House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday morning, hours after the former secretary of state clinched the number of delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination.
“I’m a voter in California and I have voted for Hillary Clinton for president of the United States and proud to endorse her for that position,” Pelosi said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Pelosi’s endorsement comes on the day of the California presidential primary, a major contest in which 475 delegates are at stake for the Democratic candidates. Despite trailing Clinton in both delegates and votes, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has promised to stay in the race “until the last vote is counted,” arguing that the July convention in Philadelphia will be contested.
Pelosi said she believed Sanders would play a positive role in influencing the party’s platform and noted “it’s not over until it’s over.”
“Bernie knows better than anyone what’s on the line in the election and that we at some point have to unify as we go forward,” she said. “He wants to influence the platform. I think that’s fine.”
Other major Democratic party leaders threw their support behind Clinton in recent weeks as her delegate and vote count swelled. California Gov. Jerry Brown endorsed Clinton last week, and President Barack Obama is expected to do so as early as tomorrow, according to a New York Times report.
But does he? We’ll see in about 24 hours. I’m betting that he won’t concede and he will continue to campaign against Clinton all the way up to the convention.
Actually, the more Trump continues to implode, the less leverage Bernie has. I hope he realizes that and uses it as a reason to drop out.
Also, I’m expecting the President’s endorsement of Hillary tomorrow after today’s primaries.
What endorsement of Hilary will signal to Bernie that it is time to concede? It won’t be Obama. To paraphrase that great American philosopher L. P. Berra:
“It ain’t over until the lady senator from Massachusetts endorses.”
I confess to being an ardent supporter of Bernie–or more specifically of Bernie’s ideas.
But here’s the thing. Trump’s ideas scare the hell out of me. I would rather Bernie concede, add his ideas to Hilary’s and move on, because the thought of President Trump…
I know the perfect can be the enemy of the good; but Trump is the enemy of democracy, and needs to be stopped. I am happy to switch my support to Hilary.
Big deal! Rep. Pelosi is part of the Democratic Establishment, getting elected to office, and all that.