Bernie Sanders has a long list of demands for Hillary Clinton to meet if he is not the Democratic nominee, demands that would basically make Clinton a Sanders 2.0.
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, Stephanopoulos asked Sanders, “[W]ill you be able to follow the Clinton model of 2008… and make an enthusiastic case for her, the way she pushed for President Obama?”
“Well, that is totally dependent on what the Clinton platform is and how she responds to the needs of millions of Americans who are sick and tired of establishment politics and establishment economics.” Sanders said.
“You know, I can’t snap my finger and tell people what to do. But what I will do is do everything that I can to make sure that somebody like a Donald Trump or some other right-wing Republican, does not become president of the United States.”
Later, Sanders argued that he “will do everything that I can to defeat any Republican candidate. If Secretary Clinton is the nominee, she is going to have to make the case to the American people, not just to my supporters, but all Americans, that she is prepared to stand up to the billionaire class, she is prepared to fight for health care for all Americans, that she is prepared to pass paid family and medical leave, make sure that college is affordable for the young people in this country.”
“That is what she has got to do. And I hope, if she is the nominee, that she does that well,” Sanders said.