Trump takes to Twitter after Sanders backs Clinton; the senator responds

GOP presumed nominee Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders start a Twitter fight immediately after the Vermont senator announces endorsement for his party’s presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton.

"Big talk from the same guy who was too afraid to debate Bernie in California," Sanders' campaign said in a tweet in response to an earlier one by Trump on Tuesday.

Trump initially accused Sanders of having "totally sold out to Crooked Hillary Clinton."

At a rally in New Hampshire, Sanders tried to convince his supporters that there was no path to win the White House especially with delegates and superdelegates the former secretary of state has won.

"And when the roll call at the Democratic National Convention is announced, it will show that we won almost 1,900 delegates far more than almost anyone thought we could win, but it is not enough to win the nomination,” he said at Portsmouth High School. “I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States.”

Hillary also took the stage to say that the election is now “more enjoyable” and her campaign has become stronger.

"I have to say it is such a great privilege to be here with Senator Sanders, being here with him in New Hampshire I can't help but reflect on how much more enjoyable this election is going to be now that we are on the same side because you know what? We are stronger together," she said.

The former First Lady also attacked Trump over hate speech and anti-immigration ideas.

"This election, let's send a clear message, in America, we don't tear each other down, we lift each other up. We build bridges not walls, we put common interests ahead of self-interest. We stand together, because we are stronger together."

Sanders himself denounced the real estate mogul for "insulting Mexicans, Muslims, women, African-Americans and veterans." This is while, he said, Hillary Clinton understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths.” 

Prior to the endorsement, Trump said in a tweet that “Bernie Sanders, who has lost most of his leverage, has totally sold out to Crooked Hillary Clinton. He will endorse her today - fans angry!”

After Sanders called that “big talk,” the reality TV star, whose use of Twitter has caused controversy on social media before, posted several other tweets.

“Bernie Sanders endorsing Crooked Hillary Clinton is like Occupy Wall Street endorsing Goldman Sachs,” Trump said in one tweet, while in another, he said he would “welcome” Sanders’ supporters.

“To all the Bernie voters who want to stop bad trade deals & global special interests, we welcome you with open arms. People first.”

Ahead of the California primaries in May, Sanders had tried to make Trump debate him, but Trump dismissed it as "inappropriate."

On several occasions in recent months, Trump has encouraged Sanders’ supporters to join his campaign, which he has portrayed as an outsider to the establishment, just like Bernie’s.

"He may not agree with Clinton on everything, but he's a whole lot closer to her than Donald Trump," Vox said in a report covering the endorsement.

According to Chicago-based author and radio host Stephen Lendman, Sanders’ “surrender to the Clinton campaign” is not a big surprise.

Lendman said Sanders was endorsing “the notion of a second Clinton co-presidency,” referring to Bill Clinton’s, further calling Hillary a “war criminal and racketeer.”

Sanders is actually endorsing “endless wars of aggression, neo-liberal harshness against the American people worse than ever, increasing poverty, increasing unemployment, increasing police state harshness, supporting the banks, (and) supporting the other big corporate interests.”

“He is just as dirty and rotten as she is,” Lendman concluded, adding that, by announcing his endorsement, the Vermont senator is “complicit” in her crimes.

He said neither of the candidates left was fit to enter the White House, yet calling Trump “preferable.”

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