Jane and Bernie Sanders have spent the past year doing everything within their power to defeat Hillary Rodham Clinton.
They have raised millions of dollars from small dollar donors. They have travelled across the nation, meeting with increasingly large numbers of supporters.
Bernie Sanders and his entire support group have aimed their most pointed criticisms at Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Bernie and his people have consistently attacked Clinton for her ties to the big banks and Wall Street interests. Bernie has been calling for Hillary to release the transcripts of her many speeches to the Wall Street elite.
So you get it, right?
Bernie Sanders is in no way a supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
And that’s why it was a huge surprise to many progressives when Bernie and his wife Jane told The Daily Beast that even though they feel that the system is unfair, if Hillary wins the nomination, they would vote for her.
Kind of shocking!
But here is what Ms. Sanders had to say when interviewed about the process:
“I know Donald Trump has complained about the system. We’re not going to complain about it. We knew the rules going in. We aren’t going to complain about the rules.”
Ms. Sanders was asked about the whole super delegate issue which has been impacting the nomination process.
“Superdelegate, first off, I think, are silly.,,,,,They’re 30 percent of the vote that a candidate needs to become the nominee. How fair is that? I am a voter. I have one vote, yet you’re a superdelegate and count for thousands and thousands of votes. That doesn’t make any sense at all. ‘One person, one vote’ is what democracy is supposed to be about.”
But when asked point blank if her husband would support Hillary Clinton should she win the nomination, Jane answered this way:
” I think both of them will support the other.”
So there you go. If Hillary wins the Democratic Nomination, Jane Sanders says that she and Bernie will vote for her in the general election.
I wonder how many of those who “Feel The Bern” are inclined to agree.
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