US Senator Bernie Sanders has said he will vote for his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in November’s presidential election.
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He said Trump has alienated many voters with his provocative rhetoric that involves “insulting Mexicans and Latinos and Muslims and women”, and that he is a candidate “who does not believe in the reality of climate change”.
It is the first time Sanders has pledged support for Clinton, with whom he’s fought tooth-and-nail for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Speaking to a packed hall in Manhattan, Sanders took something of a victory lap as he reviewed the states he won and the fact that many young people flocked to his campaign over Clinton’s.
The Democratic National Convention will be held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA on July 25-28.
Sanders, who gave a tough fight to 68-year-old Clinton during primaries, has not yet announced a formal endorsement of his party’s presumptive presidential nominee. “(POTUS has endorsed Clinton in the election.) “[Obama and Biden] said in the beginning that they would not put their thumb on the scales and they kept their word, and I appreciate that very, very much”. ‘You talk about disunity, I talk about involving the American people in the political process and wanting to have a government and a party that represents all of us, ‘ he said.
“I don’t have the votes to become the Democratic nominee, you know that, I know that, we’re good at arithmetic”, Sanders told Cuomo. Speaking to supporters in NY the same day, he vowed to press on with his campaign. He later reiterated his claim that he would do everything he could to make sure Donald Trump was not elected president.
Sanders said he will continue to push for a strong Democratic platform, which is one that “represents working people, that stands up to big money interests”.
Sanders built a loyal following throughout his presidential campaign, receiving some 13 million votes throughout the primaries, but Clinton received almost 4 million more.
He also admitted that it was unlikely that he would be the Democratic party nominee.
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“We’re talking”, he said. That would include an agenda to create jobs and raise the minimum wage, he said.
