Transcript for Sanders Walks Back Claim His Campaign Is Unsettling Global Markets

Bernie Sanders with an upbeat ad featuring Simon and Garfunkel. The Vermont senator has widened his lead over Hillary Clinton in both Iowa and New Hampshire taking a new tone this weekend and shifting his focus of attack. To the republicans'. Is he already looking ahead to the general election. Senator Sanders joins me now from Ohio good morning senator Sanders the Des Moines Register. Has endorsed your opponent Hillary Clinton saying the presidency is not an entry level position. Whoever is sworn into office next January must demonstrate not only a deep understanding of the issues facing America. But also possessed the diplomatic skills that enable presidents to forge alliances to get things. Done in Des Moines Register. Has never endorsed a Democrat who has won. That seems directed at Yale. Well you know aren't a lot of respect for that the Moines register them but I think. In every instance we owe more than capable of doing the job of president of the United States. A when we talk about foreign policy let us be very clear. A one of the candidates running voted against this disastrous war in Iraq. Go to my web slug go to YouTube find out what I said in 2002. What I feared would happen and it gives me no pleasure. To tell you that much of what I feared what happened. In terms of the he's generating so much excitement. Is that in fact we are focusing on the issues the American people care about. And that is the decline of the American middle class the fact the people working longer I was for low wages and almost all new income and wealth. Is going to the top 1% and that income inequality is a sustained. By a corrupt campaign finance system. Model I am very proud. Understand how to go back to what she said about foreign policy the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire is now endorsing Hillary Clinton as well. And they say despite the fact that you made the right call in the Iraq War. You are a foreign policy Nate. Well look at first thought we are taking on the and higher establishment we're taking on the economic establishment. We're taking on the political establishment and all the respect we are taking on the media establishment might expect. That Secretary Clinton will get a lot all of the endorsements. From mainstream media. But I have the endorsement and I'm very proud to say up to and a half million individual contributions to my campaign. When people are allowed to vote. As they are and move on dot all we win those votes overwhelmingly from the grassroots of America so mollify kill all Q. That the establishment is supporting Secretary Clinton that's the way it is. Well I think there are energy you're saying it's too late for the establishment. You you have sounded more and more confident and aiming your remarks that Republicans as we sat. The Clinton supporters have been focusing on you as a non viable general election candidate largely because you're a democratic socialist senator Claire McCaskill saying. The Republicans won't touch him because they can't wait to run an ad. With a hammer and sickle your reaction. Cropped up at my reaction is two things look at every all virtually all of the national polls that have been done. Which have Bernie Sanders running against trump. Hillary Clinton running against trump we run significantly better off than does Hillary Clinton will be to go more towards a wider margin. Last NBC poll I think how does beating them by fifteen points in New Hampshire we're doing even better than that we're doing better than Hillary Clinton against trump here in Iowa. Second mobile Democrats win. When voter turnout is large Republicans win when the American people are demoralized. Outlook campaign is exciting millions of people we will have a lodge voter turnout. I think we can not only win the White House. But we can regain the senate and win governors chats up and down throughout this country. So I think what this campaign is about his who was exciting the American people I think our campaign is mop up. Senator senator Xu said something to your supporters yesterday that caught my eight year. You quoted with pride a Wall Street Journal are journal article calling you a viable candidate saying. It appears that we are making Wall Street a little bit nervous and that's a good thing. The article was quoting Blackstone CEO Steve Schwartzman who said the markets are unsettled because of you a slowdown in China. And geopolitical risks. You're laughing but I wanna know why is that a good thing that the markets or in term moral people have their political professional runs in the market lots of middle class people whether for a one k.s invested and lost dark. It's not just Wall Street reason everybody's effectively. I am the risen that I am laughing as I fully admit to having a big eagle a like many other politicians. But the idea that Bernie Sanders was candidacy because it is has growing support all over this country. Is unsettling world of markets it's absolutely absurd the point that I was making is we are getting the attention a Wall Street. Wall Street's greed and recklessness or any illegal behavior. Drove this economy into the worst recession since the Great Depression millions of people. Lost their homes their life savings and their jobs. And yes I believe that we got the break up the major financial institutions we have to reestablish. Glass-Steagall. And that we are now gaining the attention of Wall Street tells me that our campaign is doing very well. And what do you think about the possibility of former mayor Michael Bloomberg another billionaire getting in the race. Well. You know and it. I think it would be very intro sling it if Donald Trump became the Republican candidate was a multibillionaire. And Michael Bloomberg became an in the pending campaign candidate. Who was a multibillion. And it will tell people what I have been saying for a long part is that this country is moving away from democracy to all of balky. That billion has all the people who controlling all political life that is what. Not that is not what the my view American democracy is supposed to be about a contest between billion asked if that takes place I am confident that we will win it. Okay thank you for joining us this morning senator Sanders good to see you again. Thank you.

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