Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Will Support Hillary Clinton But He’s Sticking to Some Key Demands
http://time.com/4307384/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-nomination-support-2016-election/He expects her to back his Medicare plan, and for her to take a tougher stance on climate change
At a town hall meeting hosted by MSNBC on Monday evening in Philadelphia, Sanders was asked what he would do to mobilize his supporters to continue his policy proposals, assuming he lost at the Democratic convention.
Sanders said that If we end up losing, it would be incumbent upon [Clinton] to tell millions of people who right now do not believe in establishment politics and establishment economics that she supported Sanders Medicare-for-all plan.
I think Secretary Clinton is going to have to explain to millions of young people and a lot of other people that climate change is a real crisis and incrementalism is just not going to solve it, he added.
Whether Sanders throws his support behind Clinton if she wins the Democratic nomination and how enthusiastically he endorses her will play a major role in determining whether his supporters end up backing her too. That will give Sanders some leverage, even if he loses the Democratic nomination, in shaping the partys platform.
Clinton is highly unlikely to embrace any of Sanders policy proposals, which would cost trillions of dollars over the next ten years. She has repeatedly rejected those ideas, saying that Sanders Medicare-for-all proposal would require the United States to scrap the Affordable Care Act and that his free tuition at public colleges would require compliance from Republican governors.
The former Secretary of State said as much on Monday night, during her own town hall meeting.
I am winning. And Im winning because of what I stand for and what Ive done, Clinton said. I have 2.7 million more votes than he has. I have more than 250 more pledged delegates. Im very proud of the campaign that we have run and the support we have gotten and of course were gonna work together.
She argued she has a better plan for regulating Wall Street than Sanders does, and pointed to the 2008 election, when she supported the then-Sen. Barack Obama.I spent an enormous amount of time convincing my supporters to support him. And Im happy to say the vast majority did, Clinton said.
Though both the candidates suggested they were taking a hard position ahead of the convention in the case that Clinton wins, Sanders also said he would do what he could to prevent a Republican from winning in November.
I will do everything in my power to make sure no Republican gets into the White House in this election, Sanders said.
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She cant she has to pass these bills though the senate and congress besides it would cost trillions
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Agendas are different, no, she should not accept his losing agenda. He has moved to her position on banks and SS, she has the better winning agenda, 2.7 million people more than Sanders says a lot.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)We can do with or without his support ..we will be fine...
72DejaVu
(1,545 posts)Go home, Bernie, your 15 minutes are up.
72DejaVu
(1,545 posts)is appear to be bowing to blackmail.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)The plans aren't feasible. She should take a harder stance on Climate change that monetizes green infrastructure and energy. However, there was another candidate in the race who outlined that the best. It was not Sanders - who lost all credibility on that issue with me a few months ago.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)As she made very clear from the start, "I'm winning." Therein lies the problem for Sanders. He's losing. And badly.
When she lost to Senator Obama by slim margins, and only through delegates since she beat him in the popular vote, and she finally conceded on June 7th, 2008, she didn't make any demands on him! She only ASKED him to help her retire her campaign debt. That's it. Then she and her husband went full 110% to campaigning for Senator Obama and asked her supporters to do so, as well. Why? Because she's a very smart Democrat who'd do anything not to allow a Republican back into the White House, and she's a true-blue Democrat, loyal to our Party and our Party's platform.
Newly-minted Democrat, Sanders, is making demands while being behind in the popular vote, behind in pledged delegate votes, and behind in super delegates by whopping percentages, but in his arrogance he believes he has the right to demand she adopt his platform or he won't support her? The gall.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)And the numbers don't lie. They simply don't lie.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)doesn't sound right. And yes, the numbers DON'T LIE.
As they say, and Sanders supporters should try and reconcile with this truth, figures don't lie, liars figure.
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)stopbush
(24,396 posts)but his plans on how to pay for them fall woefully short, so he's now going to demand that Hillary adopt his plans and stick her with the hard part of raising taxes like crazy to pay for it.
What an asshole.
DemonGoddess
(4,640 posts)How he winds up his campaign will determine things for him, though. Such as what place he has in the future. Continuing to use CT and RW talking points against the CLEAR front runner is doing him no favors at all.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Have the most votes and delegates and endorsements
of any one running in 2016!!
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)then he's worthless to Hillary and the Democratic Party. She'll get the reasonable people who support Sanders without his 'help'.