Presidential hopeful and underdog for the Democratic nomination Bernie Sanders said one of the reasons he is staying in the race is because he does not want Americans "voting for the lesser of two evils."
Sanders added that he will use Hillary Clinton's low favorability ratings as part of his case to Democratic party super delegates that they should back him over her.
"We need a campaign, an election, coming up which does not have two candidates who are really very, very strongly disliked. I don't want to see the American people voting for the lesser of two evils," the senator told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos during an interview that will air on "This Week" Sunday. "I want the American people to be voting for a vision of economic justice, of social justice, of environmental justice, of racial justice."
Asked by Stephanopoulos whether he would describe Clinton as the lesser of two evils against Donald Trump, Sanders responded, "No, I wouldn't describe it, but that's what the American people are saying."
"If you look at the favorability ratings of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both of them have very, very high unfavorables," Sanders added.
Sanders has long argued that although he is losing the primary fight to Clinton, party elites should consider how well he does with independents as one of the reasons he is better equipped to take on Trump in November.
Wish I could embed the video.
“I didn’t say it. They did!” Senator Bernie Sanders is now going with the narrative that he is the only candidate that can defeat Donald Trump full stop. Saying your opponent that’s leading you is “the lesser of two evils” means what? It means Bernie thinks she’s a terrible option but not as bad as Trump. The American people would be much happier with Bernie on the ballot, according to him. Any support after the primaries will look half-hearted at this point. Bernie will keep throwing punches all the way to the convention, but I won’t be surprised if he tries to walk this one back. He has developed a specialty in passive-aggressive attacks.
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