Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersNYT editorial board remembers Ginsburg: She 'will forever have two legacies' Two GOP governors urge Republicans to hold off on Supreme Court nominee Sanders knocks McConnell: He's going against Ginsburg's 'dying wishes' MORE said on Sunday he will fight for a platform that “recognizes the reality” that the Democratic Party “stands for working families, not Wall Street.”

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“We are going to push for the most progressive agenda that we can, which stands with the working people of this country,” Sanders said on ABC’s “This Week.”

“I know the media doesn't talk about it too much, but the middle class of this country has been in decline for 30-plus years, and the gap between the very, very rich and everybody else is getting wider. We have a corrupt campaign finance system, which allows billionaires to buy elections. We are going to fight for an agenda in the Democratic platform that recognizes that reality,” he added.

Sanders also disputed reports of thrown chairs at last weekend’s Nevada state convention when asked if he could keep his supporters under control at the Democratic National Convention this July in Philadelphia.

“You see any chairs being thrown? There weren't any. They had a bunch of police officers. To the best of my knowledge, George — I wasn't there — nobody was touched. What happened is there was no violence. What happened is people were rude, that's not good; they were booing, that's not good; they behaved in some ways that were a little bit boorish, not good; but let's not talk about that as violence,” he said.

“Do people in Philadelphia, going to Philadelphia or any place else in America, have the right to demonstrate, have the right to express their concerns?” he asked. “I thought that that was what the First Amendment of the Constitution was about? Freedom of expression, freedom of speech.”

Sanders said Democratic Party leaders have to recognize that his supporters “do not go to fancy, high-priced fundraising dinners.”

“That's not who they are. They're working two or three jobs; they're worried about the future of their children, whether their kids are going to get a college education. Those are the people that are coming in to our movement. And I hope the Democratic leadership is smart enough to say, 'Come on in. We want you in. Your views are the views of the majority of the American people. Let's work together.' "