Bernie Sanders insisted Monday he would challenge President-elect Donald Trump on issues such as Obamacare but urged fellow Democrats against simply obstructing the incoming administration[1].
"I'm going to do everything I can -- and I believe I speak for virtually every member of the Democratic caucus, that we're going to do everything that we can to improve the Affordable Care Act," Sanders said at a town hall in Washington airing on CNN[2]. "It has problems. But we damn well aren't going to see it repealed and have no replacement there at all."
The Vermont senator and progressive favorite in the 2016 Democratic primary drew another clear line with Trump, saying: "I will tell you this: He ran a campaign whose cornerstone was bigotry. It was based on sexism, on racism, on xenophobia, and on that issue, I will not compromise."
Still, Sanders said he hopes Democrats don't use the "obstruct, obstruct, obstruct" tactics against Trump that he said congressional Republicans deployed against President Barack Obama.
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