Bernie Sanders actually said...

We have almost as many people living in poverty, somewhere around 46 million, than at any time in the last 60 years.

Senator Sanders highlights the high poverty rate in the U.S.

06/24/2013

More Bernie Sanders Quotes

It is an absolute disgrace that in the wealthiest nation on earth, we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country.

We have a moral obligation to make certain that no American goes hungry, no American sleeps out on the street.

There is something fundamentally wrong when the top 1 percent of the population owns more wealth than the bottom 90 percent.

The function of a good government is to represent and protect the needs of the most vulnerable people in our society.