Sanders blasts Trump and Bloomberg at Tacoma rally

Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders blasted both US President Donald Trump and Mike Bloomberg, the former New York City Mayor and billionaire who is challenging Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Sanders criticised the president for hiring undocumented workers and outsourcing jobs outside the United States as a private businessman.

He charged Bloomberg with trying to buy the 2020 election.

"Today we say to Mayor Bloomberg, we are a democracy, not an oligarchy. You're not going to buy this election."

Sanders also criticised Bloomberg's tenure as mayor of New York City.

"You are certainly not going to win when you have a record in New York City that included racist policies like stop and frisk,  which cause communities of colour, African Americans and Latinos, to live in fear and humiliation in New York City", Sanders said.