he was firmly in the nation’s one percent, earning nearly $1.06 million in 2017 — the second year in a row he had topped the million mark
Despite being a self-described socialist and a scourge of the elite classes, Bernie Sanders is in fact a millionaire with a property portfolio that includes three homes, which are pictured in exclusive DailyMail.com photos. The 78-year-old Vermont senator’s property portfolio was mocked by presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg during Wednesday night’s debate, 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, who has taken the lead in the recent national polls in the race, has had to defend his health, his ability to beat President Trump in November and now his estimated net worth of $2.5 million.
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