Herman Cain knocks Bernie Sanders: ‘Democratic socialism doesn’t exist’

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Conservative pundit Herman Cain argued Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is advocating for a version of socialism that does not exist.

“Bernie Sanders would have you believe that he is not like the socialists who have ruined Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and — going back a few years — all of Eastern Europe,” Cain wrote in an opinion article in the Western Journal. “Oh sure, he agrees with many of their economic ideas, but don’t worry. He’s a democratic socialist, and that’s different.”

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