Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders took his winning message from the New Hampshire primary to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday night, warning voters that billionaire businessman Donald Trump offers a "false solution" to their anger.
Sanders appeared at the very beginning of the show, crashing Colbert's monologue as a gag, saying, "You've got to go your own way, follow your own heart, the revolution is possible," according to the New York Daily News. But when brought out later in the show as a guest, Colbert asked about his appeal to young voters after winning 86 percent of voters in the 18-24 demographic in New Hampshire.
"By definition, young people are idealistic," he said, The Daily Beast reported. "And they look at a world with so many problems and they say, why not? Why can't all people in this country have healthcare? Why can't we make public colleges and universities tuition-free?"
When asked by Colbert why many voters were reportedly torn between voting for Sanders or Trump, the Vermont senator responded by saying they both tap into justifiable anger among voters.
"People are working long hours for low wages, they're people who are really worried about what's going to happen to their kids," Sanders said, according to The Hill. "But I think what they have done is responded to Trump's false message, which suggests that is if we keep Muslims out of this country, or if we keep scapegoating Latinos or Mexicans that somehow our country becomes better."
Sanders said that scapegoating minorities employed by Trump is "a false solution," according to The Huffington Post. "People have a right to be angry," he added. "We have a right to be angry when we are the only major country on Earth that doesn't provide paid family and medical leave. When we have more people living in poverty today than almost any time in the history of this country. People have a right to be angry. What we need to be is rational in figuring out how we address the problems and not simply scapegoating minorities."
