After losing the Nevada caucus and facing an uphill battle in South Carolina, Bernie Sanders attacked Hillary Clinton for holding insincere policy positions.
Sanders quipped that he is “delighted that Secretary Clinton month after month seems to be adopting more and more” of his views.
“This is about more than electing a president, this is about a political revolution,” Sanders said during a press conference in Boston on Monday, advertised as an event focused on “differentiating his views with Hillary Clinton.”
The Vermont senator accused the former secretary of state of taking on his own policy and rhetoric to appeal to voters in 2016. He then explained the differences between her “hastily adopted” policy lines and her “real record.” He even said that while watching one of her television ads he “thought it was me,” he rhetoric has shifted so far to the left.
Standing at the Ironworkers Hall in front of workers from the Iron Workers Local 7, Sanders reminded voters that many experts believe that Clinton would “ultimately support the Trans Pacific Partnership if she becomes the democratic nominee for president.”
The democratic socialist candidate also spoke to Clinton’s wavering on the Keystone XL pipeline and her close ties to Wall Street banks and super PACs.
“I am going to contrast our views with Secretary Clinton’s,” Sanders pledged. He said that despite losing Iowa and Nevada, his campaign was still competitive.
“Is there a path to victory? The short letter answer is Y-E-S,” Sanders said in Massachusetts, a state where he currently leads Clinton in the polls.
“This is a slog state by state by state,” he added. “We are in this until the end we have gone much faster and much further than many people deemed possible.”
South Carolina will hold its Democratic primary Saturday.
