Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) jumped up from his chair and attempted to end the interview when asked if Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) should challenge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) by running for Senate in New York in three years.
JONATHAN KARL: OK, you’re out there with the AOC today.
SANDERS: Yes.
KARL: Do you see her as a future of the progressive –
SANDERS: We have one of the untold stories –
KARL: Yes.
SANDERS: Of what’s going on in current American politics, is that in the House of Representatives, you have dozens and dozens of strong, smart, disciplined, hard-working young people in the Progressive Caucus. And, you know, way back when, when I first came to the Congress in the House, I helped form the Progressive Caucus. We had five people in it at that time. Now they have close to 100. So, you got a whole lot of good…
