WASHINGTON — When Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., took the Senate floor Wednesday morning, he shared the spotlight with an unusual prop – a large poster of one of one of President-elect Donald Trump's tweets.
Bernie Sanders brought a very large poster of Trump's tweet to the Senate on Wednesday: https://t.co/VwnLrgE6TE pic.twitter.com/Lg2rHudCJv
— VICE (@VICE) January 4, 2017
Sanders came armed with a giant printout of the May 2015 tweet, in which the president-elect wrote, “I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid. Huckabee copied me.”
I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid. Huckabee copied me.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2015
Sanders implored Trump to “veto any proposal that cuts Medicare, that cuts Medicaid or that cuts Social Security.”
earlier today, sen. ted cruz chuckled when i walked past him carrying this poster. pic.twitter.com/65iAY2106p
— mike casca (@cascamike) January 4, 2017
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