Who Runs Strongest Against Trump? 'That Candidate is Me,' Says Sanders
Published on
Friday, April 22, 2016
by
Common Dreams
Who Runs Strongest Against Trump? 'That Candidate is Me,' Says Sanders
'I want to see the Democratic party have the courage to stand up to big
money interests in a way that they have not in the past,' says Sanders
by
Deirdre Fulton, staff writer
The interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell was Bernie Sanders' first since the
New York primary on Tuesday. (Screenshot)
Bernie Sanders acknowledged in an exclusive interview with NBC News on
Thursday that he faces "a hard path" to win the Democratic presidential
nomination-but maintained that he's up to the challenge, asserting that "the
people in every state in this country have the right to vote for the agenda
that they want."
"It's not unrealistic," he stressed, but "it's a hard path, I admit that."
"Look, if we do not have a majority, it's gonna be...hard for us to win,"
Sanders told reporter Andrea Mitchell in his first interview since losing
the New York primary to rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. "The only fact
that I think remains uncertain is if we continue to be running significantly
stronger than she is against Donald Trump, or whoever the Republican nominee
will be. I think that's a factor."
"I think there are a lot of Democrats out there who are scared to death-as I
am-about the possibility of a Trump presidency," Sanders continued. "And the
Democrats, by and large, want to see the strongest candidate possible to
take on and defeat Trump or some other Republican. At this point, according
to virtually all of the polls, that candidate is me."
Indeed, several national polls have showed Sanders beating Trump by a larger
margin than Clinton.
Mitchell then asked: "Will you help persuade your young followers, if
[Clinton] wins the nomination, to follow her the way she campaigned for
Barack Obama?"
"Well, first of all," Sanders responded, "I've got to find out what her
platform is, what the views are that she is going to be bringing forth, to
what degree she will adopt many of the ideas that are extremely popular and
I think, very sensible."
"But, it is again, a two-way street," he continued. "I want to see the
Democratic party have the courage to stand up to big money interests in a
way that they have not in the past, take on the drug companies, take on Wall
Street, take on the fossil fuel industry and I want to see them come up with
ideas that really do excite working families and young people in this
country."
Asked if he had "any thought" about getting out of the race before the
Democratic National Convention in June, Sanders responded quickly: "No."
Watch a portion of the exchange below:
The next states to vote for their presidential preferences are Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Connecticut, which cast ballots on
Tuesday.
A poll released Friday from Indiana, which holds its open primary the
following week on May 3, shows Clinton holding onto a narrow, 3-point lead
over Sanders.
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Who Runs Strongest Against Trump? 'That Candidate is Me,' Says Sanders
Published on
Friday, April 22, 2016
by
Common Dreams
Who Runs Strongest Against Trump? 'That Candidate is Me,' Says Sanders
'I want to see the Democratic party have the courage to stand up to big
money interests in a way that they have not in the past,' says Sanders
by
Deirdre Fulton, staff writer
. 22 Comments
.
. The interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell was Bernie Sanders' first
since the New York primary on Tuesday. (Screenshot)
. Bernie Sanders acknowledged in an exclusive interview with NBC News
on Thursday that he faces "a hard path" to win the Democratic presidential
nomination-but maintained that he's up to the challenge, asserting that "the
people in every state in this country have the right to vote for the agenda
that they want."
. "It's not unrealistic," he stressed, but "it's a hard path, I admit
that."
. "Look, if we do not have a majority, it's gonna be...hard for us to
win," Sanders told reporter Andrea Mitchell in his first interview since
losing the New York primary to rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. "The only
fact that I think remains uncertain is if we continue to be running
significantly stronger than she is against Donald Trump, or whoever the
Republican nominee will be. I think that's a factor."
. "I think there are a lot of Democrats out there who are scared to
death-as I am-about the possibility of a Trump presidency," Sanders
continued. "And the Democrats, by and large, want to see the strongest
candidate possible to take on and defeat Trump or some other Republican. At
this point, according to virtually all of the polls, that candidate is me."
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Indeed, several national polls have showed Sanders beating Trump by a larger
margin than Clinton.
Mitchell then asked: "Will you help persuade your young followers, if
[Clinton] wins the nomination, to follow her the way she campaigned for
Barack Obama?"
"Well, first of all," Sanders responded, "I've got to find out what her
platform is, what the views are that she is going to be bringing forth, to
what degree she will adopt many of the ideas that are extremely popular and
I think, very sensible."
"But, it is again, a two-way street," he continued. "I want to see the
Democratic party have the courage to stand up to big money interests in a
way that they have not in the past, take on the drug companies, take on Wall
Street, take on the fossil fuel industry and I want to see them come up with
ideas that really do excite working families and young people in this
country."
Asked if he had "any thought" about getting out of the race before the
Democratic National Convention in June, Sanders responded quickly: "No."
Watch a portion of the exchange below:
The next states to vote for their presidential preferences are Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Connecticut, which cast ballots on
Tuesday.
A poll released Friday from Indiana, which holds its open primary the
following week on May 3, shows Clinton holding onto a narrow, 3-point lead
over Sanders.
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