“I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton”, Sanders said to a roaring crowd. “She will be the Democratic nominee for president, and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the U.S”.
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Party officials met over the weekend in Orlando, Florida to finalise the Democratic platform, which they described as the most ambitious and progressive yet in history.
“Bernie Sanders endorsing crooked Hillary Clinton is like Occupy Wall Street endorsing Goldman Sachs”, Trumps tweet said.
“I don’t believe that someone who five days ago was being hounded by the FBI is someone I would trust with my future”, he said, a reference to the investigation into Clinton’s use of a personal email server during her tenure at the State Department. He responded, “Because I haven’t heard her say the things I think need to be said”. “Our job now is to see that platform implemented by a Democratically controlled Senate, a Democratically controlled House, and a Hillary Clinton presidency”.
Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump has also been courting Sanders supporters.
“Thank you for your lifetime of fighting injustice”, said Mrs Clinton, and credited Mr Sanders for bringing new Americans into the political process.
Several Sanders supporters left the room as Clinton began speaking, while another turned her back for the entire speech.
“Just as Bernie said, over the years, I’ve gotten to know him as a colleague and a friend”.
Sanders, in his remarks, outlined the implications of November’s election.
Listing his reasons for supporting her, he told the rally: “Hillary Clinton understands that we must fix an economy in America that is rigged and that sends nearly all new wealth and income to the top one percent”.
The filter featured Clinton and Sanders standing side-by-side holding hands in the air with the tagline, “Stronger Together”.
“Hillary Clinton understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths”.
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Livingston was a leader of the Syracuse for Sanders presidential primary campaign, helping Sanders capture about 49 percent of the vote in Central New York’s 24th Congressional District.
