Trumka: ‘I Don’t What the Difference Is Between a Socialist and a Democrat’

MATTHEWS: "Could you endorse Bernie Sanders if he took the right positions, and he does on trade issues, and other inequality issues?" 
TRUMKA: "I think Bernie Sanders is taking the right issue on all issues that are important to working people, about jobs, about inequality, about the right to a voice on the job so we can have — get a fair share of the wealth that we produce. I think he’s doing that, and I think that’s why he’s having success. I don’t think people care about labels, what they call themselves. They’ve tried to do that for too long, and people are fed up with that. They want someone who’s going to solve their problem.
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TRUMKA: "I don’t know what the difference is between a Democratic Socialist and a Democrat. I don’t really know what the difference is."