US Sen. Merkley says Democrats must unite behind Clinton

“There are a lot of things that I’m looking at, in particular this issue that she has not moved on at all in this campaign, which is to continue this interventionist regime change policy in Syria that is proving to be so disastrous”, said Gabbard, an Iraq War veteran.

“I’m here to apologize”, the MA senator told the New Hampshire Democratic Party convention.

Numerous changes were sought by supporters of Bernie Sanders, but Hillary Clinton backers also endorsed the effort, resulting in the resolution being unanimously approved at the state party’s executive board meeting on Sunday.

She also has a commanding lead of 27 points among women and a more than 4-to-1 advantage among minority voters, while Trump leads by 13 points among men and by 11 points among white voters. ” During a speech earlier this month at her home state’s Democratic convention, Warren struggled to hold back a smile after she joked that “so far, Scott Brown has not found another Senate race to lose”. Some Sanders delegates even booed when Senator Jeff Merkley of OR, the only US senator to endorse Sanders, called for unity during his speech at the convention on Saturday. “She keeps at it, fighting for Democratic values and fighting to take down an army of right-wing lunatics who will say and do anything to undermine reform in this country”.

“We have a huge opportunity right now”, Becky Bond, who served as a senior adviser to the Vermont senator’s campaign, told a crowd inside the McCormick Place convention center on Saturday.

“She has not won. I think the votes that she claimed she has gotten have been coerced”, said DeVillier.

“The challenge that exists going into the general election is real”, she said.

“I respect Bernie Sanders and whatever decisions he makes”, she said. “I wish yesterday would have went a little differently, and we could have had an olive branch and came together”, said Clinton Jessee, a Clinton super volunteer dressed in a Clinton super hero costume. Presidential candidates are awarded delegates proportional to their finish at the Democratic caucuses in March.

State convention delegates passed their party platform on Saturday and voted on various party charter amendments and resolutions. On Thursday, Arizona Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva, the first member of Congress to endorse Sanders, announced his support for Clinton. “And I thought, ‘Ah, so Donald Trump really does have a plan to help the unemployed'”.