Presidential candidate Andrew Yang Andrew YangBiden's latest small business outreach is just ... awful Doctor who allegedly assaulted Evelyn Yang arrested on federal charges The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden weighs in on police shootings | Who's moderating the debates | Trump trails in post-convention polls MORE on Tuesday fired back at Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSirota reacts to report of harassment, doxing by Harris supporters Republicans not immune to the malady that hobbled Democrats The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Republicans lawmakers rebuke Trump on election MORE's (I-Vt.) after the senator criticized him for his proposal to use a universal basic income to tackle automation.

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"Bernie ignores the facts that money in our hands would 1) create hundreds of thousands of local jobs and 2) recognize and reward the nurturing work being done in our homes and communities every day," the entrepreneur tweeted.

"He also assumes that everyone wants to work for the government which isn’t true."

Bernie ignores the facts that money in our hands would 1) create hundreds of thousands of local jobs and 2) recognize and reward the nurturing work being done in our homes and communities every day. He also assumes that everyone wants to work for the government which isn’t true. — Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) August 27, 2019

Yang's remarks came in response to a Hill.TV interview where Sanders told "Rising" host Krystal Ball that a federal jobs guarantee is preferable to guaranteeing income.

"We take a very different approach from Mr. Yang and that is, I believe, in a jobs guarantee," Sanders said in response to a question about automation. "There are an enormous amount of work that has to be done all the way from child care to health care to education to rebuilding our infrastructure to combating climate change to dealing with our growing elderly population."