Bernie Sanders was the target of a savage editorial published by The Washington Post‘s Editorial Board this Wednesday, which was entitled “Bernie Sanders’s fiction-filled campaign.”

In the piece, the Post accuses the Vermont senator of “fantastical claims” and the venomous screed ends with a snide blanket condemnation of the millions of American who support his campaign: “It merely proves that many progressives like being told everything they want to hear.”

Pundits and internet commenters reacted to the strongly worded piece with various levels of support or derision. Alternet pointed out that the Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, is an “arch-libertarian worth $53.2 billion and has a whole host of investments in private health care,” and as such might have a slight bias or vested interest against Bernie’s policies.

However, this Thursday at a Bloomberg Politics event, Bernie Sanders himself had choice words for the Editorial Board for the Post when asked for his comment.

“People are telling us, whether it’s the Washington Post editorial board or anybody else, our ideas are too ambitious — can’t happen. Too bold — really? Well, here’s something which is really bold. In the last 30 years, there has been a massive transfer of wealth from the middle class and working families of this country. The middle class has become poorer and trillions of dollars have been transferred to the top one-tenth of 1 percent… Where was The Washington Post to express concern that the middle class was shrinking? Where was The Washington Post talking about this radical transformation of America?”

Sanders continued his salvo, fact-checking their record. “Check out where all the geniuses on the editorial page were with regard to the invasion of Iraq,” Sanders said.

In fact, the Nation reported in 2014 that the Washington Post published more than 140 stories promoting the Iraq War on its front page in the months before the invasion, and the paper received numerous other criticisms for their reporting.

Bernie Sanders famously voted against the Iraq War, contrary to the vast majority of Congress at the time, including Democratic frontrunner and then-Senator Hillary Clinton.

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