Supporters to Bernie: It’s not you, it’s her., Yes, Bernie Sanders told his supporters, they had congenital something together: a attack that went added than naysayers expected, a movement that confused the affair to the left, affidavit that a political bulletin can still be heard afterwards a cool PAC.
But now it was time to move on.
On Tuesday, Sanders bankrupt the hearts of abounding of his New Hampshire supporters who did not wish to see the anarchy — or the affair — end. Months afterwards it was bright Hillary Clinton would be the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sanders accustomed her, as the affair attempted to coin a political alliance amid his supporters and hers.
In 2004, abounding advanced activists had, as one bonanza sticker suggested, “Dated Dean, Married Kerry.” In this presidential campaign, abounding New Hampshire voters — who best Sanders over Clinton by 22 credibility in the Democratic primary — had a altered notion: They anachronous Sanders, and now they feel they’ve been larboard at the altar.
“Absolutely, I am aghast and heartbroken,” said David Weeda, a Sanders agent from Maine to the Democratic National Convention. “He can do this if he wants, but I am traveling to still action his cause. He was the aboriginal being in my 35 years of activism who was speaking for me.”
And if the moment came at Portsmouth High School, in a gym abounding with 3,000 people, abounding of Sanders’ backers did not authority their peace. Jilted supporters brought their signs, T-shirts, and stickers to acclamation a Sanders attack that for all purposes had appear to a close.
When New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan, a Clinton supporter, broiled up the crowd, she was generally shouted down with chants of “Bernie, Bernie,” “Black Lives Matter,” and “No TPP,” a advertence to the all-embracing barter proposal.
During his about-face at the podium, Sanders explained his long-awaited endorsement, adage “I accept appear actuality today not to allocution about the able but to focus on the future.”
But as he talked, almost 40 of his supporters absolved out of the room.
During Clinton’s speech, a few added Sanders supporters larboard for the outside, bouncing goodbye and announcement T-shirts that read, “Still Sanders.” As Clinton spoke, one Sanders adherent stood faced abroad from her, captivation a “Bernie” assurance over the aback of his head. (The Sanders adherent faced a abundant beyond assurance that apprehend “Stronger Together.”)
The attrition was apparent to those far from the advanced ascendancy on the seacoast. The Republicans’ presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, tweeted, “I am somewhat afraid that Bernie Sanders was not accurate to himself and his supporters. They are not blessed that he is affairs out!”
But for those central the room, the accident apparent the end of a continued campaign. Wayne Alterisio, a retired letter carrier from Manchester, was at the Sanders admission in the accompaniment year ago — afore Sanders led accompaniment primary acclamation or drew crowds of bags to his events.
Today, Alterisio said he is “feeling beneath bad about” voting for Clinton.
“I feel aerial by what the Sanders attack accomplished,” he said. “I am sad I cannot vote for Bernie and that he is not the arch of the Democratic Party, but I cannot let Trump win.”
Then there was Gale Bailey, 52, of Rochester, who said she was “stunned” Sanders accustomed Clinton.
“He’s befuddled in the towel, and I don’t apperceive what to do. Quite frankly, I feel like crying,” she said, afraid her head.
But now it was time to move on.
On Tuesday, Sanders bankrupt the hearts of abounding of his New Hampshire supporters who did not wish to see the anarchy — or the affair — end. Months afterwards it was bright Hillary Clinton would be the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sanders accustomed her, as the affair attempted to coin a political alliance amid his supporters and hers.
In 2004, abounding advanced activists had, as one bonanza sticker suggested, “Dated Dean, Married Kerry.” In this presidential campaign, abounding New Hampshire voters — who best Sanders over Clinton by 22 credibility in the Democratic primary — had a altered notion: They anachronous Sanders, and now they feel they’ve been larboard at the altar.
“Absolutely, I am aghast and heartbroken,” said David Weeda, a Sanders agent from Maine to the Democratic National Convention. “He can do this if he wants, but I am traveling to still action his cause. He was the aboriginal being in my 35 years of activism who was speaking for me.”
And if the moment came at Portsmouth High School, in a gym abounding with 3,000 people, abounding of Sanders’ backers did not authority their peace. Jilted supporters brought their signs, T-shirts, and stickers to acclamation a Sanders attack that for all purposes had appear to a close.
When New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan, a Clinton supporter, broiled up the crowd, she was generally shouted down with chants of “Bernie, Bernie,” “Black Lives Matter,” and “No TPP,” a advertence to the all-embracing barter proposal.
During his about-face at the podium, Sanders explained his long-awaited endorsement, adage “I accept appear actuality today not to allocution about the able but to focus on the future.”
But as he talked, almost 40 of his supporters absolved out of the room.
During Clinton’s speech, a few added Sanders supporters larboard for the outside, bouncing goodbye and announcement T-shirts that read, “Still Sanders.” As Clinton spoke, one Sanders adherent stood faced abroad from her, captivation a “Bernie” assurance over the aback of his head. (The Sanders adherent faced a abundant beyond assurance that apprehend “Stronger Together.”)
The attrition was apparent to those far from the advanced ascendancy on the seacoast. The Republicans’ presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, tweeted, “I am somewhat afraid that Bernie Sanders was not accurate to himself and his supporters. They are not blessed that he is affairs out!”
But for those central the room, the accident apparent the end of a continued campaign. Wayne Alterisio, a retired letter carrier from Manchester, was at the Sanders admission in the accompaniment year ago — afore Sanders led accompaniment primary acclamation or drew crowds of bags to his events.
Today, Alterisio said he is “feeling beneath bad about” voting for Clinton.
“I feel aerial by what the Sanders attack accomplished,” he said. “I am sad I cannot vote for Bernie and that he is not the arch of the Democratic Party, but I cannot let Trump win.”
Then there was Gale Bailey, 52, of Rochester, who said she was “stunned” Sanders accustomed Clinton.
“He’s befuddled in the towel, and I don’t apperceive what to do. Quite frankly, I feel like crying,” she said, afraid her head.
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