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Jerry Springer also offered his analysis on the Democratic side of the race. Jerry Springer: Republicans should pay me for copying my show

Jerry Springer says that he should be paid for the way the Republican debates mimic his shows.

Springer, who appeared on MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki’s show on Tuesday, was asked about the comparison between the 2016 race and his often racy and violent tabloid talk show.

“Well, they're absolutely right. In fact, when I first started watching the Republican debates, I said that, you know, if they're going to do my show, they should start paying me,” said Springer, who was the Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the late 1970s. “You know, it's one thing to have a television show like that, but that's not how you run a country. And it's disgraceful.”

Springer said that while he loves Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ message, he thinks former secretary of state Hillary Clinton has a better chance in a general election.

“I love what Bernie Sanders says. I have nothing negative to say about him, but if you're asking me honestly is America in a general election going to vote for him, I could be wrong, but I don't think so,” he said. “I think once the Republicans start really attacking him and saying, oh, we can't have this socialist, it's going to lead to communism, you know the kind of ads they're going to run against him. Anything they run against Hillary we already know. We've lived with her for the last 30 years. So, that's not going — that's not going to move the needle.”

“But I think with Bernie it could really result in the Democrats not winning the presidency,” he continued.

Springer also said “there is absolutely no way that Donald Trump becomes president of the United States.”