Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stood to leave an interview this weekend when asked about the possibility of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) launching a campaign for the Senate.
Sanders heaped praise on the House progressive, but declined to engage in “nonsense” questions about Senate tensions.
“Would you like to see her join you in the Senate?” ABC News’s Jonathan Karl asked Sanders, referring to Ocasio-Cortez.
“Right now, we have, as I said, just a whole lot of people in the Congress,” Sanders responded.
He then stood up to leave, adding, “Okay, Jonathan, thanks.”
Karl called after Sanders, trying to get him to stay for another question: “Wait. I got one more. I got one more. This is important.”
“Well, I ask you, you know, you want to do nonsense? Do nonsense,” Sanders replied.
“No,” Karl said.
“I don’t want to talk about inside-the-Beltway stuff,” Sanders…
