Sanders’ endorsement will come a month after the final primary and after protracted negotiations over the Democratic party platform. The investments in community health centers, which provide care for about 25 million people in the United States, more than half of whom are Hispanic or African Americans, will help break down the barriers minority communities face in accessing affordable health care. The Republican nominee, Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks on Hillary Clinton.
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Supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders gather outside the Democratic presidential debate in Brooklyn, N.Y. April 14, 2016.
Christie has been a loyal Trump surrogate since shortly after bowing out of the race, and his experience running a populous state could be seen as critical for a candidate who has acknowledged his own lack of political and government expertise.
There is widespread speculation that Sanders could endorse Clinton at the rally.
Tuesday morning’s campaign event will be held at Portsmouth High School.
While Ms. Clinton agreed to adopt several proposals from Mr. Sanders, the latter conceded on a key issue – the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
“This is a platform clearly influenced by Bernie Sanders”, said James Zogby, the president of the Arab American Institute and a Sanders appointee to the party’s platform drafting committee. The platform now calls for a $15-per-hour federal minimum wage, expansion of Social Security and setting a price on greenhouse gas emissions, positions that Sanders had embraced in contrast to Clinton’s more moderate stances during the primaries this winter and spring.
“Every passing week, the stakes of this election get raised because of Donald Trump’s outrageousness”, Fenn said.
The announcement follows a higher education proposal Clinton released Wednesday that Sanders called a “bold initiative” to “revolutionize the funding of higher education in America”.
He’s finally expected to endorse Hillary.
Taken together with her earlier commitments to address the problems of sharply rising health care premiums, out-of-pocket costs and prescription drug prices, Clinton has managed to draw strong praise from her Democratic rival Sanders.
David Worley, an Atlanta attorney and former state party chairman, is a Clinton delegate to this month’s convention in Philadelphia. The Clinton team’s opposition to the specific language in the amendment stemmed directly from the fact that President Barack Obama supports it.
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“It shows Sanders supporters that Clinton is taking him and his message seriously”, said Matthew Dickinson, presidential politics expert from Middlebury College.
