Although the Democratic Senator and 2020 Presidential candidate has never denied his status as a millionaire, the release of his tax returns spanning 10 years proved how his 2016 presidential run
Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday defended his tax returns at a heated Fox News town hall in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, after releasing 10 years of tax documents online minutes before the event began.
Although the Democratic senator and 2020 presidential candidate has never denied his status as a millionaire, the release of his tax returns spanning 10 years proved how his 2016 presidential run elevated him into wealth. In 2015, Sanders and his wife Jane Sanders pulled in $240,622, according to the returns posted to his campaign website. A year later, the figure soared to $1,073,000 after Sanders’ newly-earned political status from launching his first White House bid drew in substantial royalties through his bestselling book “Our Revolution,” released November 2016.
During Sanders’ Fox News town hall, Joe Basrawi, a student and audience member, asked the senator how he “plans to apply the policies” he’s been “talking about enforcing on top earners” now that his “tax returns have been released” proving he’s a millionaire and in the top one percent.
