‘Don’t Push Me!’: Bernie Sanders Deflects Jesse Watters’ ‘Ambush’

Since he became a candidate for president, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has apparently rejected invitations from Fox News to appear on Bill O’Reilly’s show. So The O’Reilly Factor sent its trusty “ambush” reporter Jesse Watters down to Washington to confront the Democratic candidate in person.

“I don’t do ambush interviews, so if you want to talk to us, there’s my press secretary,” Sanders told Watters, who was following him down the hall.

“Well, I do do ambush interviews and I just had a question for you,” Watters replied, before he appeared to knock the senator with his microphone.

“Don’t push me!” Sanders said as Watters accused him of “getting rough.” Eventually, Sanders escaped onto an elevator before he had to deliver an answer to the question of whether he will “seize” O’Reilly’s house as president.

Watch video below, via Fox News:

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