Trump claims Sanders and his supporters are ‘being taken advantage of’ by establishment Democrats

‘It just seems unfair.’ Donald Trump claims Bernie Sanders and his supporters are ‘being taken advantage of’ by establishment Democrats but has no advice for Michael Bloomberg in his first debate

  • President Trump was asked about Democratic hopeful Michael Bloomberg, who will be on the debate stage for the first time since announcing his run 
  • Trump said Bloomberg didn’t need any advice and then turned his focus on progressive frontrunner, Sen. Bernie Sanders 
  • ‘It just seems unfair what’s happening to Bernie Sanders, to be honest with you,’ Trump said, adding Sanders and his supporters were ‘being taken advantage of’
  • Trump was suggesting that the Democratic Party establishment was trying to tip the nominating race to help a more moderate candidate 
  • Sanders won the most votes in Iowa and was the winner of New Hampshire and is leading a recent survey in Nevada, where voters caucus on Saturday 
  • Trump is trying to stir up trouble for the Democrats in advance of the caucuses by staying in Las Vegas and hosting multiple campaign rallies on the west coast

President Trump tried driving a bigger wedge between moderate and progressive Democrats Tuesday, by alleging 2020 presidential hopeful, Sen. Bernie Sanders, was being treated unfairly by the party. 

‘It seems that Bernie Sanders and that whole big section of the Democratic Party – or as I call it, the Democrat Party, which is really the correct name – it seems they’re being taken advantage of like they were four years ago,’ Trump told reporters before he departed on a four-day west coast swing that will have him on the ground in Nevada in the lead-up to the Democrats’ caucuses.   

The president had been asked if he had any advice for presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg who’s about to participate in his first Democratic debate, Wednesday night in Las Vegas. 

President Trump spoke to reporters before taking Air Force One to the west coast on Tuesday. He had no advice for Michael Bloomberg who will join Democrats on the debate stage in Las Vegas Wednesday night 

Instead President Trump focused on Sen. Bernie Sanders as he suggested that the Vermont senator and his supporters were being treated unfairly by establishment Democrats. 'It seems they're being taken advantage of like they were four years ago,' Trumps aid

Instead President Trump focused on Sen. Bernie Sanders as he suggested that the Vermont senator and his supporters were being treated unfairly by establishment Democrats. ‘It seems they’re being taken advantage of like they were four years ago,’ Trumps aid 

President Trump was alluding to the narrative that the Democratic National Committee tipped the scales in favor of Hillary Clinton four years ago when the two were running against each other for the Democratic nomination

President Trump was alluding to the narrative that the Democratic National Committee tipped the scales in favor of Hillary Clinton four years ago when the two were running against each other for the Democratic nomination  

President Trump said that Michael Bloomberg (pictured) 'doesn't need that kind of advice' when asked about the former New York City mayor appearing on the Democratic debate stage alongside his rivals for the first time since he announced his bid

President Trump said that Michael Bloomberg (pictured) ‘doesn’t need that kind of advice’ when asked about the former New York City mayor appearing on the Democratic debate stage alongside his rivals for the first time since he announced his bid 

‘He doesn’t need that kind of advice,’ Trump answered. ‘He’s been doing it for a long time,’ the president said of the former New York City mayor. 

Trump then turned to Sanders, who should be considered the party’s frontrunner for getting the most votes in Iowa, winning New Hampshire and for his strong showing in the 2016 primary campaign. 

‘It just seems unfair what’s happening to Bernie Sanders, to be honest with you,’ Trump said. ‘I watched it four years ago,’ the president said. 

In 2016, the Democratic National Committee was criticized for being too pro-Hillary Clinton during her primary race against Sanders. Overall, Sanders didn’t take the nomination because he didn’t have diverse support, especially among black Democrats in the south. 

Still, behind-the-scenes sniping about Sanders and his allies by DNC officials whose emails were then hacked firmed up the narrative that the party tilted the scale on Clinton’s behalf. 

Trump has long complained about the way establishment Democrats treated Sanders, though with the motive to suck away some of the Vermont senator’s supporters. 

The president is also trying to get his supporters engaged while the Democrats hold their primary contests. 

Trump held rallies in both Iowa and New Hampshire leading up to the first two state’s caucuses and primary race. 

This week he’s making Nevada – where Democrats caucus Saturday – his homebase as he does a multi-state tour though California, Arizona and Colorado. 

Trump will fundraise in California Tuesday and then hold a rally in Phoenix Wednesday night that will conflict with the Democrats’ debate in Las Vegas. 

Trump will hold another rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado Thursday. 

He will hosts a noon-time rally Friday in Las Vegas.  

Trump is staying at his Las Vegas hotel property for the entirety of the trip, which means tying up traffic in the city daily while Democrats try to campaign.  

The president called his tactics ‘pretty effective.’  

‘We got more votes than any incumbent president in history in both Iowa and in New Hampshire as you saw,’ Trump told reporters outside of Air Force One. 

He pointed a finger at the Secret Service when asked why he’s flying to Nevada every night. ‘Largely the schedule is set by the Secret Service,’ Trump answered. ‘We do what they want us to.’

And while the president will spend several days in India early next week, he promised he’d do a South Carolina event before the Democrats vote in that state on Saturday, February 29. 

‘So I’ll be going to South Carolina, I’m working that out now, probably the day before,’ he said, teasing a Friday rally.

‘Look, we have a big voice and we might as well use it,’ Trump added.   

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