Republican front-runner Donald Trump says he has something to offer to supporters of socialist Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.
“Strange, but I see wacko Bernie Sanders allies coming over to me because I’m lowering taxes, while he will double & triple them, a disaster!” Trump tweeted on Monday morning.
Strange, but I see wacko Bernie Sanders allies coming over to me because I’m lowering taxes, while he will double & triple them, a disaster!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2015
By contrast Sanders, who has based his grassroots campaign on harnessing the frustrations of working-class Americans, says he can win over Trump supporters, who he believes hold many of the same anxieties as his voting base.
The Vermont senator also made a push for Trump supporters to back his campaign during an interview on “Face The Nation“, Sunday, claiming that while Trump plays on the fears on of “working class people,” he channels it as anger against Muslims and Mexicans. Sanders’ platform highlights racial equality and a $15 minimum wage.
“It appears that Mr. Trump is getting nervous that working families are catching on that his policies represent the interests of the billionaire class against almost everyone else,” Sanders said of Trump’s economic proposals. “That’s not an agenda that ‘makes America great.’ It’s just another Republican billionaire wanting to make the very rich richer at the expense of working families.”
In the past, when Trump has turned his attention to the Democrats, it has been to chastise front-runner Hillary Clinton. Sanders currently leads Clinton in New Hampshire.
