Donald Trump Rolls out His Nickname for Bernie Sanders

Donald Trump rolled out the latest of his brand names that he employs against opponents, labeling Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, “Crazy Bernie.”

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee made reference to the new moniker both in an interview on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning and with his ever-active Twitter account.

“I call him ‘Crazy Bernie’ because he’s not very good,” Trump told Fox.

“Who is going to run against a socialist and lose?” he asked. “I mean, he’s a socialist. You’re going to pay 95 percent tax.”

He added, “I’d love to run against him in one way, but there’s something about running against Hillary [Clinton] that I really do [inaudible].”

Co-host Ainsley Earhardt noted that Trump would have crossover appeal with Sanders voters if Clinton became the Democrat nominee. Exit polling from the West Virginia primary Tuesday night found one-third of Sanders voters would cast their ballot for Trump over Clinton in the general election.

Co-host Brian Kilmeade pointed out a Clinton match-up would be better for the billionaire candidate than one with Sanders, based on most recent polling. The Real Clear Politics average of polls gives Sanders a double-digit lead over Trump: roughly 52 to 39 percent.

“I never hit him, don’t forget. I haven’t started on him. I haven’t said anything about him. Maybe I’m going to have to start,” the GOP candidate responded.

Trump tweeted Wednesday:

As reported by Western Journalism, a Public Policy Polling survey released on Tuesday finds Clinton up a scant four points over Trump, 42 to 38 percent. The Real Clear Politics average of polls taken over the last month gives Clinton approximately a six-point lead over the presumptive GOP nominee.

The Trump campaign also received some welcomed polling news Tuesday from the battleground states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. A Quinnipiac University poll found very tight races in the three states. Clinton is up by a single point in both Florida (43-42 percent) and Pennsylvania (43-42 percent), while Trump has a four-point lead in Ohio (43-39 percent). (For more from the author of “Donald Trump Rolls out His Nickname for Bernie Sanders” please click HERE)

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