In a roll call vote Tuesday evening at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made history as the first woman presidential nominee from a major party.
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Clinton’s victory has been long in the making, going all the way back to her first presidential campaign in 2008. A few minutes ago, during the roll call of states, the delegation allowed him to personally deliver his vote to his little brother, which he did, after brief, emotional remarks about their parents, and how immensely proud they’d be.
She will face an even more unpopular Republican nominee – political novice and real estate mogul Donald Trump – in the general election.
Correction: This piece originally erroneously stated that Larry Sanders was the younger brother of Bernie, not the older.
Still, Sanders declined to endorse Clinton for over a month as he pushed the presumptive nominee to make major changes to the Democratic Party’s platform and primary rules.
Jerry Emmett was born before women gained the right to vote in America, so it’s fitting she announced that the Arizona delegation was casting 51 of its 85 votes for Hillary Clinton for president.
And in a moment of unity the Clinton camp had been waiting for, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sanders himself served to calm all but the Vermont senator’s most inconsolable backers.
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But what remained uncertain was how Sanders’ supporters would behave.
