Sanders: ‘I Would Hope’ that U.S. President ‘Tells the Truth to the American People’

‘I think what there has got to be in terms of the relationship of government to the people, which we are losing everyday, is a level of trust’

BRZEZINSKI: “Here is how Bernie Sanders answered a similar question about honesty earlier this week on 'With all due respect.'" 
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HALPERIN: “I’m wondering whether you think it’s ever appropriate for a president to publicly lie to the American people.”
SANDERS: “Well, I should hope not. I mean, I think what there has got to be in terms of the relationship of government to the people, which we are losing everyday, is a level of trust so I would hope that a president of the United States tells the truth to the American people.”

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