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Trump mentioned Sanders in his speech

Washington (CNN) The morning after the Republican National Convention wrapped up Donald Trump said he's confident that he'll win "a lot" of Bernie Sanders voters.

"We're going to get a lot of the Bernie voters by the way, because they didn't treat him right," he told volunteers in Cleveland Friday. "He ran a very, very good campaign and Hillary's people just swamped him."

"I will tell you. I think we're going to get a lot of his voters, because of the trade issues because they understand," Trump added.

The comments are similar to ones Trump gave during his convention speech on Thursday night.

But the Vermont senator responded to Trump's speech by saying his supporters won't back the GOP nominee's "bigotry and divisiveness."

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