Clinton has repeatedly said she chose “not to keep” some 30,000 emails her lawyers deemed personal, which has been widely interpreted as meaning she deleted the personal emails.
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Sanders supporters are still mourning his loss to Clinton, but Warren’s backing will likely start to heal the rift in the party and make unity a bit easier. Thursday morning, prior to announcing his endorsement of Clinton. “I’m fired up and ready to go!” she tweeted, echoing one of Obama’s own campaign rallying cries from 2008. Bernie Sanders, has been focused on the convention for weeks.
“Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary”.
“I didn’t hear a single word about him trying to change the fact that she is the nominee, I think he’s accepted that”, Reid told reporters. After the meeting, Sanders, who still intends on campaigning through the last primary election next week in Washington D.C., said he would work with Clinton during the general election.
The endorsement has been a long time coming.
Politico reported that when asked if her rival Bernie Sanders had earned a place on the ticket, Clinton disagreed.
Warren’s populist credentials will boost Clinton’s ability to court Sanders voters as she prepares to battle Trump. Warren was the only female Democratic US senator who did not endorse Clinton during the primary race.
Clinton told Reuters she and Warren had similar views about issues such as economic policy and protecting the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Warren pushed to start.
“I’m not going to get into the details of their interactions, but I assure you that Senator Sanders was not surprised”, Earnest said in response to a question.
“I know there’s been a lot of speculation about this”, Warren said, adding “the truth is I love the work I do”. Clinton’s campaign will begin soliciting donations for the account Wednesday.
“We must come together to confront the fascist threat to our democracy presented by Donald Trump”, said Martin O’Malley, who had sought the Democratic nomination and on Thursday also endorsed Clinton.
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On Thursday, his top donors were holding their first official meeting in NY.
