Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump used late-night TV appearances this week to hype a potential debate between them.
So with the event now dead, it was only fitting that Sanders would return to late night on Friday to knock Trump for backing out.
The senator from Vermont told HBO’s Bill Maher he “would have loved to” debate the presumptive Republican presidential nominee before the California primary on June 7.
As recently as Thursday, Trump said he would be willing to face off against Sanders. That was after telling ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday that he’d be game for a debate. But on Friday, Trump reversed course.
“Based on the fact that the Democratic nominating process is totally rigged and crooked, Hillary Clinton and Deborah Wasserman Schultz will not allow Bernie Sanders to win, and now that I am the presumptive Republican nominee, it seems inappropriate that I would debate the second-place finisher,” he said in a statement.
“Mr. Macho chickened out,” Maher declared.
