Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks on the America the Biden administration inherited in 2020 during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
The Democratic National Convention trotted out some of the richest and most powerful people in America to lecture the country about wealth inequality and the dangers of the American culture’s focus on money and status this week. Millionaires, like former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama, and even billionaires like Oprah Winfrey and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, spoke at the convention this week amid themes about income inequality.
"We live in a time of such confusion and rancor, with a culture that puts a premium on things that don’t last: money, fame, status, likes," former President Obama said on Tuesday night, despite his family having a net worth in the tens of millions of dollars. DEMONSTRATORS SHOUT 'F--- YOU' AT CHICAGO POLICE, MORE THAN 70 ARRESTED ON 2ND NIGHT OF DNC Former U.S.
first lady Michelle Obama gestures onstage during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024.
(REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz) Here are four mega-rich Democratic leaders who spoke at the DNC in spite of its anti-rich themes. Oprah laments her own experience with income equality Oprah Winfrey, one of the richest and most powerful media moguls in history, used a portion of her speech on Wednesday night to rail against "income equality" and other problems that the Democratic Party has vow.