Sanders recently challenged the superdelegates to take a “hard look” at a State Department report that revealed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton violated the department’s email policies with her private server.
Warren delivered her speech at the state party’s annual convention, riling up the crowd as the general election begins in earnest.
2016 presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
A Bloomberg Politics poll this week found that 28% of Republicans say they feel unfavorably about their party. “That’s our No. 1 target: Donald Trump”. But after all the delegates were seated and given the opportunity to realign, Clinton had 714 and Bernie Sanders had 571.
“Now Trump University failed, and that’s no surprise”, Warren said, according to NBC News.
But, he added, “I’m asking, I’m pleading for folks to come together when this is all over”.
That runs counter to one of the biggest knocks against her – from Republican and Democratic critics – which is that she is out only for herself.
Merkley’s plea drew a mix of cheers and boos.
The insults and analysis were nearly always followed by calls for unity.
Daniel Brown, a Sanders delegate from Bellingham, turned his back on Merkley.
He said he was exhausted of being told time and again he had to vote for “the lesser of two evils”. Kelly Ayotte on Saturday, saying her Republican opponent consistently votes with the Koch brothers, puts special interests ahead of New Hampshire, plays political games with women’s health and continues to support Trump even though experts say he poses a risk to national security and the nation’s vital interests.
So the reluctance of some Sanders’ supporters to accept the loss frustrates many Clinton supporters.
The Republican National Committee, which is supporting the Trump campaign, dismissed the effort Friday.
“They don’t have to love her, just get behind her”, Bennett said.
“This proposed platform focuses on income inequality, government reforms and immigration more than past platforms, and is therefore different and a reflection of Sanders’ influence”, said Berendt. “It’s extremely divisive”, she said.
“He’s moved the party to the left and that’s a good thing”, he said. So that’s 23 delegates for Clinton and 21 for Sanders.
Attorney General Tom Miller, who has endorsed Clinton, had praise for Sanders’ accomplishments. McAuliffe, Northam and Herring spoke, hitting on the importance of keeping Democrats in the state’s top elected jobs. In March’s precinct caucuses, Sanders easily defeated Clinton, winning 73 percent of the delegates. But 13 percent would not vote at all; 15 percent would vote for Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson; 11 percent for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein; and 7 percent would shift to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“You do that it’s going to be easier for us to back down and go along with what needs to happen”, said Sanders supporter Jerry Abbott said.
“Well, he is waiting for really the Federal Bureau of Investigation to do what everybody thinks they are going to do”, Donald Trump said. “We’re excited about working with her campaign and making sure she wins the White House in November”. “And Washington state spoke a long time ago and we want Bernie”. Governor John Kasich, who scored his only Republican primary win in OH, remains opposed to Donald Trump.