President Trump sided with Sen. Bernie Sanders in two disputes the 2020 candidate has been involved in during his presidential bid.
Sanders, 78, has been the target of several of his 2020 competitors. Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed that he said a woman could not be president, and Joe Biden accused him of lying after he ripped the former vice president’s positions on Social Security.
In the middle of these feuds, Sanders has been caught on camera snubbing fellow contender Tom Steyer twice in separate clips that went viral. The first was during the CNN/Des Moines Register debate last week when Steyer accidentally walked into a confrontation between Sanders and Warren, and the second came during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in South Carolina.
If nothing else, Tom Steyer can become an American hero by telling us what Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren said to one another. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/EDX5onI85P
— Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) January 15, 2020
Bernie Sanders truly is America. pic.twitter.com/0rkKpagRAo
— Brett Banditelli ?✂️ (@banditelli) January 20, 2020
On Wednesday morning, Trump called Steyer a “major loser.” He tweeted, “Steyer is a major loser. Just doesn’t get it. This is second time with Bernie!”
Steyer is a major loser. Just doesn’t get it. This is second time with Bernie! https://t.co/fxZh8zNhks
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2020
Trump also echoed an argument he has been floating for the past few weeks that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi purposefully delayed transferring impeachment over to the Senate to trap Sanders in the trial for the weeks leading up to the Iowa caucuses. He tweeted, “They are taking the nomination away from Bernie for a second time. Rigged!”
They are taking the nomination away from Bernie for a second time. Rigged!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2020
With Warren and Sanders tied up in the Senate trial, Biden and the other non-senators have more space to campaign in Iowa before the Feb. 3 caucuses. Several recent polls show a tight race between Sanders and Biden, with the former vice president recently taking back the lead in Iowa while losing the nationwide lead to the Vermont senator.
