Jindal: Clinton and Sanders would turn America into Greece

One need only look to Greece to see how a Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders presidency would turn out, Bobby Jindal wrote Monday.

The Republican presidential candidate and Louisiana governor, who on Sunday warned that Clinton and President Barack Obama were putting the United States “on the path toward socialism,” sees parallels between the debt-fueled economic meltdown in Greece and America’s future course under Democratic leadership:

Advertisement (1/2) If you want a peek into our future with Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, then look at what’s happening in Greece today. — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) July 6, 2015

Greece is showing everyone “how to kill a democracy,” Jindal wrote.

(2/2) Greece gave us democracy, and now they’re showing us how to kill a democracy. — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) July 6, 2015

Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected a set of austere repayment terms offered by the country’s international creditors in a referendum on Sunday. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned from his position just hours after 61.3 percent of Greeks voted against the bailout terms, as uncertainty grew over the future of the country’s membership in the Eurozone.

In January, the left-wing, anti-austerity Syriza party won 36 percent of the vote in the country’s parliamentary elections, catapulting Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras into power. Tsipras subsequently called for what became Sunday’s referendum on the terms of the bailout presented by the country’s creditors.

Sanders, a self-described “democratic socialist” representing Vermont, hailed the referendum’s results in a statement on his website Sunday.

“I applaud the people of Greece for saying ‘no’ to more austerity for the poor, the children, the sick and the elderly,” he said.