So what is he hiding?

And why is he such a nasty asshole all the time?

I have the impression Chris Cillizza isn't a fan.

Bernie Sanders' truly awful answer on his newfound millionaire status

Bernie Sanders is (finally) going to release his tax returns. 

But questions over how he handles his wealth in the context of his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination remain. 

And the early returns should be concerning to Sanders' backers.

In an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday, Sanders said that "April 15 is coming," adding, "We wanted to release 10 years of tax returns. April 15, 2019, will be the 10th year, so I think you will see them." 

(Sanders, despite effectively running for president without pause since 2015, has released only a single, two-page summary for one year of his tax returns.)

Reminded by the Times reporter that he is now someone of considerable means, Sanders retorted: "I wrote a best-selling book. If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too."

Uh, what?

Sanders got a pass on some of his acerbic-ness during the 2016 presidential campaign because a) most people didn't think he could win and b) others found it part of his cantankerous but righteous personality. 

But let's think about that campaign for another minute. 

Close your eyes and imagine if Hillary Clinton, who beat Sanders for the Democratic nomination, when asked about the extent of her wealth, said "I wrote a best-selling book. If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too."

She would have been pilloried! 

People would have blasted Clinton for being out of touch with the average person who, obvi, doesn't have the opportunity to write a book -- best-selling or not. 

Telling the average middle-class American that they too can be rich if they only write a best-selling book is like telling them that if they would just star in a movie then they could be a big star, too. 

Yes, it's true. 

No, for almost everyone, it's not realistic.