--- title: RNC: Bernie Sanders Rejects Donald Trump Call for Support description: Sanders took to Twitter to explain why his supporters should not back Trump in case there was any question during the billionaire's speech canonical: https://time.com/4418807/rnc-donald-trump-speech-bernie-sanders/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-22T11:44:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-06T09:43:06.741Z article:section: Politics og:title: RNC: Bernie Sanders Rejects Donald Trump Call for Support og:description: Sanders took to Twitter to explain why his supporters should not back Trump in case there was any question during the billionaire's speech og:url: https://time.com/4418807/rnc-donald-trump-speech-bernie-sanders/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ce7ca69602afce8/69889ec38e06010e51466d08/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-speech.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1596 og:image:height: 898 og:image:alt: bernie sanders donald trump speech og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: RNC: Bernie Sanders Rejects Donald Trump Call for Support twitter:description: Sanders took to Twitter to explain why his supporters should not back Trump in case there was any question during the billionaire's speech twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ce7ca69602afce8/69889ec38e06010e51466d08/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-speech.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How Bernie Sanders Responded to Trump Targeting His Supporters > Sponsored content. 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He never had a chance,” Trump said. “But his supporters will join our movement, because we will fix his biggest issue.” The Democrat runner-up didn’t see it that way. In case there was any question—and there never really was—Sanders took to Twitter to explain why his supporters should not back Trump. For Sanders, the list is long — from the Supreme Court to his stance on the minimum wage. “Is this guy running for president or dictator?” Sanders said in his most pointed [Tweet](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/756319683301650433). > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/756328913253511168) > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/756315061413552128) > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/756327187242889216) > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/756326836032765956) > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/756319793028878336) Sanders is [expected to deliver](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-2016-schedule-of-events-and-speakers-225617) a keynote speech on behalf of Hillary Clinton on Monday at the Democratic National Convention. ## Transcript [00:00] If we could raise 10 or 15 million dollars for charity, [00:04] which would be a very appropriate amount. I'd love to [00:06] debate Bernie, actually .>> Mr. [00:14] Trump, Obamacare is one of the things you call a [00:17] disaster. Complete disaster. What I'd like to see is [00:21] a private system without the artificial lines around [00:25] every state. I am on the health education labor [00:28] committee. That committee wrote the Affordable Care [00:31] Act, but right now what we have to deal with is the fact [00:34] that 29 million people still have no health insurance. [00:38] And then we have to take care of the people that can't [00:40] take care of themselves, and I will do that. Through a [00:43] different system. But my moving forward, rallying the [00:46] American people, I do believe we should have [00:49] healthcare for all. We are doing it the old- fashioned [00:51] way, 650, 000 individual contributions. I [00:55] feel a little bit foolish. PEople are offering me millions [00:59] and millions of dollars. When you're in first place You [01:02] can collect so much money. And I keep turning him [01:04] down. I feel like, am I a fool? I feel very [01:08] foolish. Nobody up here can address the major crisis [01:13] facing our country unless millions of people begin to [01:16] stand up to the billionaire class. There's no better [01:21] word to describe our leader and our administration [01:25] than the word what? Stupid. Stupid, these are stupid [01:29] people. I am asking you to be part of a political [01:33] revolution. All the Ivy League that I have, the Wharton [01:37] School of Finance, somehow they've never come up [01:39] with a better word to describe what we're going [01:41] through. Where millions of people begin to stand up [01:45] and finally say enough is enough. This great [01:49] country and our government belong to all of us, not [01:53] just a handful of billionaires. And we will make [01:57] America great again. Thank you. Thank you very much. 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