--- title: Bernie Sanders Impersonator Crashes a John Kasich Rally description: This guy gives Larry David a run for his money canonical: https://time.com/4253287/bernie-sanders-impersonator-kasich-rally/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-09T22:46:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:50:34.449Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch a Bernie Sanders Impersonator Crash a John Kasich Rally og:description: This guy gives Larry David a run for his money og:url: https://time.com/4253287/bernie-sanders-impersonator-kasich-rally/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb549c44fff3cb048/69888a5f5f570f5217b1ff74/gettyimages-514078942.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5864 og:image:height: 3299 og:image:alt: GettyImages-514078942 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Bernie Sanders Impersonator Crash a John Kasich Rally twitter:description: This guy gives Larry David a run for his money twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb549c44fff3cb048/69888a5f5f570f5217b1ff74/gettyimages-514078942.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Bernie Sanders Impersonator Crash a John Kasich Rally > Sponsored content. 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A man dressed up as the Democrat made an appearance at the event, shouting in character as Sanders, complaining about the economy and even [giving Kasich praise for his calm debate performances](http://time.com/4091377/republican-debate-john-kasich/). “Hello, I just want to say I disagree with the young man’s numbers,” the Sanders impersonator announced after Kasich called him up. “I want to thank you for bringing a little class to the Republican debates.” The performance [may give](http://time.com/4211061/bernie-sanders-larry-david-saturday-night-live/) comedian Larry David’s [appearance as Sanders on _Saturday Night Live_ a run for its money](http://time.com/4211061/bernie-sanders-larry-david-saturday-night-live/)—including the bit at the end where he takes a selfie with Kasich using a flip-phone that only a parody of Sanders would own. ## Transcript That's gonna get me in trouble, I can tell you. Didn't mean it. Okay, so anyways Is somebody who is concerned that can meet the task. I'm gonna take, I'll go all right sir. Go ahead, yell it out then we'll go. [ UNKNOWN ] What. Hello! I just wanna say first off I disagree with you [ INAUDIBLE ]. Sir? I'm not saying I'm [ INAUDIBLE ] 7 % but [ INAUDIBLE ] higher than that. [ LAUGH ] This is not [ INAUDIBLE ] I'm not [ INAUDIBLE ] let me talk. Excuse me Hey, Bernie, come on up here a second. [ APPLAUSE ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ APPLAUSE ] Let me just say this. This is not so much a question so much as it is a compliment. We have all the American people. I wanna thank. Thank you for bringing a little class to the Republican debates. [ APPLAUSE ] [ INAUDIBLE ] We're bringing the class. So thank you very much. Thank you, Bernie Thank you very much. [ APPLAUSE ] [ LAUGH ] Give him a round of applause. 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