Bernie Sanders and Bill Maher agree: ‘Tough guy’ Donald Trump ‘chickened out’ of debate

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Bernie Sanders and Bill Maher agree: ‘Tough guy’ Donald Trump ‘chickened out’ of debate
By Callum Borchers May 28 at 12:56 AM

Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump used late-night TV appearances this week to hype a potential debate between them. So with the event now dead, it was only fitting that Sanders would return to late night on Friday to knock Trump for backing out.

Groaning and shaking his fists in frustration, the senator from Vermont told HBO’s Bill Maher he “would have loved to” debate the presumptive Republican presidential nominee before the California primary on June 7.

“First he said he would do it,” Sanders said. “Then he said he wouldn’t do it. Then he said he would do it. Then he said he wouldn’t do it. So I would hope that if he changed his mind four times in two days, [he’d] change it a fifth time. You know, Trump claims to be a real tough guy, pushes people around. Hey, Donald, come on up. Let’s have a debate about the future of America.”