The crowd included supporters of both Clinton and Sanders, who won the New Hampshire primary by a record 22 percentage points over the former secretary of state.
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“Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president, and I am proud to stand with her here today”, he said.
Many at the demonstration said they hope that Sanders supporters come around, saying that it would help presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump if they don’t.
Putting aside the acrimony, Ms Clinton thanked Mr Sanders for his endorsement – even if their body language did not exude warmth and was downright awkward at times.
“Democrats are united to support Hillary Clinton because she will fight for our values”, Agre said. These are Bernie’s fights.
“Throughout this campaign Senator Sanders has brought people off the sidelines and into the political process”.
“While Donald Trump is busy insulting Mexicans and Muslims and women and African-Americans and our veterans”, Sanders said, “Hillary Clinton understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths”.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton applauds as Sen.
David Pfau with the Sacramento for Bernie camping believes this will help merge the two democratic parties. And a third might engage in other political activity, possibly registering as a political action committee, Weaver said.
Her campaign also created a $27 donation button on its website, a nod to the average donation Sanders received during his primary run fueled by small donors that became a calling card of his effort.
“Despite her penchant for flip flopping rhetoric, Hillary Clinton has spent decades consistently serving the causes of Wall Street, war and the Walmart economy”, said Stein in a statement released Tuesday afternoon.
On Tuesday in New Hampshire, as Clinton stood behind him nodding her head, he said “it is no secret” that the two disagree on a number of issues.
And I congratulate her for that. In a high-profile rally last month, Clinton was embraced by Massachusetts Sen.
“I’m actually really happy that Hillary’s being supported by him now, I feel like I got to support my platform and I think she’s going to get it done too”, said Holly Jasper, who caucused for Sanders.
Gilroy says although she’s a delegate to the Democratic Convention, there’s no guarantee she’ll vote for Clinton. Stavridis, who served as supreme allied commander at North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, is now dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Top Democrats, including President Barack Obama and Senator Elizabeth Warren of MA, a favorite of the party’s liberal wing, have already announced their support for Clinton, leaving Sanders at risk of being left behind in the Democratic battle against Trump.
Much of Clinton’s success will be determined by how persuasive Sanders is in convincing his base that his message lives on in Clinton’s campaign, said Samuel Popkin, a UC San Diego political science professor and author of “The Candidate: What it Takes to Win (and Hold) the White House”. “I’m going more to protest and party”.
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Countering that, the renegade Republicans are setting up a high-tech messaging system to coordinate with organizers on the convention floor when full sessions begin next week.
