Update:
In the meantime, President Obama has endorsed Hillary Clinton, below.
Original post:
As many saw on the TV networks, Senator Bernie Sanders, standing with his wife, Jane, at his side spoke to reporters on the West Wing driveway after his meeting with President Obama.
After thanking President Obama and Vice President Biden for maintaining “a degree of impartiality” during the long Democratic primary, Sanders said he would do everything in his power and “will work as hard as [he] can to make sure Donald Trump does not become president of the United States.”
Sanders referred to Trump’s bigoted comments against, Mexicans, Muslims, women and other minority groups and that Trump “would be a disaster as president of the United States.”
As part of his effort to make sure Trump does not become our next president, Sanders plans to meet in the near future with Hillary Clinton to talk about how they can work together to achieve such, “the clearest indication yet he’s preparing to wind down his campaign,” according to The Hill.
Yet Sanders still vows to “to continue campaigning up to the Washington, D.C., primary on Tuesday” and, before flying back home, he “plans to stage the kind of large-scale rally that has become a signature of his campaign, this one at RFK Stadium in the District,” according to the Washington Post.
Sanders plans to make statehood for the District a major issue in his final campaign, noting that — although the District has a similar population as Vermont — it has zero representation in Congress.
Senator Sanders is a good, decent man. He fought a good battle.
I know Hillary Clinton will be gracious to him.
One gracious gesture would be to ask the voters of Washington D.C. to cast all their ballots on Tuesday for the Senator.
To do so as a sign of respect for his candidacy, in recognition for the important issues he has championed, in gratitude for what he has done for our nation and as an acknowledgment for his efforts to give the District the representation in Congress the people of the District deserve.
Finally, to encourage District residents to vote for Bernie as a dignified farewell to his valiant campaign and as a hearty welcome to the Democratic primary campaign and to what he and his supporters will bring to the Party in its common fight to keep Donald Trump from becoming the next president.
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