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Bernie Sanders Says He Can Win Over Trump Supporters

HeadlineDec 28, 2015

On the U.S. campaign trail, Democratic presidential contender and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says he thinks he can win over the supporters of Republican front-runner Donald Trump. Speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation, Sanders said Trump is misdirecting anger over income inequality and stagnant wages.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: “Many of Trump’s supporters are working-class people, and they’re angry. And they’re angry because they’re working longer hours for lower wages. They’re angry because their jobs have left this country and gone to China or other low-wage countries. They’re angry because they can’t afford to send their kids to college, so they can’t retire with dignity. What Trump has done, with some success, is taken that anger, taken those fears, which are legitimate, and converted them to be—into anger against Mexicans, anger against Muslims. And in my view, that is not the way we’re going to address the major problems facing our country.”

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