Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders just got some unlikely supporters in the race against Hillary Clinton.

After the recent Democratic debate concluded, a number of prominent people in the Republican Party expressed their support for the Vermont senator.

According to Business Insider, the Republican National Committee sent four e-mails to reporters, which defended Sanders against Clinton's attack. The reporters went to Twitter and exposed the e-mails that defended Sanders against issues like single-payer healthcare, gun control laws and Wall Street.

The Republican National Committee's spokesperson Sean Spicer directly went to social media and expressed his support to Sanders.

And as the debate ended, the GOP members showed that they "Feel the Bern" and said that for them, Sanders clearly won the debate against Hillary and, to an extent, against Gov. Martin O' Malley.

On the other hand, a spokesman for the Republican action committee named America Rising said to reporters that, "Clinton needed a win last night. Instead, everyone is talking about how well Bernie Sanders, her chief rival, did."

But perhaps this move by the Republicans is nothing more than the old saying, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Case in point, this is not exactly the first time that the Democrats or the Republicans have endorsed someone from the opposite party.

Make no mistake though, it's hard to see this as genuine endorsement, but more likely investing on the enemy who they think they can beat.

For example, MSNBC reported that during the 2012 U.S. Senate Elections in the state of Missouri, Democratic candidate Claire McCaskill subtly helped her future opponent Rep. Todd Akin in his primary race, with the belief that she can easily beat him in the general elections. Her gamble proved to be right as McCaskill beat Akin in a convincing manner, winning by over 15 points.

Now, the GOP seems to be doing the same thing because, according to Republican Gov. John Kasich, they think they're going to win every state, "if Bernie Sanders is the nominee."

Bernie Sanders, who proudly describes himself as a socialist-democrat, does not exactly ring in a favorable manner to the majority of American people.

There are still many stigmas attached to term of "socialism," as it is widely associated with the fallen Soviet Republic or even straight-up communism.

This may come as bad news to Hillary Clinton as Sanders is steadily creeping in closer. But at the very least, when she claims that the Republicans do not want to face her come the general elections, she knows she's right.