Sen. Bernie Sanders may be taking a break from the campaign trail due to the coronavirus pandemic, but he has no plans to call off his 2020 presidential bid. On Wednesday morning, Sanders appeared on The View via satellite, and he was pressed about his decision to remain in the race despite Joe Biden’s recent string of success. When Whoopi Goldberg implied that there’s no clear “path to victory” for the Vermont senator, he immediately pushed back, saying, “I don’t accept that characterization … Last I heard, people in a democracy have a right to vote.”

While Sanders’ appearance on The View was marred by technical difficulties — his audio didn’t work, so the show had to fill in the time with two Hot Topics segments until it could be repaired — it didn’t stop him from throwing down with the talk show’s co-hosts. Towards the end of the interview, Goldberg, a noted Sanders critic, grilled him about his decision to remain in the 2020 Democratic primary despite his disappointing Super Tuesday finish. “This feels a little bit like it did when you didn’t come out when Hillary Clinton was clearly the person folks were going for,” said The View‘s longtime moderator.

“That’s not quite accurate,” replied Sanders. “I worked as hard as I could for Hillary Clinton.” Goldberg pushed back, saying that “it took [him] a very, very long time to hop in” to the 2016 general election. “And your people, also. It took a very long time for them to hop in,” she added.

Sanders was clear that he disagrees with Goldberg’s interpretation of events. “[People] have a right to vote for the agenda that they think can for for America, especially in this very, very difficult moment,” he said, adding that his team is “assessing” their 2020 campaign. “Right now, in this unprecedented moment in American history, I think we need to have a very serious discussion about how we go forward.”

The two continued to spar over his presidential campaign, which Goldberg suggested was at odds with his commitment to passing a second stimulus bill. “Wouldn’t it be smarter for you to continue on that path to make sure that gets done as opposed to splitting the time?” she asked. “I’m sitting in my house right now, I’m not holding a rally in Wisconsin because of the nature of campaigns,” replied Sanders.

“So your plan is to stay in, yes?” asked The View host. “Well, for the fourth time,” said Sanders, clearly miffed, “We are assessing the campaign.”

Watch Bernie Sanders and Whoopi Goldberg square off in the clip above.

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