Today on 'Morning Joe' Bernie Sanders talked about the support he is gaining from Republicans:
“There are more than a few Republicans for Bernie Sanders out there,” he told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
“Don’t be surprised if we do well with a number of Republicans,” the Democratic presidential candidate said.
“I think the message we are bringing forth – that we have got to come together to say that Wall Street and corporate America cannot continue to dominate our political and economic life [and] that we need an economy that works for working families and not just the 1 percent, a lot of Republicans will respond to that, too,” Sanders added.
Sanders argued that his economic politics are what is helping him attract Republican supporters before next year’s general presidential election.
“Republicans have to send their kids to college,” he said. “Working-class Republicans can’t afford to do that.”
“Working-class Republicans have seen their factories shut down and moved to China,” Sanders continued.
“Working-class Republicans are equally disgusted about a campaign-finance system which allows billionaires now to buy elections,” he added.
Bernie is building is own coalitions. People of all backgrounds who say 'Enough Is Enough" are banding together to defeat the establishment status quo that has dissipated the middle class and given us a political class that is purchased by the moneyed interests.
Entire MSNBC segment here.