The First Congressman To Support Bernie Sanders Has Endorsed Hillary Clinton

[George II]

Source: Politicus

By Jason Easley on Thu, Jun 16th, 2016 at 9:38 am

Rep. Raul Grijalva, who was the first member of Congress to support Bernie Sanders, has endorsed Hillary Clinton.

According to Chuck Todd:

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Rep. Grijalva was the first member of Congress to endorse Sen. Sanders. He was a top surrogate for the Sanders campaign and spoke often and passionately about Sen. Sanders’ presidential candidacy.

A little more than a week ago, Rep. Grijalva suggested that it was time for Sanders to do the right thing, “The reality is unattainable at some point. You deal with that. Bernie is going to deal with this much more rapidly than you think. At some point, when we’re trying to flip 400 super-delegates, and it’s not gaining traction, I think you have to come to the conclusion that it’s not going to happen. You just move into a different direction. And that different direction is that we begin to try to integrate the party.He’s gonna do the right thing.”

For those last few Bernie supporters who are hanging on, it’s clear that the campaign is breaking up. Bernie Sanders will take something to the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, but what he brings may be a presidential campaign in name only.

Sen. Sanders has shifted his focus to the Democratic platform and addressing the issues that he sees with the Democratic primary process. Sanders surrogates are moving on, as the Democratic Party comes together to defeat Donald Trump.

Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/2016/06/16/congressman-support-bernie-sanders-endorsed-hillary-clinton.html

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Very symbolic change of an endorsement.

[pandr32]

1. Well, he did hope that supers would switch their support!

[JonLeibowitz]

5. If you bothered to read the article, you'd know there was no such mention of changing his pledge

Same for Merkley.

[hopemountain]

12. ^^^exactly^^^ nt

[LoverOfLiberty]

19. C'mon

it just stands to reason.

[hopemountain]

21. yes, i agree -

the sky is blue and the ocean is deep. and ain't no moun'en high enough.

[JonLeibowitz]

26. It's a lie anyway. Merkley's office staff (I suspect) changed back their super pledge to Bernie.

List of Democratic Party superdelegates, 2016 Wikipedia article edited anonymously from US Senate

Clinton -> Bernie

https://twitter.com/congressedits/status/741361045843890176

But facts are unimportant to these people, so I doubt they'll check whether Grijalva actually switched his superdelegate vote.

[hopemountain]

29. as of a couple of hours ago, he has not.

still pledged to sanders.

[JonLeibowitz]

30. Figures. Grijalva is one of Sanders' closest supporters. He understands the importance of pushing

an agenda forward to the convention.

[SouthernDemLinda]

39. The train is leaving the station

It's another false story thrown out there by the Hillary-trolls. They want Bernie supporters to come on board with her campaign against Trump without actually address any issues. Just tell them the train is leaving the station .....

[Ned_Devine]

28. Yeah, but that ruins the grave dancing narrative

[bluestateguy]

2. Bernie always said that SD's should reflect the will of their voters

Raul Grijalva has done that.

[eastwestdem]

3. Good news! nt

[sheshe2]

4. K&R

It is time to focus on beating Trump.

Thanks, George.

[mahannah]

6. I admire Grijalva as much as I do Sanders, but "do the right thing"?

[LoverOfLiberty]

20. Or if you

in your arrogance and stupidity will post such a lame comment.

[hopemountain]

22. yes, modestybl -

between now and the convention it IS a two way street.

[hopemountain]

7. this is hearsay.

there is no direct quote from Rep. Grijalva saying he endorses hillary. nothing of the sort.
stretching it a bit, politususa and chuck todd. this is just a pressure tactic on the Rep. Grijalva. Grijalva may have "suggested" it is time for Sanders to do the right thing, etc. but he says no such thing - neither that he supports nor endorses clinton.

But, there is this - his super delegate vote is still pledged to sanders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_Party_superdelegates,_2016

[Night Watchman]

9. This is Reality

And you know perfectly well that SDs can change their vote anytime they want.

[hopemountain]

23. of course - and either

way and for either sanders or clinton.

[azurnoir]

8. "according to Chuck Todd"

[sufrommich]

10. Statement from Raul Grijalva:

With voting completed in the final Democratic Primary, it is now time for the Democratic Party to unify. For all of us who supported Bernie from the beginning, whether we considered ourselves progressives or independents or just Americans tired of being on the outside looking in, the most important thing now is to beat Donald Trump in November. To use a word that’s been thrown around a lot lately, now is the time to unify. […]

Hillary Clinton has the capacity and the instincts needed to carry forward what has been started. I support her and will do what I can to help ensure her victory. I firmly believe that her victory will only come when she and the Democratic Party articulate the themes this movement [created by the Sanders campaign] has so powerfully expressed.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/bernie-sanders-grijalva/487409/

[azurnoir]

11. That's nice will he be receiving funding from the DNC for his campaign now?

From what I've read he has a strong Republican opponent

[George II]

38. Every Democratic candidate for the House and Senate gets funding from the DNC unless they don't....

....want it.

That's one of the reason that Clinton held or attended Democratic fundraisers earlier in the year. Remember, she is responsible for helping to raise something like $18M that is available for down ticket candidates.

[hopemountain]

13. of course, "support" does

not mean endorse. but 'support' is key for ALL members of the party - including clinton's supporters - supporting bernie should he win the nomination at the convention.

much and anything can happen between now and july 25th. much. primarily, complete vote tallies from more than 11 states including california.

i know, i know - it is an inconvenient truth for many of you.

the sanders campaign is aiming for a peaceful unification of the party - they - including clinton are setting us all up to unify and this means, clinton supporters endorsing bernie should he win the nomination at the convention.

[sufrommich]

15. Bernie's not going to win the nomination at the convention.

The nomination has already been won by Hillary. Vote tallies from 11 states would have to have Sanders winning in landslides,ain't gonna happen. The primaries are over.

[hopemountain]

24. you are right - the primaries are over

but counting the votes and the designation of pledged and super delegates is not.

no one should be counting their chickens before they hatch.

[sufrommich]

25. I keep telling myself that I'm going to stop trying

to argue with people who actually still believe what you just wrote, so I'm done.

[Night Watchman]

31. Wow

It ain't just a river in Egypt, baby, but it still looks like you're drowning!

[anigbrowl]

36. Yeah it does

Endorsement isn't a legal status or some other formal matter, but go on clinging to your rhetorical fantasies. I will bet you money right now that Grivalja votes for Hillary at the convention. How about it?

[George II]

34. Sure looks like an endorsement to me. And to the naysayers, this is NOT "grave dancing"....

...it's facing reality.

[SouthernDemLinda]

40. Some more Chuck Todd said.......

[link:http://|http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/05/26/chuck-todd-i-dont-think-hillary-could-be-confirmed-to-be-ag-because-of-email-conduct/]

Chuck Todd: I Don’t Think Hillary Could Be Confirmed To Be AG Because of Email Conduct

by IAN HANCHETT26 May 2016

On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said that he doesn’t think Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could be confirmed to be attorney general because of her email conduct.

Todd stated, “If — because of this breach, for instance, she could — I don’t think she could get confirmed, for instance, to be attorney general.”

He added, “The most logical explanation is she wanted to make it harder for the press and Congress to see her correspondence, so they made FOIA requests more difficult by doing what? Making sure it wasn’t on a government server, putting in a private server. And, at the — that’s the part of this — the idea of convenience, I’ve never been able to accept that, because what’s convenient about having a server in your house?”

[deadchicken7]

18. Stop

You're not helping.

[Surya Gayatri]

27. Hill, YEEEESSSSSSSSS! Massive K & R!

[Raine1967]

32. NBC has more:

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/sanders-first-congressional-backer-flips-clinton-n593811

"Hillary Clinton has the capacity and the instincts needed to carry forward what has been started," Grijalva said Thursday. "I support her and will do what I can to help ensure her victory."

(snip)

In the meantime, several of Sanders allies have gotten ahead of him on the road to unity. MoveOn.org came out for Clinton Wednesday, as did and several unions that supported Sanders.

Sen. Jeff Merekly, Sanders' only backer in the Senate, essentially did the same when he said he would support Clinton because she is the party's nominee.

[George II]

33. That wasn't out yet when I posted, so this was greeted with "liar" garbage.

[Raine1967]

37. I kinda figured that.

Sorry I didn't respond sooner