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Bernie Sanders Doubled His Income Last Year Thanks to Profits From Book "It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism"

The latest round of financial disclosure forms from the Vermont senator, first reported by Business Insider and obtained by Fox News Digital, show $170,000 in royalties last year from Penguin Random House for his book "It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism."

The royalty amount is only slightly less than the $174,000 salary that Sanders made last year serving Vermont in the U.S. Senate.

Sanders earned a $170,000 royalty from Random House in 2020 as well, which amounts to $340,000 in book royalties.

On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sanders was asked Sunday whether Harris “abandoned her progressive ideals” simply to get elected.

Sanders said he believed it was a political calculation.

“No, I don’t think she’s abandoning her ideals,” he told anchor Kristen Welker.

“I think she’s trying to be pragmatic and doing what she thinks is right in order to win the election.”

Trump mocked Harris over this exchange.

“Bernie Sanders just said that Kamala only changed her Marxist policy positions for the Election — She’ll change back very quickly!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday.

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Bash played a clip of multi-millionaire Sanders telling a crowd:

“One of the reasons, in my view, that Kamala Harris lost this election is she had too many billionaires telling her not to speak up for the working class of this country.”

“I like her, she’s a friend of mine,” Sanders told Bash.

“But her core consultants were heavily influenced by very wealthy people.

“How do you run for president and not develop a strong agenda which speaks to the economic crises facing working families?”

Sanders blasted the Democratic Party’s leadership for ignoring the real issues plaguing everyday Americans.

“We’ve got more income and wealth inequality today than we’ve ever had,” the senator said.

“You have 60% of our people living paycheck to paycheck.

“You’ve got a healthcare system which is broken and dysfunctional — and despite spending so much — we’re the only major country not to guarantee healthcare to all people.

“How do you not talk about these issues?”