Sen. Bernie Sanders declined Sunday to address in more than a few words his views on his crowds booing rival Hillary Clinton.
“I respect Secretary Clinton, and I don’t want our supporters to be booing her,” Sanders said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” when asked about his backers’ habit of booing his rival. “But there are real differences of opinion.”
Sanders’ supporters have been characterized as malicious, and referred to as “Bernie Bros,” a moniker that suggests misogyny factors in their opposition to Clinton, the former secretary of state who could be the first female Democratic presidential nominee and president.
“Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd noted Sanders has not recently stopped his backers from booing Clinton at rallies, despite doing so as recently as February.
Sanders said there that apparent shift does not reflect any plan and is not significant.
“No reason at all,” Sanders said. “Every day we’re in a different position here.”
Sanders declined to specifically answer a question about whether he would support an effort to use superdelegates to win the Democratic nomination, even if he does not win a majority of pledged delegates.
“I’m not going to speculate,” Sanders said, the day after he won three Democratic caucuses, cutting Clinton’s lead among delegates. “I think we can win the pledged delegates. And I think we continue the momentum we have right now, we will.”
