some good satire from, surprise, the Onion
 WASHINGTON‐As the beginning of primary season upped the stakes in their search for an alternative candidate, Democratic National Committee officials reportedly mulled Monday asking Donald Trump to run for president as a Democrat in an effort to stop Bernie Sanders. "He's obviously not our first choice, but Trump has a track record of winning elections, not to mention he does well with the conservative voters we'll need to swing some red states blue‐if that's who we need to ask to ensure Bernie doesn't win, we'll do it," said DNC chairman Tom Perez, who had circled Trump's name on a white board listing dozens of potential candidates the party could try to convince to jump into the Democratic Party primaries in order to obstruct a Sanders nomination. "This late in the game, we need somebody with name recognition and a built-in following, which Trump definitely has. |