Sanders says Boehner's debt proposal will lead to more aggressive conservative demands. | AP Photos Sanders: Boehner to 'hoodwink' U.S.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Thursday that House Speaker John Boehner is trying to “hoodwink” Americans, using a recent proposal on debt ceiling negotiations to force the Obama administration to make steep concessions to conservatives later.

“He’s attempting to hoodwink the American people with this short term solution, which is totally unsatisfactory,” Sanders said to MSNBC’s Ed Schultz.


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Sanders was commenting on the proposal put forward by House Republicans on Thursday to lift the debt ceiling, seeing it as the gambit that will lead to more aggressive conservative demands.

“Obamacare is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what these guys really want. It’s not just repealing Obamacare. They have an agenda put together by the Koch brothers,” Sanders said.