Sanders: Trump will be a one-term president
NEW YORK (AP) - Promising to "divulge the Republican Party for what it's miles," Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders anticipated Wednesday that President Donald Trump could be a one-time period president as the liberal icon prepared to release a national tour to rally Democrats.
"In phrases of the first 3 months in workplace, Donald Trump is the least famous president in the history of polling," Sanders instructed The Associated Press. He mentioned the Republican president's support for a health care invoice that he stated strips coverage from tens of millions of Americans, tax reform that cuts taxes for the rich and budget cuts that disproportionately have an effect on the bad.
"I do no longer believe that if Trump keeps these rules that he's going to be re-elected. Nor do I assume that the Republicans are going to do nicely in 2018," Sanders said. "The momentum proper now could be with the modern movement on this us of a. And I suppose the Republicans are at the protective and might be at the defensive increasingly more."
FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2017, report photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, speaks all through a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Promising to "expose the Republican Party for what it is," Sanders predicted April 12, that President Donald Trump might be a one-time period president because the liberal icon prepared to release a nationwide excursion to rally Democrats. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
The remarks come as Sanders prepares to release a excursion next week with Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez that consists of visits to some tossup and Republican-leaning states in which Democrats struggled inside the closing election. The excursion opens Monday with a rally in Portland, Maine, followed through appearances over the following four days in Kentucky, Florida, Texas, Nebraska, Utah, Arizona and Nevada.
It is an competitive schedule harking back to the seventy five-yr-antique senator's latest presidential campaign. He didn't battle the nomination from Hillary Clinton in 2016, however evolved a huge and passionate following from his celebration's liberal base.
The Democratic Party hit backside final fall after an election season wherein they lost the presidency and couldn't take control of the House or Senate notwithstanding favorable situations in a few cases. Sanders recounted his celebration's disasters in 2016 and said the upcoming tour could "start the procedure of fighting back."
He additionally stated Tuesday's special election in Kansas, wherein Republicans scored a narrow victory over a bit-acknowledged Democrat in a district in which the GOP ruled inside the past.
"The Republicans had to spend cash like crazy at the give up to beat him," Sanders said. "I suppose it is a superb omen for the future."