--- 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: 2026-08-19T07:45:52.792Z 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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After months of bitter campaigning, Bernie Sanders on July 12 offered his long-awaited endorsement for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders makes a point July 12, 2016 at a rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire where he endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. After months of bitter campaigning, Bernie Sanders on July 12 offered his long-awaited endorsement for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary ClintonAFP—AFP/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 22, 2016 11:44 AM UTC Newly minted GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump namechecked Bernie Sanders fans during his [speech accepting the nomination](http://time.com/4418398/donald-trump-convention-speech/?xid=homepage), seeking their support now that their preferred candidate has left the race. “I have seen firsthand how the system is rigged against our citizens, just like it was rigged against Bernie Sanders. 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. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4418807/rnc-donald-trump-speech-bernie-sanders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4418807/rnc-donald-trump-speech-bernie-sanders/"},"headline":"How Bernie Sanders Responded to Trump Targeting His Supporters","datePublished":"2016-07-22T11:44:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:52.792Z","description":"\"Is this guy running for president or dictator?\"","url":"https://time.com/4418807/rnc-donald-trump-speech-bernie-sanders/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ce7ca69602afce8/69889ec38e06010e51466d08/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-speech.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ce7ca69602afce8/69889ec38e06010e51466d08/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-speech.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bernie sanders donald trump speech","caption":"bernie sanders donald trump speech","creditText":"AFP—AFP/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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4418807/rnc-donald-trump-speech-bernie-sanders/","name":"How Bernie Sanders Responded to Trump Targeting His Supporters"}}]}] ```