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Leading liberals begin new push to unify Democrats around Clinton.
Washington Post:
Even as Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to insist he can win the Democratic nomination, several prominent liberals have lined up behind front-runner Hillary Clinton in recent days — signaling that the time is now to begin unifying the party to take on Republican Donald Trump.
In endorsements of Clinton this week, California Gov. Jerry Brown and an influential environmental group, the NRDC Action Fund, argued that Democrats must stop fighting each other over their party’s nomination. Brown wrote in an open letter that Clinton offers the best chance to defeat Trump’s “dangerous” candidacy, while the fund, a political affiliate of the National Resources Defense Council, wrote that liberal groups must rally around Clinton because Trump’s policies would “take us back 100 years.”
Both efforts seemed aimed at bolstering Clinton in California, an enormous liberal state that Clinton could lose next Tuesday even as she is expected to effectively clinch the nomination in other states. Both reflected how damaging it could be to Clinton to kick off her battle against Trump with such a symbolic defeat.
In endorsements of Clinton this week, California Gov. Jerry Brown and an influential environmental group, the NRDC Action Fund, argued that Democrats must stop fighting each other over their party’s nomination. Brown wrote in an open letter that Clinton offers the best chance to defeat Trump’s “dangerous” candidacy, while the fund, a political affiliate of the National Resources Defense Council, wrote that liberal groups must rally around Clinton because Trump’s policies would “take us back 100 years.”
Both efforts seemed aimed at bolstering Clinton in California, an enormous liberal state that Clinton could lose next Tuesday even as she is expected to effectively clinch the nomination in other states. Both reflected how damaging it could be to Clinton to kick off her battle against Trump with such a symbolic defeat.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/leading-liberals-begin-new-push-to-unify-democrats-around-clinton/2016/06/01/0a431070-2769-11e6-a3c4-0724e8e24f3f_story.html
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