Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., bashed the bipartisan Gang of Six’s latest version of deficit-reduction by praising the group’s Republicans.
“Sen. Bernie Sanders today congratulated Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., on their very significant victory in negotiating a deficit-reduction plan which achieves their long-term goal of dismantling every major social program relevant to working families,” said a press release sent out Wednesday.
Sanders noted that, while bipartisan, the GOP “won about 80 to 90 percent of what they fought for.”
