Politico has been slammed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) over the magazine publishing illustrations of Bernie Sanders which specifically depict him standing by a tree with dollar bills instead of leaves and a luxury mansion.
“Can Politico explain to us how photoshopping money trees next to the only Jewish candidate for president and talking about how ‘cheap’ and rich he is isn’t anti-Semitic? Or are they just letting this happen because he’s a progressive politician they don’t like?” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
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Her view was supported by many other Twitter users who slammed the illustrations as the indication of “blatant anti-Semitism”, signalling their support for Bernie Sanders.
Absolutely disgusting….clearly antisemitic…what is wrong with you people🤦🏼♀️
— Treasa Flynn (@TreasaFlynn20) 26 мая 2019 г.
This is anti-semitic. Stop it.
— travelincatdoc (@travelincatdoc) 25 мая 2019 г.
Anti-Semitism article.
— DavedDECENCY 🌹 (@DavedDECENCY) 25 мая 2019 г.
A N T I S E M I T I C T R A S H
— Chloé; 💫 World Champions 🇫🇷 (@Clo_VforVictory) 25 мая 2019 г.
> Report.
Bernie has amassed some wealth at 76 after 4 decades of public service and writing books. He's never once said that people shouldn't be able to make money. His policies remain unchanged. There's no "there" there Politico. You're grasping.
— Let's not be stupid this time (@Zoemae31) 26 мая 2019 г.
I love Bernie and love that he has been able to live comfortably now..this is what all of us strive for and hope that in our 70's we achieve.
— KareenShanks (@ShanksKareen) 25 мая 2019 г.
This is a horrific graphic
— Chris Olley (@chrisoIIey) 25 мая 2019 г.
Antisemitism
— Birl (@Birl) 25 мая 2019 г.
A rare glimpse into Politico's news room. pic.twitter.com/yba5xt8XYF
— Michael Grunder (@grumi78) 25 мая 2019 г.
The blatant antisemitism
— luis (@fredo2298) 25 мая 2019 г.
In a Politico article titled “The Secret of Bernie's Millions”, Sanders is described as “a three-home-owning millionaire with a net worth approaching at least $2 million”.
Additionally, one of the magazine’s tweets calls Sanders “the champion of the underclass” and a person who “has found himself in the socio-economic penthouse of his rhetorical bogeymen”.
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His previous election campaign was focused on income equality and criticised the US’ “millionaires and billionaires” — policies that proved especially popular among young voters.
President Donald Trump, for his part, said at the time that he wishes “Bernie well” but added that “personally I think he missed his time”.
“But I like Bernie… We’ll see how well he does”, Trump concluded. Trump and Sanders are both natives of New York City.
