Actually, Sanders praised the president for his graciousness after an hour-long meeting in the White House.
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“From the decision we made in the situation room we made to get Bin Laden, to our pursuit of diplomacy in capitals around the world, I have seen her judgment, I’ve seen her toughness, I’ve seen her commitment to our values up close”, he said.
Keeping in line with her much-publicized hatred of hunk of anthropomorphic blubber Donald Trump, Warren preambled her endorsement of Clinton at the American Constitution Society’s annual convention in Washington, D.C. with a few choice words for the presumptive GOP nominee. He wants four more years of Obama but nobody else does.
As the Democratic primary season was all but over, the notion of party unity had become a crucial topic in the Democratic field.
“I look forward to sitting down with Secretary Clinton to see what kind of platform she is going to support and in fact how aggressive she is going to be in addressing the major crises that we face”, the Vermont senator said in an appearance on CBS’ Face the Nation. “I’m with her. I am fired up, and I can not wait to get out there and campaign for Hillary”, Obama said.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders walks with U.S. President Barack Obama to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US.
Sanders, who met with Obama at the White House earlier on Thursday, said afterward he would work with Clinton to defeat Trump.
Sanders’ remarks were the first indication that the two Democrats planned to “chat” Tuesday evening after votes in the District of Columbia, the final Democratic presidential primary.
Even more daunting a task this time for party establishment to bridge the Clinton and Sanders divide was the anti-establishment sentiment Sanders had stirred up among disheartened Democratic and independent voters in this chaotic primary season.
“So, if Hillary Clinton is going to get ahead on the polls, she is going to need Senator Sanders on her side”. “But, more importantly, it will make the Democratic Party stronger, and it will make America stronger”.
He also pointed out the importance of expanding health care, fighting climate change, and making public colleges tuition free, which he hopes Hillary Clinton as a Democratic nominee will pursue.
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Warren’s endorsement comes after months of silence regarding the race between Clinton and Sanders.
