• Contact Us
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
Sunday, January 29, 2023
National Tribune
SUBSCRIBE
  • World
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • World
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Health
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
National Tribune
No Result
View All Result
Home Uncategorized

Bernie Just Endorsed Biden — 3 Months Earlier Than He Backed Hillary in 2016

by Associated News
April 13, 2020
in Uncategorized
0
Bernie Just Endorsed Biden — 3 Months Earlier Than He Backed Hillary in 2016
0
SHARES
4
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Bernie Sanders just endorsed Joe Biden for president, a sharp departure from his reluctant approach to supporting Hillary Clinton four years ago.

Sanders joined Biden for a chummy-seeming campaign livestream on Monday, where the two longtime lawmakers played up their friendship, praised one another’s integrity and thanked each other for the campaigns they’d run.

“In this terrible moment in our history and given the enormous challenges we face in the future, we don’t have a choice, we’re going to have to come together,” Sanders said, complimenting Biden as “the kind of guy who’s going to be inclusive” in working with people of all stripes towards improving the lives of Americans.

Sanders’ endorsement comes just five days after he suspended his presidential campaign — and a full three months earlier than he endorsed Clinton after a more competitive and in many ways tenser primary.

Four year ago, Sanders refused to drop out before every primary was conducted and Clinton had made some major policy concessions, waiting to endorse her until July 12. That came a full month after he’d been but mathematically eliminated from winning the nomination in early June.

Many Clinton supporters blame Sanders’ foot-dragging for hurting party unity and helping elect Trump in 2016 — his hesitance let Russia sow discord between Sanders supporters and Clinton throughout the race. And while Sanders has long rejected that he’s to blame for Clinton’s loss, it seems he views the election this year far differently.

The existential threats that face the country, the relationship Sanders had with the presumptive Democratic nominee, and how soundly Sanders was losing the primaries all stand apart from 2016. Both Sanders and Biden argued during the livestream, a second Trump poses too dangerous a threat to democracy to win — and the health and economic threat of the coronavirus pandemic made the election even more crucial.

Sanders and Biden have been personally friendly for years — Biden is one of the few establishment politicians that Sanders has had a warm relationship with going back to before his presidential run. The two showed that warmth on the livestream, with Sanders joking about playing chess with Biden rather than end the conversation. It’s hard to imagine that happening with Clinton, who seemed to share a mutual disdain with Sanders throughout the 2016 race.

“I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all that you have done,” Biden said on the video. “We’ve been friends. we’ve disagreed. but we’ve been friends.”

Biden made it clear he’d endeavor to build unity with the Sanders wing of the party, complimenting him time and again for his vision and the movement he’s built.

“You’ve been way ahead,” Biden said to Sanders as he talked about the threat of student loan debt.

Sanders and Biden said their staffs had been working together for weeks to find areas of common agreement. And they’ll formalize that arrangement wit six working groups to develop common and novel ideas on economy, education, criminal justice, immigration and climate change.

Cover: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders joined Joe Biden’s livestream and endorsed him for president.

Continue Reading…

Associated News

Associated News

Next Post
Outrage over Iraqi woman’s alleged torture by her husband

Outrage over Iraqi woman's alleged torture by her husband

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recommended

Campus Sexual Assault Hearings Will Now Look More Like Criminal Trials

Campus Sexual Assault Hearings Will Now Look More Like Criminal Trials

3 years ago
UN Experts Call for Investigating Taliban’s Treatment of Women After Public Lashings

UN Experts Call for Investigating Taliban’s Treatment of Women After Public Lashings | NationalTribune.com

2 months ago

Popular News

    Connect with us

    NationalTribune Logo

    About Us

    National Tribune is an independent newspaper and publishing company owned by the National Tribune Company, formed in 1877 in Washington, D.C.

    • World
    • Business
    • Politics
    • Science
    • Health
    • Opinion
    • Help
    • About Us
    • Subscriptions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Corporate
    • Terms Of Service
    • GDPR

    Connect With us

    • Contact Us

    © 2022 NationalTribune.com

    No Result
    View All Result
    • About
    • About Us
    • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Home
    • Home 1
    • Home 2
    • Home 3
    • Home 4
    • Home 5
    • Homepage
    • Homepage
    • Investor Relations
    • Log In
    • Member Directory
    • My Account
    • My Profile
    • News
    • Privacy Policy
    • Reset Password
    • Sign Up
    • We’re Hiring

    © 2022 NationalTribune.com

    Welcome Back!

    Login to your account below

    Forgotten Password?

    Retrieve your password

    Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

    Log In