‘We’re Going to Have a Real Good Debate’: Sanders Says Dialogue Is Coming Over Direction of Nation
Supporters will sort out honest differences, senator adds
Although Democrats and pro-democracy Republicans are making common cause to defeat Donald Trump, a conversation about the future direction of the nation will have to happen if Kamala Harris is elected president.
That’s according to Sen Bernie Sanders, the prominent progressive Vermont independent.
Harris is attracting the support of Republicans disaffected by Trump’s authoritarianism and criminality, as demonstrated by the number of prominent Republicans who spoke last week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
These are Republicans who say that, despite policy differences with Harris and the Democrats, are putting “country over party” to elect her and her running mate, Minnesota Gov Tim Walz, in November.
But should Harris and Walz win in November, Sanders foresees a discussion on policy for the nation.
“I think there’s a widespread understanding in this country, whether you are an honest conservative Republican who doesn’t want to see the cult of personality dominating America, doesn’t want to see the undermining of democracy in America, or a progressive, as I am and others are, to come together with the immediate task of making certain that Donald Trump — the most dangerous candidate in the history of this country, somebody who lies outrageously every single day, somebody who actually wants to move this country into an authoritarian society — we are all united in defeating him,” said Sanders, himself a two-time presidential candidate. “Now, the day after the election, there are going to be differences of opinion. I’m not a conservative Republican, but I think, on this issue, I respect those conservative Republicans who are standing up for democracy.
“So, at the end of the day, after Kamala Harris wins, we’re going to have a real good debate, continue that debate about the direction of America under a Democratic society,” he said. “So, today, we are all united to make sure that the Trump is defeated, and that is enormously important. I’m going to do everything that I can to see that that happens.”
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