Sanders doesn’t expect ‘profound change’ from recount

Bernie Sanders on Sunday defended the recount effort in key swing states, but said he doesn’t expect any “profound” changes to come from it. 

{mosads}”No one expects there to be profound change, but there’s nothing wrong with going through the process,” the independent Vermont senator said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” 

Jill Stein, the Green Party’s 2016 presidential candidate, is raising money for potential recounts in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Her campaign filed for a recount in Wisconsin Friday afternoon. 

The Hillary Clinton campaign has announced it would participate in the effort, sparking rebuke from President-elect Donald Trump. 

Sanders, a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, noted on Sunday that recounts are common and the Green Party has the “legal right” to file for one. 

“I don’t think that Hillary Clinton — who got 2 million more voters than Mr. Trump in the popular election — thinks that it’s going to transform the election, but do people have a legal right to do it? Yeah, we do,” Sanders said.