'It's a coin flip': Republican suggests he'd prefer a 'socialist Democrat' like Bernie over Trump in 2020
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders -- (Flickr via Gage Skidmore/MSNBC screen grab)

When discussing a potential Republican primary challenger to President Donald Trump in 2020, Republican strategist Mike Murphy was taken aback when MSNBC's Katy Tur asked him if a Democrat would be better than the current GOP president.


Laughing, never-Trump Republican Mike Murphy responding that it would "depend which Democrat" won the nomination.

"If it's a choice between Trump and a Bernie Sanders-Elizabeth Warren socialist Democrat," he continued, "it's a coin flip of pain."

Watch below, via MSNBC: