Sanders Endorses Clinton: ‘She Must Become Our Next President’

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. waves as he a Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrive for a rally in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, July 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gave an impassioned speech endorsing Hillary Clinton on Tuesday at a joint rally in New Hampshire, saying “she must become our next president.”

Sanders said that Clinton fairly “won the Democratic nominating process” with far more pledged delegates and superdelegates than he earned, though he did not officially drop out.

“I congratulate her for that,” the Vermont senator said to roaring applause from the audience. “She will be the Democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States.”

Sanders delayed endorsing Clinton after she won the number of delegates needed to secure the nomination in June, insisting that the race was not over until the Democratic National Convention.

In New Hampshire, Sanders called Clinton “far and away the best candidate” to address the “serious crises” America faces, including income inequality and bitter partisanship in Congress.

Much of the address read like a standard Sanders stump speech, touching on the undue influence of money in politics, the need for universal healthcare, and raising the minimum wage. On each issue, he emphasized the starkly different positions held by Clinton and Donald Trump and how “important” the 2016 race was for the direction of the United States.

A somber Clinton stood by Sanders’ side, nodding her approval.

The Vermont senator acknowledged that he diverged from Clinton on “a number of issues” but that the two campaigns worked together to create “the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party” ahead of the national convention in Philadelphia.

“Our job now is to see that platform implemented by a Democratic Senate, a Democratic House and a Hillary Clinton president – and I am going to do everything I can to make that happen,” Sanders said.

“Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here today,” he concluded, as they embraced one another.

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  1. WTF? Hey! I thought that Supreme Emperor of the World Caliphate Barack Hussein Mohammed Ali Obama Soetoro was going to lead the country until he died…or forever? I saw that on FOX! Alex Jones still says it’s so. Did I miss a memo?

    Sorry to Bernie’s army! ~snort!~

  2. Good. Now it’s time to move on and focus on Trump and the Republican lunatics who want to build digital walls, end all public education, privatize Social Security, and abolish the National Park system, among other things.

    The large majority of Sanders supporters will vote for Clinton. I don’t give a shit if it’s enthusiastically or not myself, as long as they vote. The remaining dead-enders who claim Clinton is just as bad as Trump aren’t worth arguing with or worrying about.

  3. HitLAry IS going TO Be PResiDEnt ANd Barry Hussein WILL be EMporer and THEY will TAKE away our GUNs and BibeLS.

  4. Thank you Bernie.

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