Trump: Sanders threw Harris 'under the bus' after eyebrow-raising election comments

Former President Trump mocked opponent Vice President Kamala Harris, after Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Harris had abandoned her far-left policy positions "in order to win the election."

"Bernie Sanders just said that Kamala only changed her Marxist policy positions for the Election — She’ll change back very quickly!" Trump posted to his Truth Social account on Monday.

During an interview Sunday on NBC, the progressive senator was asked about Harris abandoning far-left policy positions she previously embraced, such as a ban on fracking and support for "Medicare-for-all."

"Do you think she is abandoning her progressive ideals?" NBC anchor Kristen Welker asked Sanders on "Meet the Press."

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"No, I don’t think she’s abandoning her ideals," he replied. "I think she’s trying to be pragmatic and doing what she thinks is right in order to win the election."

Sanders went on to reiterate that while they did not hold the same views on everything, he still considered Harris a progressive.

Trump claimed Sanders had exposed Harris as a "total phony."

"Bernie Sanders really threw Comrade Kamala Harris under the proverbial ‘BUS.’ Essentially said, very clearly, that she is a total phony. Once a Marxist, always a Marxist!" he wrote in another post to Truth Social.

The Harris campaign and the White House did not respond to requests for comment by Fox News Digital about Sanders' characterization of Harris.

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A campaign spokesperson previously confirmed to Fox News Digital that Harris had changed several of her key policy positions and was taking a "pragmatic"