• March 29, 2024

Fresh Off The Campaign Trail to “Make Socialism Great Again”, Sanders Purchases $600,000 Home

 Fresh Off The Campaign Trail to “Make Socialism Great Again”, Sanders Purchases $600,000 Home

After losing to Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders is back to his day job as a US Senator for Vermont.

Sanders campaigned against the 1%, promising to bring America closer to his Democratic Socialist ideal and to take corporations and rich people down a peg or two.

But now that his campaign is over, he’s picking up a sweet new pad.

 According to Seven Days, a news publication in Vermont, the Democratic Socialist from Vermont shelled out 600 grand for a lake house.

The Burlington resident last week plopped down nearly $600,000 on a camp in North Hero.

Sanders’ new waterfront crib has four bedrooms and 500 feet of Lake Champlain beachfront on the east side of the island — facing Vermont, not New York. The Bern will keep his home in Burlington and use the new camp seasonally.

“We’ve traveled up to the islands many times over the years — almost always on day trips,” Sanders’ wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders, told Seven Days in a written statement. “We’ve been impressed with the North Hero community, eaten at the North Hero House and Shore Acres and have suggested them to friends who were looking for a beautiful place to stay or have dinner. St. Anne’s Shrine in Isle La Motte is my favorite church and it is nearby.”

Twitter was swift to respond to the irony:

 

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