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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Sanders and Trump have overlapping supporters so this would hurt Trump.
Would the constitution allow Hillary Clinton to get Bill to be her v.p.? I suppose he couldn’t become president but can you imagine? I think maybe she will want that governor of Maryland guy, forget his name (that’s how dynamic a campaigner he was), Martin O’Malley or Malley O’Martin possibly?
On second thought, why not Anderson Cooper, eliminate the middle man so to speak?
The answer is "no".
Leni
Truer words have never been spoken.
Old white man, old white women...........if the black ticket falls for this they are true hypocrits
Hmmm - maybe that's the real reason Ryan balks at supporting Trump - he's currently 3rd in line for the presidency if both Pres and Veep aren't able to be there......
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