Donald Trump encouraged Sen. Bernie Sanders to run as an independent Monday if he loses the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton in the “rigged” primary.

In a tweet sent Monday morning, Trump said Sanders “is being treated very badly” by his party in a primary fight that is increasingly tilted in Clinton’s favor.

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