Posted on 05/06/2016 6:22:52 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Friday left the door open to being Hillary Clinton's running mate if she were to offer him the position after the party's convention this summer.
"Right now, we are focused on the next five weeks of winning the Democratic nomination. If that does not happen, we are going to fight as hard as we can on the floor of the Democratic convention to make sure that we have a progressive platform that the American people will support," Sanders said during an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer broadcast on "The Situation Room."
"Then, after that, certainly Secretary Clinton and I can sit down and talk and see where we go from there."
Asked if Sanders would drop out of the race if he were offered the VP slot now, the independent Vermont senator responded, "I think that that is a hypothetical that will not happen."
Clinton has all but clinched the Democratic nomination but she has shied away from directly calling for her opponent to drop out of the race.
Sanders has insisted that he'll fight until the party's convention in July, hoping to play a role in crafting a more progressive party platform.
"We're going to be in this until the last ballot is cast," Sanders reiterated Friday.
Sanders said that while he will continue to differentiate between his and Clinton's positions, "What's most important is we defeat Donald Trump."
"Hillary Clinton and I disagree on many issues, I think her judgement on the war in Iraq was bad, I think her judgement on trade policies where she supported virtually every one of these disastrous trade policies was bad, I think the fact that she supports a $12 minimum wage when clearly we need a $15 an minimum wage, I think that's bad...
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They both need to be at limber dick village retirement home
That’s a great way to get yourself, ‘Ft. Marcy Parked’.
Clinton’s best bet to keep Sanders supporters from jumping to Trump.
Old and older
Bernie being put out to pasture
Bernie is older than dirt and the wicked one is old and in bad health. Sounds like a mass funeral.
But would Bernie want to have Hillary as his Vice President?
Pocahontas is not pleased...
He wants to live as long as possible.
An all white presidential ticket for the Democrats? Not happening.
TRANSLATION: Make me the running mate or kiss my supporters goodbye.
Obama already has Hillary’s VP selected. That’s the cost of not being indicted.
Weekend at Bernie’s & Weekend at Bernie’s 2
“In 2016, vote for the Stalin / Mao ticket!”
Willing to sell out to the one he accused of selling out to the banks...
I think it’s spelled Fauxcahontas?
Lol....two old lefty curmudgeons. What a team! Hey...how do Hillary and Bernie make it through an entire debate without a 30 minute bathroom break? “Depends”...
Geriatric commits for president... Uhng!
Both commies, sanders just admits it.
will sanders and clinton use the same bathroom.
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