--- title: Democratic Debate: Bernie Sanders Delivers Message for Trump description: Sanders says Trump doesn't have his supporters best interest at heart canonical: https://time.com/4156165/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-donald-trump/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-20T02:34:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:31:29.306Z article:section: Politics og:title: Democratic Debate: Bernie Sanders Had A Message for Trump Supporters og:description: Sanders says Trump doesn't have his supporters best interest at heart og:url: https://time.com/4156165/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ee637408407f02b/6988763a0b72e324c76e75b3/gettyimages-502022228.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In New Hampshire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Democratic Debate: Bernie Sanders Had A Message for Trump Supporters twitter:description: Sanders says Trump doesn't have his supporters best interest at heart twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ee637408407f02b/6988763a0b72e324c76e75b3/gettyimages-502022228.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Bernie Sanders Said About Donald Trump by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 20, 2015 2:34 AM UTC  Democratic president candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at the debate at Saint Anselm College December 19, 2015 in Manchester, New Hampshire. This is the third Democratic debate featuring Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley. Democratic president candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at the debate at Saint Anselm College December 19, 2015 in Manchester, New Hampshire. This is the third Democratic debate featuring Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley.Andrew Burton—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 20, 2015 2:34 AM UTC Bernie Sanders had a message to Donald Trump supporters at Saturday’s Democratic debate. The Vermont Senator said the billionaire Republican doesn’t have the best interests of his supporters at heart. When answering a question about profiling, Sanders veered off to address what he sees as a xenophobic tone to the Trump campaign that plays off the fears of his supporters. [Read More: Democrats Clash in the Final Debate of 2015](http://time.com/4155432/democratic-debate-third-data-breach/) “So what I say to those people that go to Donald Trump’s rallies: understand, he thinks a low minimum wage in America is a good idea,” Sanders said during the debate in New Hampshire. “I believe we stand together to address the real issues facing this country, not allow them to divide us by race or where we come from. Let’s create a country that works for all of us, not the handful on top.” Sanders added that fear is at a high in the country after the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino. “What you have now is a very dangerous moment in American history,” Sanders said. “Our people are fearful, they are anxious on a number of levels. They are anxious about international terrorism and the possibility of another attack in America.” He pointed to Trump’s comments about Mexicans and Muslims, which the billionaire has been under fire for, as the wrong way to calm those fears: “Somebody like a Trump comes along and says: ‘I know the answers! The answer is that all of the Mexicans, they’re criminals and rapists. We gotta hate the Mexicans, those are your enemies. We hate all the Muslims, because all the Muslims are terrorists, we gotta hate the Muslims.’ Meanwhile the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156165/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156165/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Here's What Bernie Sanders Said About Donald Trump","datePublished":"2015-12-20T02:34:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:31:29.306Z","description":"\"Somebody like a Trump comes along and says: 'I know the answers\"","url":"https://time.com/4156165/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-donald-trump/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election topic","Bernie Sanders","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ee637408407f02b/6988763a0b72e324c76e75b3/gettyimages-502022228.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ee637408407f02b/6988763a0b72e324c76e75b3/gettyimages-502022228.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In New Hampshire","caption":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In New Hampshire","creditText":"Andrew Burton—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4156165/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-donald-trump/","name":"Here's What Bernie Sanders Said About Donald Trump"}}]}] ```