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‘That’s A Lie!’: Fireworks As Senator Rips ‘Hypocrisy’ Of ‘Millionaire’ Bernie Sanders

After Sen. Bernie Sanders belittled "multibillionaire" Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, freshman GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin lit into Sanders' "hypocrisy" for getting rich on the government dole.

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  • Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma accused independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont of bias and hypocrisy at a United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing Sanders chaired on Wednesday.
  • Mullin accused Sanders of hypocrisy for attacking former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s wealth despite being wealthy himself at a hearing about alleged union-busting that featured testimony from Schultz.
  • Sanders characterized him as “the multibillionaire founder and director of Starbucks who is with us this morning only under the threat of subpoena.”
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