After almost eight years in the White House, Obama is still one of the country’s most popular politicians.
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Sanders added that Trump would “be a disaster of a president of the United States”. It was all part of a carefully orchestrated pressure campaign aimed at easing Clinton rival Bernie Sanders toward the exit and turning fully to the fight against Republican Donald Trump.
Bernie Sanders returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday to meet with Democratic leaders as he considers his next steps after President Obama’s endorsement of rival Hillary Clinton. And Rep. Raul Grijalva, a Sanders backer from Arizona, suggested the time to rally behind Clinton would come next week when the primary season concludes with the final contest in the District of Columbia.
Even though she remained on the sidelines, Warren has emerged as a fierce attack dog against presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, calling him a “nasty, thin-skinned fraud” just Thursday.
Clinton tweeted her thanks to Obama for the enthusiastic endorsement. Clinton then served as secretary of state during Obama’s first term.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Among Democrats, his approval rating was 82.3 percent, though 84.3 percent of Republicans disapproved of his leadership.
Obama called for unity among Democrats and vowed to be an active force on the campaign trail. And Warren’s progressive Facebook fans are not taking it well.
Furlong said he expects presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump to spend time in northeastern Wisconsin before the election, and for both campaigns to send high profile supporters on the stump as well. “That’s why I know Hillary will be so good at it”, he said.
Trump said in an interview with Reuters last month that he would try to dismantle the Dodd-Frank law. “I look forward to meeting with her in the near future” to discuss how to defeat Trump.
Clinton has previously said a plan to generate jobs by investing in transportation and other infrastructure spending and immigration reform would be among other early priorities.
Speaking to Reuters following the endorsement, Mrs Clinton said Mr Obama’s endorsement “means the world”.
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Warren’s move is yet another sign the Democratic establishment – including the progressive wing, which has always been skeptical of Clinton – is falling in line now that it’s clear Clinton has the delegates necessary to be the party’s presumptive nominee. Charles E. Schumer of NY.
