Susan Sarandon suggests that Trump could be our best bet if Sanders doesn't win the nomination

Susan Sarandon says Trump is better for America than Hillary Clinton.
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Given the choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, actress Susan Sarandon says she might go with the latter. In a Monday night interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes, the staunch supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders sympathized with Democrats who would rather sit out the election than vote for Clinton if Sanders loses.

"But isn't that crazy?" Hayes asked Sarandon. "If you believe in what he believes in?"

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