“It just means so much to have a strong, substantive endorsement from the President”.
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Sanders said Trump would be “a disaster as president of the United States”. Earnest said the video was a “joint endorsement” from the President and First Lady Michelle Obama.
Almost half of Americans in a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey approved of Obama’s handling of his presidency, a high mark for a president at this point in the job. “Her finger on the nuclear trigger should terrify everyone”, he added.
Thursday’s endorsement increases pressure on Sanders, a United States senator from Vermont, to concede the race so the party can focus on campaigning against Donald Trump, the Republican presumptive nominee for the November 8 election.
Sanders emerged from a meeting with Obama earlier Thursday and inched closer in that direction.
“When you look at the issues, there’s a pretty broad consensus about what it means to be a Democrat and what our values are, and what we’re fighting for”, Obama told party donors in NY on Wednesday, previewing his sit-down with Sanders.
Sanders will meet with Senator Minority Leader Harry Reid on Capitol Hill before holding a rally Thursday night in Washington.
Sanders, who was accompanied by his wife, Jane, and spoke from prepared remarks, arrived at the White House just after 11:15 a.m. Clinton and Warren met privately for about an hour Friday morning at Clinton’s home in Washington, intensifying speculation that the progressive stalwart may be tapped for the vice presidency.
“Look, I know how hard this job can be”, Obama said in a video message released on social media by Clinton’s campaign. “I am fired up”.
Soon after Obama endorsed former secretary of state Clinton, the Clinton Campaign said they would canvass together in Wisconsin on June 15.
The careful choreography was part of the Democrats’ attempt to show some respect to Sanders, even as they steered the long-time senator toward the campaign off-ramp.
Sanders read the prepared statement outside the White House after his meeting with Obama, who was not seen after the meeting.
Sanders huddled with Sen.
Sen. Bernie Sanders experienced what looked like the most awkward seven seconds of his political career Thursday. Sanders and the DNC chairwoman have been at odds for months, with Sanders’ team long accusing her of helping now-presumptive nominee Clinton.
Those are the values that unite us as Democrats.
Trump’s late start on fundraising has raised questions about whether he can achieve his previously stated aim of raising $1 billion before November. “He has to fix this”.
“The Democrats (are) now swiftly and smoothly closing ranks, versus the Republicans in tension and near disarray coming out of the last three weeks”, Gergen told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. In addition to becoming the first woman to be the presumptive Democratic nominee, the former US secretary of state has entered Twitter’s Hall Of Fame.
Trump has been through a rough patch the last few weeks – largely of his own making following his comment that a US judge was biased against him in a civil law suit because of his Mexican ancestry.
The retweets of Clinton’s comeback came fast and furious. “He wants four more years of Obama-but nobody else does”, Trump previously tweeted.
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Within five minutes, Clinton’s campaign responded with a popular Twitter meme.
