Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday afternoon went on a Twitter rant about his Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton, saying that a person “cannot be a moderate and a progressive.”
When reporters asked Sanders on Tuesday if Clinton was a “true progressive,” the Vermont senator responded that she was on “some days.”
“Except when she announces that she is a proud moderate, and then I guess she is not a progressive,” he said.
On Wednesday he shared some more thoughts:
You can be a moderate. You can be a progressive. But you cannot be a moderate and a progressive.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 3, 2016
Most progressives that I know don’t raise millions of dollars from Wall Street.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 3, 2016
Most progressives I know are firm from day 1 in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. They didn’t have to think about it a whole lot.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 3, 2016
Most progressives that I know were opposed to the Keystone pipeline from day one. Honestly, it wasn’t that complicated.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 3, 2016
Most progressives I know were against the war in Iraq. One of the worst foreign policy blunders in the history of the United States.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 3, 2016
Earlier Wednesday, Clinton called Sanders’ comments a “low blow” and argued that she would “win by a landslide” if the election were focused on their records.
Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon further defended the former secretary of state during a CNN interview.
“It’s a personal attack, to question Hillary Clinton’s commitment to progressive values when she’s made a career out of fighting for women and children,” he said.
Fallon also repeated a line that Clinton has used before against such claims: that she’s “a progressive who likes to get things done.”