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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders works the crowd after a rally at a local union hall, Monday, April 4. | AP Photo Sanders: Gap with older voters 'weirdest thing in the world'

Bernie Sanders can’t figure out why he’s “getting killed” with older voters, and he thinks it's "the weirdest thing in the world."

In an interview with Spike Lee in The Hollywood Reporter out Wednesday Sanders was asked about how he could narrow the gap with older African-American voters.

"What do you have to do to get the older generation of African-American votes? You’re like the new guy on the block. You’ve got the young Hispanic, African-American, you got it. But the older generation, black folks, they know the Clintons 20-some years,” Lee asked.

The Vermont senator went on to list how well he was doing with younger voters of all demographics before acknowledging he had a long way to go with not just older African Americans, but all demographics of older voters.

“We’re getting killed, frankly, not just with older African-Americans but also older whites, older Latinos. It’s the weirdest thing in the world,” Sanders said. “So we have a lot of work to do in terms of reaching out to seniors, not just African-Americans, but seniors all across the board. We’re figuring out how you get the message out there.”

In the article, Lee also said that he would appear in a TV ad for Sanders that will begin airing on April 8.