Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersOutrage erupts over Breonna Taylor grand jury ruling Dimon: Wealth tax 'almost impossible to do' Grand jury charges no officers in Breonna Taylor death MORE (I-Vt.) said Sunday that Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE is attacking the Democratic presidential candidate because the GOP front-runner is “getting nervous.”

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“It appears that Mr. Trump is getting nervous that working families are catching on that his policies represent the interests of the billionaire class against almost everyone else. He refuses to support raising the minimum wage,” Sanders said in a statement. “He believes wages are too high and he wants to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the very richest families in America. That’s not an agenda that ‘makes America great.’”

Sanders was responding to a tweet from Trump, sent earlier Sunday in reaction to a comment Sanders made on “Meet the Press” that Trump believed wages are too high.

.@BernieSanders-who blew his campaign when he gave Hillary a pass on her e-mail crime, said that I feel wages in America are too high. Lie! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 27, 2015

At a November primary debate, Trump was asked about whether he supported raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

“Taxes too high, wages too high," he responded. "We're not going to be able to compete against the world. I hate to say it, but we have to leave it the way it is.”

Trump said days later than he was referring only to what would happen if the minimum wage was raised.