Bernie Sanders returned to ‘The View’ on November 14 to talk the previous week’s presidential election, and his feelings about President-elect Donald Trump. Surprisingly, Bernie agrees with some of Trump’s policies, but made one thing clear: the American people will NOT accept a leader who tries to divide them!

Bernie Sanders, 75, told the ladies of The View that he can’t accept Donald Trump, 70, if he continues to hold “racist, sexist, and xenophobic” views that divide the country. The Vermont senator cited the example of little girls who are afraid of getting their “kerchiefs” (he means hijab) snatched off their heads, and being scared for their lives. We can’t live that way! If the president is trying to divide the country, then the American people are going to suffer as a result.

Bernie acknowledged that the president-elect does have some policies that he thoroughly agrees with. He said that by getting elected, it was clear that Trump had “touched a nerve” for those who wanted change in their government. The senator agreed with Trump on issues like job creation, bringing jobs back to the American people from places like China, and raising the minimum wage. But “we’re going to hold him accountable” for his promises, and see if he practices what he preaches come inauguration in January!

"Trump touched a nerve on the part of millions of people that media doesn't often talk about.” – Sen. @BernieSanders https://t.co/DNLCMOL2uX — The View (@TheView) November 14, 2016

“Here’s what happened. Do we have racists and sexists in this country? We do. On the other hand, I think that Trump touched a nerve on the part of the country that media doesn’t often talk about,” Bernie said. “And that is, you’ve got a middle class for the last 40 years that has been shrinking. You’ve got people working two or three jobs…And people all over this country — black, and white, and latino — are saying ‘What about me? Who’s going to stand up for me?'”

“Donald Trump tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick and tired of establishment economics, establishment politics, and the establishment media,” Bernie said in a statement on November 9, the day after the election. “To the degree that Mr. Trump is serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families in this country, I and other progressives are prepared to work with him. To the degree that he pursues racist, sexist, xenophobic, and anti-environment policies, we will vigorously oppose him.”

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