Tuesday on CNN's 'Cuomo Primetime,' Sen. Bernie Sanders said it is "totally absurd and disgraceful" for President Trump to advocate shutting down the government in order to secure border wall funding.



"We need strong border security," the Vermont independent senator said. "But the most cost-effective way to do that is not building a wall."





BERNIE SANDERS: I find it incomprehensible that we have a president of the United States, the leader of our government, who wants to shut down the government, impact the livelihood of some 750,000 federal workers and seven government agencies, which impact millions of Americans. I think it’s totally absurd and disgraceful...







Look, we have veterans in this country who are sleeping out on the street. We have elderly people on Social Security trying to survive on $12,000 a year. They can’t afford prescription drugs. We should not be wasting $5 billion -- or in fact, a lot more than that, which is what Trump eventually wants, on a wall. We need strong border security... But the most cost-effective way to do that is not building a wall.

(Hat tip: Breitbart Video