Sen. Bernie Sanders pushed back Tuesday against the media’s characterization of his recent remarks in which he warned that things at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia could get “messy.”

In an interview with NBC, Sanders said that he was referring to democracy as a whole rather than the potential for protests and demonstrations from his supporters.

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