BRIEF: Bernie Sanders sides with Trump on Amazon getting too big

April 01--President Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders at least agree on one thing: Amazon is a problem.

Sanders lashed out against the e-commerce giant Sunday, arguing the Seattle-based company's growth has killed small business.

"We're seeing this incredibly large company getting involved in almost every area of commerce and I think it is important to look at the power and influence that Amazon has," Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."

The liberal stalwart said Amazon's expansion "is an issue that has got to be looked at" amid a nationwide decline in brick-and-mortar retail.

Trump has targeted Amazon's business practices in a series of tweets over the last few days.

Most recently he referred to the Washington Post as the lobbying arm of the company, because it's owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

He also said Amazon was scamming the U.S. Postal Service out of paying package fees, and the company should pay its fair share of taxes.

Amazon, which declined to comment, made waves when it bought Whole Foods last year and now wants to move into the health insurance business.

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