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| Bernie Sanders brushed off the idea that his criticisms of Hillary Clinton would hurt her in the general election against Donald Trump. | AP Photo |
Bernie Sanders bristled Wednesday at the very notion that his
criticisms of Hillary Clinton are fodder for Donald Trump in a general
election bout, entreating NBC News' Andrea Mitchell to "please do not
moan to me about Hillary Clinton's problems."
"Andrea, in every state we have won, in 19 states we have had to
take on the entire Democratic establishment. We've had to take on
senators and governors and mayors and members of Congress. That's what
we have taken on, so please do not moan to me about Hillary Clinton's
problems," Sanders remarked. "I'm in this race to win. We're taking on
the Democratic establishment, standing up for working people and we have
a shot. It is a steep hill to climb but we're going to fight for every
last vote that we can get, every delegate that we can get, and that's
what I intend to do in the next month, five weeks"
Mitchell responded, "I don't think I was moaning about Hillary
Clinton's problems" before playing a clip of Trump remarking on "Morning
Joe" last month that he would use Sanders' criticism of Clinton's
judgment against her.
"If Donald Trump wants to take my ideas and fight for a single-payer
health care program or wants to fight to make sure that the wealthiest
people pay their fair share of taxes, wants to make sure that we have
paid family and medical leave, raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour,
rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, if that's what he is supporting, I
think that's a good thing and I hope Hillary Clinton does that as
well," he said before adding, "But frankly, that's not what Donald Trump
will be saying. Point is, when you run for president of the United
States you've got to make your case to the American people."