Donald Trump said Monday that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders “folded” by sticking with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton amid an email scandal that revealed how party officials were conspiring against him.
“He folded, he folded,” Mr. Trump said during a campaign event in Roanoke, Virginia. “What did surprise me was that Bernie was so soft.”
“I said, ’there is no way that Bernie Sanders shows up to make a speech [at the Democratic National Convention],’” he said. “’There is no way he can endorse Hillary Clinton anymore.’ … And today I see him trying to make the case and his own people are out there booing.”
Mr. Trump also said that Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s resignation as the head of the Democratic National Convention shows the “disloyalty” of Mrs. Clinton.
“Debbie was totally loyal to Hillary and Hillary threw her under a bus and it didn’t take her more than five minutes to make that decision,” Mr. Trump said. “Man, I don’t want her covering my back.”
• Seth McLaughlin can be reached at smclaughlin@washingtontimes.com.
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