In some of his sharpest language yet attacking President Trump, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders accused the Republican president of being racist and sexist and much more during a speech before Al Sharpton's National Action Network. But that is the damn truth,” the independent senator from Vermont said on Friday. A slew of other 2020 candidates joined him at the conference. “During Donald Trump’s presidency we have seen a sharp rise in hate crimes and that rise comes as this country continues to be plagued by institutional racism and racial inequality,” Sanders stressed. But Sanders quickly highlighted that “what I think we need to do… is to pay real attention to the most distressed communities in America.

Source: Fox News April 05, 2019 19:07 UTC