Sell-out socialist Bernie Sanders has advised his disciples that this election is "not the time for a protest vote," and they really should vote for a bona fide crook that literally stole the primary election from him, because, ya know, Donald Trump.
Speaking at a rally, Sanders warned his people against voting for a third-party candidate like the Green Party's Jill Stein, reminding of the potential dangers of a President Trump.
This is not the time for a protest vote, in terms of a presidential campaign. I ran as a third-party candidate. I'm the longest-serving independent in the history of the United States Congress. I know more about third-party politics than anyone else in the Congress, okay?
And if people want to run as third-party candidates, God bless them! Run for Congress. Run for governor. Run for state legislature. When we're talking about president of the United States, in my own personal view, this is not time for a protest vote.
This is time to elect Hillary Clinton and then work after the election to mobilize millions of people to make sure she can be the most progressive president she can be.
The 74-year-old socialist repeated his pro-Hillary stance Friday during an appearance on CNN.
"Please, anybody who supports me -- do not think that Donald Trump in any way, shape or form reflects the point of view that I have," he said. "Don't worry about what CNN has on the air -- worry about your own lives, which candidate issue after issue after issue is better. And I think the answer is by far Hillary Clinton."
"Either Hillary Clinton is going to become president or Donald Trump is going to become president. And I'm going to work as hard as I can to prevent Trump from becoming president," he continued
"Now, I ran against Clinton for a year. Of course my views are different than Clinton's on many issues. No question about it. The problem is Trump -- we don't know what he stands for. I can criticize Hillary Clinton for this, that, and the other thing. Trump literally changes his views every other day."
