--- title: Bernie Sanders Says He's 'Not Always a Smiley Kind of Guy' description: Bernie Sanders pinned his stoic expression during Hillary Clinton’s DNC speech on the fact that he’s “not always a smiley kind of guy." canonical: https://time.com/4432423/bernie-sanders-expression-hillary-clinton-speech/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-31T20:16:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:48.328Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bernie Sanders Explains His Expression During Hillary Clinton’s Speech og:description: "I’m not always a smiley kind of guy" og:url: https://time.com/4432423/bernie-sanders-expression-hillary-clinton-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f0354e416af7f88/6988a081cd1bba5e0b701c39/bernie-sanders-dnc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: DEM 2016 Convention og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bernie Sanders Explains His Expression During Hillary Clinton’s Speech twitter:description: "I’m not always a smiley kind of guy" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f0354e416af7f88/6988a081cd1bba5e0b701c39/bernie-sanders-dnc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bernie Sanders on His Expression During Hillary Clinton’s Speech: ‘I’m Not Always a Smiley Kind of Guy’ > Sponsored content. 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Bernie Sanders and family attend Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 28, 2016. Paul Sancya—AP by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 31, 2016 8:16 PM UTC Bernie Sanders on Sunday [pinned his stoic expression](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-some-of-my-supporters-will-not-vote-for-hillary-clinton/) during Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention on the fact that he’s “not always a smiley kind of guy.” The Vermont senator was mocked on social media after Clinton, his former challenger for the Democratic nomination for president, praised him as she delivered her [acceptance speech](http://time.com/4429984/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-video-transcript/) last week. Sanders was near emotionless as Clinton thanked him early on in her speech, saying his campaign “inspired millions of Americans” and “put economic and social justice issues front and center where they belong.” > [](https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/758853316822523904) When he was asked Sunday on CBS’ _Face the Nation_ whether his facial expression during Clinton’s speech indicated his displeasure with the race’s outcome, Sanders replied, “I always have that look on my face. It’s nothing new. I’m not always a smiley kind of guy.” He added the Democratic convention was “a very good convention” and that Clinton addressed some “very, very important points” in her speech. “In these stressful times we’ve got to bring our people together, not divide us up, which is what Trump is trying to do,” Sanders said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4432423/bernie-sanders-expression-hillary-clinton-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4432423/bernie-sanders-expression-hillary-clinton-speech/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders on His Expression During Hillary Clinton’s Speech: ‘I’m Not Always a Smiley Kind of Guy’","datePublished":"2016-07-31T20:16:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:48.328Z","description":"“I always have that look on my face\"","url":"https://time.com/4432423/bernie-sanders-expression-hillary-clinton-speech/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f0354e416af7f88/6988a081cd1bba5e0b701c39/bernie-sanders-dnc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f0354e416af7f88/6988a081cd1bba5e0b701c39/bernie-sanders-dnc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"DEM 2016 Convention","caption":"Bernie Sanders and family attend Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 28, 2016.","creditText":"Paul Sancya—AP","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/4432423/bernie-sanders-expression-hillary-clinton-speech/","name":"Bernie Sanders on His Expression During Hillary Clinton’s Speech: ‘I’m Not Always a Smiley Kind of Guy’"}}]}] ```