Clinton on Wednesday also won backing from New York’s Daily News, which called her a “superprepared warrior realist” who understands the economic toll the country has faced, while labelling Sanders “utterly unprepared” with “politically impossible” goals. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders picked up his first endorsement from a sitting Senator on Wednesday, as Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley announced he is supporting his colleague from Vermont. As Politico noted, Minnesota is a sort of “superdelegate sweet spot” for Sanders, with three members of Congress – Nolan, and U.S. Reps.
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Deriding “fierce attacks” against unions over the last several decades, Sanders called organised labour the last line of defence against corporate greed in America.
“We’re blessed with two candidates on the Democratic side who bring a tremendous amount of experience”.
“We need the best mass transportation system in the world”.
Merkley was responding to a longstanding criticism from Democrats and others that Sanders’ proposals – including free tuition at public universities and universal health care coverage – are too “pie in the sky”. Oregonian Democrat Jeff Merkley penned an opinion piece for The New York Times officially and publicly endorsing his fellow senator for president.
He praised Sanders for opposing trade deals, for preferring renewable energy over fossil fuels, for taking on the “concentration of campaign cash from the mega-wealthy that is corrupting the vision of opportunity embedded in our Constitution” and for unflinchingly opposing “predatory lending, as well as the threats to our economy from high-risk strategies at our biggest banks”.
“Brothers and sisters, there is no doubt that America needs a jolt, NY needs a jolt, working families need a jolt and business as usual politics are not gonna give us the jolt that we need”, he said.
According to the Sanders campaign, the rally has 27,032 attendees, and it is the campaign’s third-largest rally, behind Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles.
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But his rival for the Democratic nomination, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a subway snafu of her own while campaigning in the city recently.
