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Article snippet: Sen. MORE (I-Vt.) has found the perfect new target for his message about inequality ahead of a possible second run for the White House in 2020: Amazon, the nearly $1 trillion online retailer. Sanders’s attacks on Amazon and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, have won support from the left and the right, elevating his views on the plight of the poor and middle class even amid a soaring economy. The left-wing firebrand is using his elevated national platform to highlight issues like low wages and poor working conditions at the online retailer, and his attacks are resonating with unlikely allies, like conservative Fox News host Tucker Carlson. “Bezos and Amazon are really a symbol and a prime example of the extreme wealth inequality that exists in America today,” Josh Miller-Lewis, a spokesman for Sanders’s Senate office, told The Hill on Tuesday. Sanders’s new campaign comes after MORE’s own attacks against the company and amid growing momentum in Washington to crack down on the tech industry as a whole. The Vermont senator has been escalating his attacks on the company in recent weeks. Late last month, he began calling on Amazon workers to document their experiences working in the company’s warehouses, which it calls “fulfillment centers,” and highlighted examples of current and former employees describing poor working conditions and their struggle to make ends meet. “Amazon is one of the wealthiest corporations in the world, and its owner, Jeff Bezos, is the richest man on the... Link to the full article to read more