Story highlights "Yeah, of course there's a difference but they both flunk," Nader said about Trump and Clinton

"I think the Green Party has, by far, the best platform over the years," Nader said

Washington (CNN) Ralph Nader, who ran for president in 2000 as a Green Party candidate, said that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump "both flunk" when it comes to being viable options for the White House.

"If it's a choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, do you see much difference between the two?" CNN's Anderson Cooper asked Nader Wednesday on "AC360."

"Yeah, of course there's a difference, but they both flunk," he said.

"I mean here you have a failed gambling czar who became a corporate welfare king that's cheated his way to a billion dollars by every of his business operations ... I mean he's cheated his workers, consumers, creditors, suppliers, taxpayers -- and he's the nominee for the Republican Party," Nader said.

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