COMRADE BERNIE: Sanders Says China ‘Addressing Extreme Poverty’ More Than Any Nation ‘In History'

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Bernie Sanders weighed-in Tuesday on the ongoing trade dispute between Washington and Beijing; saying China has done more to “address extreme poverty” than any other “nation in the history of civilization.”

“Do you think China represents an existential threat to the American worker?” asked a reporter from The Hill.

“What we have to say about China in fairness to China and its leadership is if I’m not mistaken they have made more progress in addressing extreme poverty than any country in the history of civilization, so they’ve done a lot of things for their people,” fired-back Sanders.

.@BernieSanders: "What we have to say about China in fairness to China and its leadership is if I’m not mistaken they have made more progress in addressing extreme poverty than any country in the history of civilization, so they’ve done a lot of things for their people." pic.twitter.com/BAtELYkkof

— The Hill (@thehill) August 27, 2019

Sanders unveiled his $16 trillion plan to combat climate change earlier this month; a proposal that analysts say would nationalize nearly one third of the entire American economy.

“Atop our existing government spending, comprising some 40% of GDP, the Vermont Senator wouldn’t just nationalize one-fifth of the economy with a ‘Medicare For all’ bill eliminating private health insurance. Under his Green New Deal plan, he would also nationalize most of the energy sector,” reports the Washington Examiner.

“At a mere $16.3 trillion, the Sanders plan would go beyond simply spending measures to increase climate-focused research and development. It would literally centralize the means of domestic energy production,” adds the Examiner.

“What we need to do is have an aggressive federal government. You can’t nibble around the edges anymore. We need to transform our energy system, that means a massive increase in sustainable energy,” Sanders told MSNBC.

Sanders says "you can't nibble around the edges," proposes government takeover of energy productionhttps://t.co/vvi6qWBsKy pic.twitter.com/0oinlenWbR

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 23, 2019

“Climate change is a global emergency. The Amazon rainforest is burning, Greenland’s ice shelf is melting, and the Arctic is on fire. People across the country and the world are already experiencing the deadly consequences of our climate crisis, as extreme weather events like heat waves, wildfires, droughts, floods, and hurricanes upend entire communities, ecosystems, economies, and ways of life, as well as endanger millions of lives. Communities of color, working class people, and the global poor have borne and will bear this burden disproportionately,” writes Sanders.