President Donald Trump Accuses Hillary Clinton Of Collusion Against Bernie Sanders

President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday morning to accuse Hillary Clinton of collusion with the Democratic Party against her Democratic presidential primary opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

“Hillary Clinton colluded with the Democratic Party in order to beat Crazy Bernie Sanders. Is she allowed to so collude? Unfair to Bernie!” Trump tweeted.

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Trump has talked about unfair treatment of Sanders before, often in tweets. It’s not clear if there was a specific reason Trump tweeted this out on Sunday. The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Friday they were investigating former Attorney General Loretta Lynch about possible interference into the Clinton email investigation. Clinton’s email scandal from her time as secretary of state is also a regular talking point of the president. Trump is facing several investigations of his own into possible collusion between his presidential campaign and Russia, as well as obstruction of justice.

The alleged collusion Trump is referring to came from an email dump last summer.

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Donald Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges a guest prior to signing the “VA Accountability Act” in the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 23, 2017. Photo: Carlos Barria/REUTERS

Hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee released by WikiLeaks during July of last year showed some staffers criticized Sanders’ campaign internally. The release of the emails helped lead to the resignation of DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

One email appeared to show a DNC plan to attack Sanders on his religion, the Washington Post reported last year.

“It might may [sic] no difference, but for [Kentucky] and [West Virginia] can we get someone to ask his belief. Does he believe in a God. He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage. I think I read he is an atheist. This could make several points difference with my peeps. My Southern Baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist,” read an email written by DNC Chief Financial Officer Brad Marshall.

One of the leaks revealed Wasserman Schultz calling Sander’s campaign manager Jeff Weaver a “damn liar.” There were also several emails mocking Sanders for calling for an additional debate in California and not understanding the Democratic Party. After it was clear that Clinton would become the party’s nominee there were emails wishing that Sanders would end his campaign.

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Sanders who ran as a Democrat during the election last year has been an independent who caucuses with Democrats during his senatorial career. During the campaign, Sanders often criticized the party and complained about the fairness of the Democratic Party’s nominating process. He continues to have harsh words for the party.

Sanders said at the People’s Party summit June 10 that “the current model and the current strategy of the Democratic Party is an absolute failure,” the New York Times reported earlier this month. “The Democratic Party must finally understand which side it is on.”

Trump’s tweet picks at a fissure in the Democratic party that was exacerbated during the presidential election. Sanders was a conduit for the more liberal and progressive voices of the party while Clinton represented the more moderate voices, a division that continues to hamper the party.

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