Sanders Says It Was ‘Inappropriate’ For Staffer To Joke About Clinton As Veep

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listens to a student's question at a town hall meeting at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Thursday that it was “inappropriate” for his campaign manager to joke about considering his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate, MSNBC reported.

Earlier this week, Sanders’ campaign manager had said that they were “willing to consider’ Clinton as a running mate.

“Look, she’d make a great vice president. We’re willing to give her more credit than Obama did,” Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver had said. “We’re willing to consider her for vice president. We’ll give her serious consideration. We’ll even interview her.”

But Sanders walked back the comment to MSNBC.

“You know, I think that every campaign has statements come out which are inappropriate. That was inappropriate,” Sanders said, adding that he had “a lot of respect” for Clinton.

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  1. Avatar for enon enon says:

    ugh… jfc… leave this hurt feefees shit to msnbc. it’s sickening that this is the only fucking issue the media exploits to discuss sanders… never his policies; never the crowds he’s pulling in; never his decades of public service and the consistency of his support for progressive/liberal issues.

    instead it’s – but he was saying mean things about clinton… never mind that it’s a misrepresentation of what he said and has been saying all along. or that, god forbid, he challenges her support/opposition to the latest issue that doesn’t poll well.

    and to top it off – oh look at the old guy, who can’t hear.

    otoh, the take away shows you how terrified the moneyboyz are of his appeal and their determination to marginalize/destroy his campaign.

  2. I wish some of Bernie’s supporters were as classy as Bernie.

  3. So it was a joke? Wasn’t it his campaign manager?

    Oy.

    Thanks, Bernie, for the comment, nevertheless.

  4. Easy, enon. What Sanders promotes needs to be said. It’s good he’s been given this platform to do it.

  5. When will these political flacks learn you leave the “comedy” to the professionals.

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