Donald Trump Saturday issued a series of tweets trying the use Hillary Clinton’s selection of Tim Kaine to convince Bernie Sanders voters to support the Republican ticket.
Trump, who also sought to appeal to Sanders backers during his address to the GOP convention, hopes that his anti-establishment stance and his questioning of free trade deals can lure Democrats who are unhappy with Clinton and, potentially, Kaine, a Democratic insider who is a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
“The Bernie Sanders supporters are furious with the choice of Tim Kaine, who represents the opposite of what Bernie stands for,” Trump tweeted. “Tim Kaine is, and always has been, owned by the banks,” he wrote, taunting, “Philly fight?”
The Democratic National Convention convenes Monday in Philadelphia.
Tim Kaine is, and always has been, owned by the banks. Bernie supporters are outraged, was their last choice. Bernie fought for nothing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2016
Tim Kaine is, and always has been, owned by the banks. Bernie supporters are outraged, was their last choice. Bernie fought for nothing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2016
Trump also suggested that the Democratic National Committee had resorted to anti-Semiticism in an effort to discredit Sanders.
“Leaked e-mails of DNC show plans to destroy Bernie Sanders. Mock his heritage and much more,” Trump tweeted.
Leaked e-mails of DNC show plans to destroy Bernie Sanders. Mock his heritage and much more. On-line from Wikileakes, really vicious. RIGGED
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2016
In an internal DNC email leaked this week, a DNC official sought to prompt questions about Sanders’ religious beliefs and whether, while he claims a Jewish heritage, he is actually an atheist.
