Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) jumped into the fray over the layoffs at the Washington Post and was immediately met with brutal backlash online.
Sanders tried to lambast the outlet's owner, Jeff Bezos, and tied the layoffs to the Amazon deal to film and promote a documentary about first lady Melania Trump. The movie, "Melania," garnered $7 million in domestic ticket sales in its opening weekend, placing it third behind two major studio films.
"If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy," Sanders wrote Wednesday on social media.
Many fired back at Sanders and pointed out that he was a millionaire many times over despite his constant criticism of millionaires and billionaires.
