“That’s why I know Hillary will be so good at it”, Obama said in a web video circulated by the Clinton campaign. “In fact, I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office”. Warren was the only Democratic female senator who hadn’t endorsed Clinton.
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Sanders beat Hillary Clinton in Oregon’s primary by 60,000 votes.
Sanders met with Obama in the White House Thursday morning, two days after he vowed to press his case for the Democratic presidential nomination all the way to the party convention at the end of July. Clinton presided over the largest increase in federal and state prisoners in American history, supported the draconian 100-to-1 sentencing disparity for crack and powder cocaine (crack was far more prevalent in black communities at the time, something our president was surely aware of) and created a now-infamous $30 billion crime bill that acted as gasoline on the already raging Prison Industrial Complex fire.
Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump immediately fired back.
And Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus tweeted “if anyone knows how to use a delete key”, it’s Clinton.
Meanwhile, Democrats are coalescing around Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid and looking to reunite the party through a carefully orchestrated plan aimed at nudging rival Bernie Sanders aside.
“I look forward to meeting with [Clinton] in the near future to see how we can work together to defeat Donald Trump”, Sanders told reporters after the meeting with Obama.
“Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders may have been rivals during this primary, but they’re both patriots who love this country and they share a vision for an America that we all believe in”, Obama said.
Sanders was then welcomed on Capitol Hill by Senator Harry Reid, the top Democrat in the Senate.
Sanders emerged from a meeting with Obama earlier Thursday and inched closer in that direction. They met for over an hour, and Fox News is told no staff or aides were present.
Warren’s endorsement comes after months of silence regarding the race between Clinton and Sanders.
As it circulated the Obama video, the Clinton campaign announced their first joint appearance on the campaign trail will be Wednesday in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He also thanked Obama for remaining impartial during the Democratic primary process. He said he and Vice President Biden lived up to their pledge not to put their “thumb on the scales”.
Spokesman Josh Earnest had repeatedly deflected questions about when an endorsement would come.
Obama and other senior Democrats are seeking a delicate balance of rallying the party behind Clinton, while not alienating Sanders and his supporters.
As the Democratic primary season was all but over, the notion of party unity had become a crucial topic in the Democratic field. “Whether it’s the Wall Street speech transcripts she refuses to release, her ties to the fossil fuel industry, or coziness with big banks, Hillary Clinton represents everything Elizabeth Warren supposedly stands against”. Bernie Sanders, has been focused on the convention for weeks.
“I want to be out there with him and have a chance to campaign with him”, she said.
Portland had some of the most ardent supporters for Sanders.
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Trump responded nearly immediately, saying in a tweet that voters don’t want four more years of Obama.
