Bernie Sanders responded to Hillary Clintons criticisms on Thursdays Late Show, telling his former political rival to [move] forward instead of focusing on their clashes during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Host Stephen Colbert read a critique from Clintons upcoming memoir, What Happened, aimed at Sanders: Your attacks caused lasting damage, making it harder to unify progressives.
In response, the Vermont Senator straddled the line between throwing shade and letting bygones be bygones. Secretary Clinton ran against the most unpopular candidate in the history of this country, and she lost, he said. And she was upset, and I understand that. But our job is not to go backwards its to go forwards.
Sanders whom Stephen Colbert described as a former Democratic presidential candidate, current independent senator and raspberry seed in Washingtons wisdom tooth was promoting his own book, Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution. In keeping with the texts theme, he noted that his campaign helped unify young progressives and spread grassroots activism.
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As a result of our campaign, millions of young people began to vote for the first time, became engaged in the political process, he said. Were seeing young people all over this country, working class people, running for office from school board to Congress.
After Colbert asked the Senator for his direct response to Clinton, who is appearing on The Late Showlater this month, Sanders continued with his message of political unity, citing pressing issues like climate change, raising minimum wage and universal healthcare. We have got to stand together again Trumps efforts to divide us up, take on the billionaire class and make that political revolution so that we have a government that works for all of us and not just the one percent, he said.
We need her help to go forward, he said of Clinton. Lets not keep arguing about 2016. Lets get together, take on Trumps desire to divide us up. Lets go forward with a progressive agenda. Ask her if shell do that.
However, Sanders had a tougher time coughing up a compliment for Trump. After a long exhale, a few stammers and a series of uhhhs, the Senator cited two of the presidents campaign promises reforming the pharmaceutical industry and investing in infrastructure on which the politicians see eye-to-eye.