{"id":26859,"date":"2016-07-13T03:12:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T03:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/clinton-gets-nod-from-rival-sanders-in-white\/"},"modified":"2016-07-13T03:12:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T03:12:43","slug":"clinton-gets-nod-from-rival-sanders-in-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/clinton-gets-nod-from-rival-sanders-in-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinton gets nod from rival Sanders in White House race"},"content":{"rendered":"

{The 74-year-old US senator from Vermont vows to work hard to make the former Secretary of State become president.}<\/p>\n

US Senator Bernie Sanders has withdrawn his presidential campaign and endorsed his one-time rival Hillary Clinton in the race to the White House, ending his long-shot bid as the Democrat nominee.<\/p>\n

“Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process,” Sanders declared on Tuesday in a joint appearance in the US state of New Hampshire. <\/p>\n

After an often bitter campaign, Sanders said he will do everything he can to make Clinton “the next president” of the US. <\/p>\n

“This campaign is about the needs of the American people,” Sanders added, echoing some themes of his own year-long campaign. <\/p>\n

He also criticised Clinton’s presumptive Republican opponent Donald Trump for his “reckless economic policies”, which he warned could lead to trillions of dollars of debt. <\/p>\n

Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett, reporting from Portsmouth, said that while Clinton and Sanders have differences in policies, they share ideological beliefs.<\/p>\n

In her remarks accepting Sanders’ endorsement, Clinton embraced many of his causes, vowing to oppose trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, fight to raise the federal minimum wage – adopting Sanders’ tone, she called it a “starvation wage” – and overhaul the campaign finance system.<\/p>\n

“These aren’t just my fights. These are Bernie’s fights. These are America’s fights,” Clinton said.<\/p>\n

The 74-year-old Sanders, a US senator from Vermont, waged a tougher-than-expected year-long battle against the former secretary of state, but Clinton clinched enough delegates to secure the nomination in early June.<\/p>\n

Sanders, a feisty self-described democratic socialist, nevertheless has long resisted conceding defeat to his rival, although he has said he would vote for Clinton and do anything to help defeat Trump.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Trump said Sanders “totally sold out” to Clinton. Trump is expected to announce his vice presidential pick in the next few days. <\/p>\n

I am somewhat surprised that Bernie Sanders was not true to himself and his supporters. They are not happy that he is selling out!<\/p>\n

Sanders wants to ensure that his ideas are part of the party platform presented at the Democratic National Convention later this month in Philadelphia, when Clinton will formally be nominated.<\/p>\n

Party officials met over the weekend in Orlando, Florida to finalise the Democratic platform, which they described as the most ambitious and progressive yet in history.<\/p>\n

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