Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., denied ever disparaging millionaires on Monday soon after the contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination released 10 years’ worth of tax returns showing his own wealth.

“I don’t vilify,” Sanders said during a Fox News town hall after being pressed on his past statements about a “rigged economy” that benefits the country’s top 1% of earners.

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