Sanders abruptly tries to end interview when asked about Rep. AOC possibly running for Senate

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., tried to abruptly end an interview with ABC News after a question about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., possibly running for U.S. Senate when Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is up for re-election in 2028.

Sanders was asked if he would like to see Ocasio-Cortez, 35, in the Senate.

"Right now, we have, as I said, just a whole lot of people in the Congress. OK, Jonathan. Thanks," Sanders said as he got up from his chair.

"You want to do nonsense, do nonsense. No, I don't want to talk about inside the Beltway stuff. I got 32,000 people," Sanders said off-camera about the event he held with Ocasio-Cortez in Denver. "I don't want to talk about this."

He wound up answering one more question about his future in politics.

"Right now, I am very proud that the people of the state of Vermont sent me back to the Senate with 63% of the vote," Sanders said. "Right now I'm Vermont's senator. That's what I do, and I'm very happy to do it. I am 83 years of age, so. And I'm tired."