'The real welfare queen': Bernie Sanders says Walmart spent $37.6B on buybacks as workers lean on Medicaid and SNAP benefits

Sen. Bernie Sanders isn’t shy about calling out billionaires and their spending habits in public. This week, the democratic socialist took to X to criticize Walmart, the country’s largest private sector employer, on social media. According to Sanders, Walmart has executed $37.6 billion in stock buyback purchases since 2020.